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… On the coming of Europeans extensive tracts were clothed in tussock grassland, especially on the eastern plains and lowlands of the South Island, while the … mountainous spine of the South Island (also to some extent in the eastern North Island) furnished alpine tussock …
… New Plymouth is situated on the northern edge of the uplifted coastal plain of Taranaki, on the western extremity of the North Island. Twenty miles east of the …
… The finest Maori designs on textiles are those found in taniko , the coloured borders of … These designs were usually worked in black, red, and white. The same patterns are used in plaited baskets and floor mats, although … Textile Designs …
… Timaru is situated on the east coast of the South Island at the southern end of the Canterbury Plains. To the north, west, and south stretch the … The port of Timaru, an artificial harbour behind concrete breakwaters, is one of the largest frozen meat exporting …
… gold miner, farmer, and soldier. A new biography of Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky was born in Leignitz, Silesia, in 1828, the son of a … TEMPSKY, Gustavus Ferdinand von …
… Blenheim is situated on the Wairau Plain at the junction of the Omaka and … south-east). Salt, produced by solar evaporation, is harvested near Lake Grassmere (about 27 miles south-east). … commercial town and administrative centre for the greater part of Marlborough. Industrial activities of the town …
… Thomas Cass was born in Yorkshire in 1817 and educated at Christ's Hospital where he was in the Royal … He then went to sea and served in the East India trade. After three years he gave this up and studied architecture and surveying, and on qualifying was employed as an …
… another person to fight a duel. If two people deliberately fight a duel in which one is killed, the survivor is … murder. Consequently the full facts concerning a duel are often not recorded. Polack v. Turner (1837 and 1842). The … a solicitor, was chaffed about a young lady and threatened to call out the next man who coupled their names. John …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Willi Fels was born at Halle on the Weser on 17 April … of Heinemann Wilhelm Fels and his wife Kätchen, an elder sister of Bendix Hallenstein. In 1870 he was sent to a Jewish school run by Dr …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Robert Graham was born about 1820 near Glasgow, … and coal-mine owner, and Barbara, née Rennie. He was educated at the parish school and, from the age of 16, managed … , arriving in Auckland on 9 October 1842. There he chartered the Black Hawk , which he loaded with merchandise, and …