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… For almost a century the principal tool of the weather forecaster has been the … the absence of information from the surrounding oceans, no great accuracy in forecasting was achieved, nor could it be … Weather Forecasting …
… In spite of the exodus of talent from the early years of this century, … of Pat Lawlor, of Wellington, was in recent years one of the greatest influences of all. In it both professional and … conjured with abroad. When the Annual failed, a victim of the depression in the thirties, it remained an invaluable …
… Provision for adult education has been made through the Adult Education Act 1947 which set up the National … of whom had been influenced by movements taking place in Great Britain, so that in the very early days of New …
… The Oligocene period saw the maximum submergence of New … During the Kaikoura Orogeny the Southern Alps and other great mountain chains were slowly pushed up and sculptured … form by erosion, and all the other major elevations and depressions of New Zealand were roughly blocked out by fault …
… The commonly accepted myth of settler uprightness may also … of the 1870s. Their condition, further, was worsened by the depression of the 1880s. By 1890 they were a political … was indeed called “Liberal”. It was temptingly easy, and the great majority of historians from Reeves to the present …
… The Alpine Fault running north-east – south-west divides … Rocks with these minerals were probably formed at great depths and have since been exposed by uplift and … basement rocks. To the east is the Grey-Inangahua Depression (which continues into south-west Nelson) filled …
… A new biography of Atkinson, Harry Albert appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Harry … but Atkinson left the colony for a three-year visit to Great Britain at this time. When he returned in 1871 the …
… leader. A new biography of Walsh, Fintan Patrick appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Fintan … of economic bargaining power on the falling market of the Great Depression, Walsh and the president of the miners' …
… (1844–85). Minister of the Crown. A new biography of Sheehan, John appears in the … him to prominence in provincial politics gave him even greater scope in Parliament. These, together with his expert … Sir George Grey, K.C.B. , Rutherford, J. (1961) Settlers in Depression , Norris, H. C. M. (1964). …
… A new biography of Larnach, William James Mudie appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. … firm of Guthrie and Larnach. The firm languished during the depression of the 1880s, and in 1887 Larnach went to …