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… hard dense rocks for adzes, like the hardened argillite found alongside serpentine in Nelson; and natural … pigments, such as black manganese oxides, blue vivianite, or pukepotu (an iron phosphate), and red and yellow ochres – kokowai – (the iron oxides …
… professions as Europeans, two indigenous religious systems continue to attract adherents. These are the Ratana … founded by T. W. Ratana, and the Ringatu Church, founded by Te Kooti Rikirangi. To a large extent their doctrines are outgrowths from the Hauhauism of …
… Surveyor and ethnologist. A new biography of Smith, Stephenson Percy appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Stephenson Percy Smith was born in June 1840 at Beccles, … SMITH, Stephenson Percy …
… the former dwelling of James Busby, built in 1834 and site of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, was in a poor state of preservation. A suggestion to have the spot preserved as a national memorial was supported by the then Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, and Lady …
… According to the record book, water polo has been played in New Zealand since 1892, 23 years after the game evolved in England. Christchurch was the host … pools, so the game spread. Today, towns like Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Wanganui, Napier, and Hastings have teams, while …
… In 1925 the New Zealand Cup was donated anonymously and this became the premier New Zealand basketball trophy. Four years later the president of the Canterbury Association donated the Annie Brown Cup for the …
… (1765–1838). First promoter of missionary enterprise, explorer, and recorder of early nineteenth century Maori culture. A new biography of Marsden, …
… Lower Hutt is situated in the lower Hutt Valley, with the greater part of the city lying east of the Hutt River. The … floor. The residential suburbs are Stokes Valley, Epuni, Waterloo, Waiwhetu, Avalon, Belmont, Normandale, and …
… née Crash (d. 1817). Brought up for the most part by his paternal grandmother, Priscilla Wakefield, William was educated at Haigh's School, Tottenham, and was later attached to the British Embassy at … WAKEFIELD, Lieutenant-Colonel William Hayward …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Thomas Bracken was born, of Protestant parents, at Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, on 21 December 1843. His mother died a few days later; on his father's death, when Bracken was nine, he was …