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… With Ngata’s agreement, Pine visited Eramiha on 30 January 1930, and persuaded him to go to Rotorua to teach the … their awe to protect his carvings if the need arose. In the 1930s he carved a door lintel in the likeness of the female …
Type: Biography
… been matched with and married to by elders in the early 1930s. '[T]he match marriage man, I don't like him at all. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Divorce and separation
… she was consulted by the Labour leadership in the late 1930s on state-house kitchen design. She successfully …
Type: Biography
… He was a member of the harbour board from 1938. In the late 1930s he was a director of the New Zealand Centennial …
Type: Biography
… years. Fred was elected to the Waimarino County Council in 1930 and worked assiduously on behalf of the Ruatiti riding …
Type: Biography
… during the First World War, and then in the 1920s and 1930s the physical culture movement emphasised gymnastic …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Bodybuilding, weightlifting and powerlifting
… decidedly 'modern'), reached wider audiences from the late 1930s when programmes were broadcast from the Civic Theatre. …
Type: Biography
… the Homer Tunnel, on the way to Milford Sound, in the late 1930s. From 1989 the state highway network’s roads, bridges …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Bridges and tunnels
… health deteriorated and she died at her home on 1 November 1930. She was buried in the Carroll vault next to the …
Type: Biography
… Rita Snowden was involved in charity jumble sales in the 1930s: ‘[C]rowds came – with unmannerly pushing and shoving …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Second-hand trade
… owned companies took over the Stewart Island run in 1930, with occasional stop-gap service from local harbour …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ferries
… The Workers' Union was decimated by the depression of the 1930s. The closure of public works schemes and severe wage …
Type: Biography
… Family Planning Association) in Wellington in the mid 1930s. She arranged a representative meeting of women's …
Type: Biography
… in 1921–22. Freddie Cooke died in Christchurch on 26 June 1930, survived by his wife and sons. He bequeathed £80 to …
Type: Biography
… work and with encouraging a resurgence in Māori culture. In 1930 Cooper represented Ngāpuhi at a meeting at Waiomatatini …
Type: Biography
… articles and tracts. Andrew Cowie died in 1928, and in June 1930, on medical advice, Bessie moved to Honolulu, where she …
Type: Biography
… – would become New Zealand’s most valuable exports from the 1930s. Early dairy processing Before dairy factories, butter …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Agricultural processing industries
… He ran an engineering consultancy in Auckland until 1930 when he retired to Rotorua. As president of the Rotorua …
Type: Biography
… at the International Paediatric Congress. In the late 1930s the Plunket Society faced considerable opposition from …
Type: Biography
… Drennan was Auckland chairman of the CPNZ from the late 1930s, and national chairman from 1946. However, tensions …
Type: Biography