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… fossils near Port Waikato and at Waiheke Island, and in the 1930s he conducted further studies at Wanganui, Cape Runaway …
Type: Biography
… had] been gone from us so long. But they stand again.' In 1930 he was chosen to give a farewell speech to the vice …
Type: Biography
… indecision. Rees continued to travel during the 1920s and 1930s, acting and writing in Australia, England and America …
Type: Biography
… and 1921). When the union's secretary, Fred Cooke, died in 1930, Roberts succeeded him. He also became secretary of the …
Type: Biography
… Bantu (African) mother and an English father, played in the 1930s. The trio of Ropati brothers, Joe, Tea and Iva, played …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rugby league
… of his films have survived. Other evil influences In the 1930s Salvation Army leaders regarded with suspicion the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Salvation Army
… variety shows, boxing matches and wrestling bouts. The 1930s saw a decline in Saturday nightlife and shopping, as …
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Part of story: Weekends
… He died of heart failure in Christchurch on 8 November 1930. Gertrude Scott had predeceased him in 1909. They had …
Type: Biography
… Gwen and Crawford were married at Riccarton on 15 January 1930; they had two sons, Anthony and David. In 1935 the …
Type: Biography
… and inspiring teacher. From 1921 until his retirement in 1930 he was professor of geology. He was liked and admired …
Type: Biography
… Christchurch. While in London for the Lambeth Conference in 1930, West-Watson was referred to Joan Spencer Smith, who …
Type: Biography
… important in the development of skiing during the 1920s and 1930s. Skifields were later established elsewhere in the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: South Canterbury region
… were fashionable – they were grand and ornate. In the 1930s the cleaner, streamlined forms of art deco were …
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Part of story: Public buildings
… beside his second wife, Alice, who died on 30 April 1930 aged 74 years. A memorial to the founder of the …
Type: Biography
… the third and fourth volumes. Increasingly in the 1920s and 1930s Stowell became a picturesque character around …
Type: Biography
… contributed to a renaissance in moko, especially during the 1930s, although some traditionalists despised the needle …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Tā moko – Māori tattooing
… 1,128 in 1911 to 2,287 in 1926. Growth slowed in the mid-1930s and during the Second World War but picked up again …
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Part of story: King Country places
… quartz reef up the Waiomu Valley was mined until the 1930s. Waiomu is now known for its domain, with a reclining …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… adapted by Mune from Bruce Mason’s much-loved play about a 1930s New Zealand childhood, won several international …
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Part of story: Feature film