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… played rugby and helped found the college tramping club in 1930. He completed a master’s degree in economic mycology …
Type: Biography
… achievers have not been welcomed back from overseas. In the 1930s returning scholars seeking government employment had …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Creative and intellectual expatriates
… They used the money she had saved to purchase the altar. In 1930 Monsignor McKenna died and his loss was keenly felt in …
Type: Biography
… of our national stock’ was being undermined. During the 1930s she lobbied for legislation to prohibit the ‘mentally …
Type: Biography
… years before her husband's death at Dunedin on 9 September 1930. Alexander Bathgate's contributions to law, business …
Type: Biography
… visited America, attending the prestigious Mayo clinic. In 1930 Begg went on a tour of America and Europe, where he …
Type: Biography
… and Australia. Their third daughter, Doreen, was born in 1930 in London. Tragedy struck in 1935 when Mavis died of …
Type: Biography
… to complete an MA at Columbia University. During the 1930s and 1940s, she taught undergraduates dressmaking and …
Type: Biography
… there were 30 such schemes in the country. Between 1922 and 1930, production per cow grew by 29% – from 175 pounds (79 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Dairying and dairy products
… buildings in central Wellington were built between 1880 and 1930, and were not designed to resist earthquakes. In the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Earthquakes
… and its successor, the Christchurch Star-Sun ; and from 1930 to 1935 as 'Rata' on the Christchurch Times. As Rata …
Type: Biography
… use or even knowledge of cannabis in New Zealand. In the 1930s there was occasional newspaper coverage of ‘dope’ …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Drugs
… and the subsequent Nurses and Midwives Registration Act 1930 allowed for the establishment of training schools in …
Type: Biography
… 1873–74 and his father, Sir Charles Fergusson, from 1924 to 1930. The family connection with the post went even deeper …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Governors and governors-general
… one of New Zealand’s lowest. Annual sunshine hours average 1,930. North-east (coastal) winds prevail. The zone is also …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: South Canterbury region
… the Conway Flat area in North Canterbury was built in the 1930s. The line was insulated using glass bottles with their …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rural services
… Harbour. CMT was suspended for economic reasons in 1930 but reintroduced from 1949 to 1959. Objectors could …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Conscription, conscientious objection and pacifism
… a national literature like their predecessors of the 1930s and 1940s. However, the innovation and freshness of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Fiction
… because they affected living standards, and from the late 1930s the government compiled price indices. During the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Prices and inflation
… and Archibald Nicoll . She joined the staff, and in 1930 was granted leave of absence to travel to London, Paris …
Type: Biography