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… in 1928. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1930 and remained a member until June 1937. On 8 December …
Type: Biography
… well, collected rare editions and read widely. In the 1930s Burdon turned to writing. History was his forte, the …
Type: Biography
… and were a feature of many New Zealand towns until the 1930s. Some fishmongers operated oyster saloons as well as …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Food shops
… and development schemes under the supervision of Ngata; in 1930 he headed a Māori delegation to Rarotonga charged with …
Type: Biography
… the lively times of Premier ‘King Dick’ Seddon the mid-1930s to 1940s, as cartoonists responded to the reforming …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cartooning
… and wood-framed houses. Art deco and moderne The 1930s saw new forms and designs in art deco and moderne …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Furniture
… births. Caesarean sections increased from 2.2% of births in 1930 to 5.9% in 1935. Hospital is a foreign country Giving …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pregnancy, birth and baby care
… century was worth less than £100 per year. In the 1920s and 1930s this increased to the low thousands. An abrupt jump …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Africa and New Zealand
… unified educational administration as recommended in the 1930 Atmore Report. Combs also led the way in earmarking …
Type: Biography
… ranges, as well as making kitchens less stuffy. A 1930 article on gas stoves confidently announced that ‘the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cooking
… that the union should sever its ties to the party. In the 1930s Alec Croskery emerged as an influential figure in the …
Type: Biography
… near Waimate and then Timaru Boys’ High School from 1925 to 1930. Cross was fond of recalling a three-mile race at the …
Type: Biography
… and Pastoral Association shows, and in the 1920s and 1930s was medical officer for the Animal Welfare …
Type: Biography
… All Black, but he continued to play first-class rugby until 1930. He played 22 games for New Zealand, scoring six tries …
Type: Biography
… set himself exacting standards, and during the 1920s and 1930s he was a pioneer in developing the art of radio …
Type: Biography
… for his ability as an instructor and lecturer. In October 1930 he assumed charge of the Northern Command, and in 1931 …
Type: Biography
… when they adopted more ‘westernised’ diets. By the mid-1930s the Dental Officer for the Native Schools observed …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Dental care
… 28 May 1924. George Edgecumbe died at Remuera on 11 March 1930 and was buried in the same plot as his wife in Hamilton …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand writers of family stories between the 1910s and 1930s. Schools School stories were a major genre in England, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Children’s and young adult literature
… Moorhouse at Wellington on 25 November 1890; she died in 1930. He died at his home at Silverstream on 20 June 1935, …
Type: Biography