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… Margaret Moxon was born on 18 August 1808 in the parish of … England, the daughter of Margaret Heaton and her husband, John Moxon, a businessman and banker. She was well educated, … Kissling, Margaret …
Type: Biography
… Community-building From the late 1920s the divisive, sectarian forces in society … Presbyterians united in 1901, followed by all four major strands of Methodism in 1913. Ecumenical (religious … Religious cooperation and nation-building, 1920–1970 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Religion and society
… Thomas Bannatyne Gillies was born at Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, on 17 January 1828. He was the eldest of nine children of John …
Type: Biography
… Joseph Dalton Hooker is said to have been born at Halesworth, Suffolk, England, on 30 June 1817, and was baptised there on 3 … on numerous expeditions with William Colenso and Andrew Sinclair. After he had returned to Britain in late 1843, his … Hooker, Joseph Dalton …
Type: Biography
… William Arthur Sewell was born on 9 August 1903 in Goole, Yorkshire, England, the son of William John Sewell, a chemist, and his wife, Ada Mary Hill. … Sewell, William Arthur …
Type: Biography
… In New Zealand you often see people fishing from a harbour wharf, or along an urban shore where bridges … it is illegal to sell the catch, the satisfaction is not just in bringing home a meal, but also in the anticipation … A rewarding pastime …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Recreational sea fishing
… Maurice Noel Duggan ranks with Katherine Mansfield and Frank … before going back to Paeroa. He worked at a variety of odd jobs, and continued to do so after settling in Auckland once … Duggan, Maurice Noel …
Type: Biography
… George Ranald Macdonald, the son of Gertrude Gould and her … rarely practised. In the First World War Macdonald was rejected for military duty with the New Zealand forces because … Macdonald, George Ranald …
Type: Biography
… The name of the tribe The people of Muaūpoko are the descendants of the … and they had a son called Tara. He was so named because just before he was born his mother pricked her finger with a … the east and the Tasman Sea in the west, and from Rimurapa (Sinclair Head) in the south to the Rangitīkei River in the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Muaūpoko
… Enga Margaret Washbourn was born in Collingwood, Golden Bay, on 1 March 1908, the eldest child of Sydney Laing Sinclair and her husband, Henry Everly Arthur … at the Suter Art Gallery and throughout New Zealand. On 7 January 1939, at Nelson, Enga Washbourn married Gerald …
Type: Biography
… Looking beyond New Zealand The earliest settlers imagined the prosperous farms and the bustling towns that would one day replace … as soon as she could for bohemian London; her letters and journals are among the masterpieces of New Zealand …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Non-fiction
… Tribes Before the 1820s the principal iwi (tribes) of the … to Cape Palliser, then west to Wellington and Rimurapa (Sinclair Head), and north up the west coast. Tradition … history of Manawatū, except through his descendants. Hau’s journey Haunui (Hau) travelled south along the west coast in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… Thomas Samuel Grace was born to John Grace and his wife, Sarah Lawrence Cox, on 16 February … Grace, Thomas Samuel …
Type: Biography
… Born at Cramond, near Edinburgh, Scotland, on 20 June 1824, David Bruce was the son of a carpenter, also named David Bruce, and his wife, … Bruce, David …
Type: Biography
… The sea has been the region’s shaping force. On the western side the Tasman Sea … sea. Salt water in the blood According to historian Keith Sinclair, ‘the authentic Auckland experience is a summer’s … Harbours and wetlands …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Auckland region
… Charles McQueen was born on 17 April 1836, in Greenock, … about 1859 or 1860. Here he made the acquaintance of James Kincaid. In 1862 or 1863 the two moved to Dunedin, New … McQueen, Charles …
Type: Biography
… Aussie Beginning as an Australian soldiers’ magazine in France during the First World … a New Zealand supplement from 1923 to 1932, edited by journalist Pat Lawlor. Comprising largely cartoons and … Popular magazines, 1920 to 1939 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Magazines and periodicals
… A democratic country Individual Scots, well educated and inheriting … made important contributions to New Zealand’s public life. Besides individual achievements, the egalitarian spirit … in right at the start of political life in New Zealand. James Busby, the first British Resident, was a Scot. So was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Scots
… Rural television Country c alendar , which first screened in … of episodes covering every aspect of farming have been enjoyed by urban dwellers as much as those in the country. No … The rural and natural world on television …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Television
… William Gisborne was born probably on 13 August 1825, the third son of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, … Gisborne, William …
Type: Biography