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… dairy herds. Pines were planted during the 1920s and 1930s, and many stands have been harvested and replanted. …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… the co-educational Ōpihi College. Trendy tableware In the 1930s Temuka’s pottery factory began producing teapots, …
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Part of story: South Canterbury places
… New Zealand’s earliest political strikes were in the late 1930s when Japan was invading China and preparing for world …
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Part of story: Strikes and labour disputes
… peaks between the Waimakiriri and Rangitātā rivers in the 1930s. Parts of the Mt Aspiring country were not walked over …
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Part of story: European exploration
… (the largest single female occupational group until the 1930s) were isolated in their employers’ homes, worked long …
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Part of story: Women’s labour organisations
… Todd Brothers, imported petrol from Russia from the 1930s onwards, which was marketed under the Europa brand. BP …
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Part of story: Oil and gas
… Company’s Foxton (1929), until the depression of the 1930s forced the closure of the yard. From steam to sail New …
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Part of story: Shipbuilding
… 1927 in Mt Eden, Auckland. Winstone bought the company in 1930, increasing production fivefold that year to 5 million …
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Part of story: Building materials
… Internal Affairs reopened the Harper Pass track in the late 1930s and built new huts, bureaucratically named Nos 1, 2, 3 …
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Part of story: Walking tracks
… resigned to go into private practice in Rotorua. During the 1930s he worked with Alexander Gillies, another New …
Type: Biography
… construction of Tūrangawaewae marae during the 1920s and 1930s. Attempts to secure proper compensation for the loss …
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Part of story: Waikato tribes
… It began in the 1840s, and from the 1890s until the 1930s it was a base for trapping humpback whales. Poor …
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Part of story: Northland places
… She won this event six more times between 1912 and 1925. In 1930 she won the Championship Foursomes of New Zealand with …
Type: Biography
… relatives afterwards for tea and a gossip. Tea time In the 1930s morning and afternoon teas continued to be a major …
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Part of story: Farm families
… Sunday. As the weekend expanded from one day to two in the 1930s, dances, movies and sport spread through Friday night, …
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Part of story: Rhythms of daily life
… in her partnership with Woolley, moved to Dargaville. By 1930 she had set up a photographic studio in Devonport, and …
Type: Biography
… in Wellington declared the Mau seditious on 13 January 1930. A cruiser was sent to Apia, and shore parties of … of firmness seemed justified when the Mau, late in March 1930, came out of the bush and agreed to disperse, an …
Type: Biography
… 'dragged at the chariot wheels of Labour'. In January 1930 he attacked Ward in the press, accusing him of … who shared his dissatisfaction left the party. In November 1930 Davy rejoined Reform as an organiser, stating it was …
Type: Biography
… of both, holding the latter until 1963. By the late 1930s Douglas had developed the personality traits that were … arm, enjoyed a variety of recreational pursuits. During the 1930s athletics had been his forte, and he enjoyed woodwork …
Type: Biography
… to go into harriers and he represented Canterbury in 1930–31. In 1928, as training for running and weekend relief … Waimakariri, Rangitātā and Rakaia headwaters. During the 1930s, particularly at Christmas and Easter, he would set …
Type: Biography