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… European times, had been bestowed haphazardly and were often duplicated. In general, these names may be classified broadly as … by the early navigators and explorers; (b) names associated with or commemorating the work of the early …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Bernard Cyril Freyberg was born in London on 21 March … family. When he was two years old his parents emigrated to New Zealand, where his father joined the Public … Service in Wellington as a surveyor. Freyberg was educated at Wellington College, where he became noted for his …
… Europe and North America. These glacial episodes were separated by “inter-glacials”, tens or hundreds of thousands of years in duration, when the …
… highland carry coarse shingle right to the sea. Stream systems adjust themselves both to slope and to structure of the country off which the water runs, as is very well shown by the pattern of channels that drain the western salient of Taranaki. … RIVER SYSTEMS …
… ambiguity in their instructions, had in fact tried to extend British authority across the Tasman, seeking to foster the commercial life of New South Wales, to protect the Maoris from vicious influences, and to support the …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Fintan Patrick Tuohy was born at Patutahi, near … Gisborne, on 11 August 1896, the son of Michael Tuohy. After primary education at the Te Arai school and work on his father's farm, he went to sea …
… New Zealand Company for the sale of land in Wellington stated that 75 per cent of the purchase money was to be applied … Colonisation Act 1847. The Otago Association allocated three-eighths and the Canterbury Association one-third. For many years the principal …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Francis Dart Fenton was born in 1821 at Huddersfield, … a London solicitor, and Frances, née Ashby. He was educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and afterwards studied law in his uncle's office …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Until recently there has been uncertainty about the date of Charles Heaphy's birth. It is now known that he was … the second son of Thomas Heaphy (1775–1835) and Mary, née Stevenson. His father was a water-colour artist of some note …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Samuel Leigh was born on 1 September 1785 at Milton, near Hanley, in Staffordshire. He … in 1812, because he found Congregational theology too austere for his liking, he offered his services to the Wesleyan …