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… of Canterbury College School of Art. In the 1920s and 1930s, Nicoll's reputation as a landscape artist and strong … Society and the Society of Artists, Sydney, in 1928. In 1930 he exhibited for a second time at the Royal Academy, …
Type: Biography
… in the First Church of Otago, Dunedin, on 16 October 1930. The ceremony was performed by her father, E. N. … appointed to the church at Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, in 1930. This was a remarkably precocious achievement, as …
Type: Biography
… 1970. All in the name Indoor basketball leagues during the 1930s included many business house teams, their names … with the help of American Mormon missionaries. By the mid-1930s men’s and women’s indoor basketball associations had …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Basketball
… a first generation of native Palmerstonians. Surviving the 1930s depression The 1930s economic depression did less harm than in nearby …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… A ‘national’ party In the 1930s National emulated and then outstripped Labour in … A junior division of the National Party emerged in the late 1930s and by the late 1940s was booming. Social events – …
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Part of story: National Party
… of the Entomological Society of London and in January 1930 he was elected a fellow of the New Zealand Institute. … Naturalists' Society. He died at Auckland on 24 July 1930, survived by his wife. His main moth collection was …
Type: Biography
… and photographer, there was a growing tradition from the 1930s of photographers using the medium to raise public … but the increase of machine-made goods in the 1920s and 1930s opened up a new avenue of work, as photographic …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Photography
… with Te Arawa Māori playing many roles. In the early 1930s Rotorua cousins Ana Hato and Deane Waretini, singing … developments emerging from the universities in the early 1930s. In Auckland in 1932, while the university was getting …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Regional cultural life
… funds for him to study at the University of Cambridge. In 1930 he graduated BA and gained a diploma of agriculture. He … having rowed with the Lady Margaret Boat Club. In December 1930 Ritchie joined NMA, the firm his grandfather, John …
Type: Biography
… Constance Hall, in 1925. At her retirement function in 1930 many prominent Dunedin citizens paid tribute to her … of New Zealand. She was a member of its Dunedin board from 1930 until 1944, except for a break in 1931–32 when she …
Type: Biography
… the early 1900s, and loudspeakers were introduced in the 1930s. Entertainments Entertainment events had begun even … were soon chair-o-planes and eventually ferris wheels. The 1930s saw the arrival of exotic confectionery such as candy …
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Part of story: Shows and field days
… Marton. She served in this district for two years. In May 1930 Elsie Smith travelled up the Whanganui River to … built in 1925 by Thomas Chadwick and Tiaki Waitokia. In the 1930s Lord Bledisloe donated a dispensary and front bedroom. …
Type: Biography
… and gained a reputation as an adagio dancer. In the early 1930s she studied at several Auckland dancing schools, where … Dancing advanced examination, which she gained in the late 1930s. In 1933 she joined Ernest Rolls’s revue company, …
Type: Biography
… direct descendants. Herman van Staveren died on 24 January 1930 in Wellington. His funeral reflected the great respect … lining the streets. Miriam van Staveren died on 10 October 1930. …
Type: Biography
… mainstays of the prohibition movement from the 1890s to the 1930s, and provided many of its leaders. Some working-class … popular but controversial religious radio programme in the 1930s. In it he criticised the government and urged support …
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Part of story: Methodist Church
… arrangements developed. In one rural Canterbury town in the 1930s, around 20 farmhouses had regular paying guests. At … for city dwellers. Welcome company A farmer’s wife of the 1930s wistfully summed up the appeal of paying guests: …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rural tourism
… the government introduced an import licensing system in the 1930s manufacturers sought to have it maintained. In the … to introduce comprehensive import licensing in the late 1930s. The licensing became a form of industry protection. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Employer and business organisations
… boats. Glittering lake According to writer Frank Sargeson, 1930s Rotorua was ‘not the overcrowded hive of garages which … also achieved national prominence in the sport in the 1930s. Golf courses particularly benefit from the patronage …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Baldock Institute in Dunedin, operated from about 1930 until 1986. Jenkins Gym was founded in Wellington in … Women’s League for Health and Beauty, formed in London in 1930. The exercises (‘fizzy jerks’) were done to music and …
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Part of story: Gyms
… and caused three deaths. But sawmilling thrived until the 1930s – over 20 mills operated in the district in the … have been the mainstay of Raetihi’s economy since the 1930s, but have not stimulated growth. The dairy factory …
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Part of story: Whanganui places