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… in the Evening Post , Wellington, during the 1920s and 1930s. These were subsequently reprinted in booklet form as … plan to construct a 'People's Observatory', and in 1930 he initiated a popular astronomical society known as … and the inaugural meeting was held in Wellington in March 1930. By June there were 600 members throughout New Zealand, …
Type: Biography
… treatment in London for several months in 1929 and again in 1930. During this time she became drained, both mentally and … article on food reform in the Egyptian Gazette in May 1930. A comprehensive survey of Rhona Haszard's work, dating … with Leslie at the Galérie Paul in Cairo during March 1930. It also appears that major paintings were worked up in …
Type: Biography
… journalist Robin Hyde became pregnant to a married man in 1930. When he suggested she pay half the cost of an … to abortion when a woman’s life was in danger. In the late 1930s this right was extended by a court judgment. It became … of women admitted due to septic abortions. In the mid-1930s a department official estimated 10,000 abortions took …
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Part of story: Abortion
… jobs found, grants made for medical assistance, and in 1930 there was a holiday camp for disadvantaged children. In 1930–31 Neale served on the Christchurch City Council. … solidly built and overflowing with vitality, and by the mid 1930s his Sunday evening congregations regularly exceeded …
Type: Biography
… 1902. Spa treatment of arthritis was provided in the late 1930s, and the complex became a convalescent hospital for … 10% of all deaths. Māori were even more vulnerable; by the 1930s their tuberculosis death rate was probably 10 times … were established in Hawke’s Bay and Otago. By the 1930s enthusiasm for this form of treatment waned in New …
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Part of story: Hospitals
… and crafts were introduced into the native schools in the 1930s, with mixed success. This innovation was significant … literature Director of Education T. B. Strong wrote in 1930 that ‘The Maori language has no literature and … the … education Although secondary education became free in the 1930s, Māori had very limited access to secondary schooling, …
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Part of story: Māori education – mātauranga
… commissioner, but particularly during the depression of the 1930s, the overriding concern was the pursuit of economy and efficiency in the public service. At the end of 1930 Prime Minister George Forbes appointed a ministerial … by constraints on the recruitment of cadets in the early 1930s, a matter of concern to Verschaffelt, but he remained …
Type: Biography
… The subsequent depressions of the 1920s and 1930s made New Zealand economically uninviting for … Several New Zealand nursing administrators of the 1920s and 1930s visited Toronto, where a public health course was … Zealand. Flights to and from Canada and the US began in the 1930s. …
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Part of story: North Americans
… building work to reach pre-depression levels. From the late 1930s, when the government accelerated its commitment to … as private companies, but they did not survive the 1930s depression. The few publicly listed building companies operating in New Zealand in the 1920s and 1930s were largely confined to contracts to build offices or …
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Part of story: Building and construction industry
… Inglis's period as secretary of the NZTNA was from 1929 to 1930. A bill permitting the training of nurses in private … British Medical Association at their conference in February 1930. The support of all branches of the nurses' association … of nurses in private hospitals, was passed in October 1930. But her work had ensured that certain vital safeguards …
Type: Biography
… stable type of bilingualism existed among Māori until the 1930s, with te reo spoken at home and on the marae, and … in interactions with the government and employers. In the 1930s some Europeans advocated a move towards … T. B. Strong, director of education, commented in 1930 that ‘the natural abandonment of the native tongue …
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Part of story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
… the use of radio frequencies for any purpose. From 1924 to 1930 it substantially upgraded its own maritime and general … between the United Kingdom and New Zealand on 18 November 1930. While in London for the 1930 Imperial Conference, Forbes spoke to government …
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Part of story: Telecommunications
… but also screened movies. Suburban cinemas and facelifts By 1930 New Zealand had 612 cinemas. Many of these were located … counterparts but proved attractive to suburbanites. The 1930s also saw the two large cinema chains, Kerridge Odeon … Theatre, Dunedin (1928) Regent Theatre, Palmerston North (1930). These were the last of the grand neoclassical-style …
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Part of story: Theatres, cinemas and halls
… completely dominated billiards from the 1910s to the 1930s. They were so good they killed off billiards as a … against English player Rex Williams. Billiards from the 1930s From the 1930s onwards billiards went into decline as a recreational …
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Part of story: Billiards, snooker, pool and darts
… were set up temporarily in Hyde Park for nine months during 1930 and it was here, on 29 September 1930, that she also made two recordings of four carillon arrangements for His Master's Voice. In December 1930, during her journey home, she gave recitals on the …
Type: Biography
… and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute in 1930. In August 1928 Zotov became the assistant to Allan, … Zealand high country, and the classification of grasses. In 1930 and 1935 he co-authored two papers on the latter with … observations of the Tararua Range vegetation from about 1930. His publication of a pioneering study on this subject …
Type: Biography
… establishment of Tūrangawaewae marae during the 1920s and 1930s was guided by the influential Waikato – and indeed New …
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Part of story: Waikato tribes
… radio. The nation shared in the jubilant celebrations. The 1930s Novel and daring aviation feats continued to capture people’s imagination into the 1930s. Once a route had been pioneered, it remained for …
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Part of story: Aviation
… first large-scale recordings of Māori songs were made in 1930 by the Columbia Graphophone Company. The collection of … of Rotorua singing duet Ana Hato and Deane Waretini in the 1930s and 1940s. …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… to just over three in 1913 and then closer to two in the 1930s. In the 1920s and 1930s the number of children was higher in rural areas than …
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Part of story: Farm families