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… An influential group Less than 10% of the two million Scots who emigrated in … to physics and chemistry by an Aberdonian, William Littlejohn, who coached Rutherford for a university scholarship … and Donald Sutherland), made naturalists of others (Andrew Sinclair, Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, John Buchanan and James …
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Part of story: Scots
… Milton With a 2013 population of 1,926, Milton is the centre of the Tokomairiro district, broadly the catchment of the … size. The town shares its name with 17th-century poet John Milton, and streets are named after British poets, or … Tokomairiro and Tuapeka …
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Part of story: Otago places
… Born in the Ngāti Tama stronghold of Poutama, North Taranaki, … which are no longer known. About 1822 Paremata joined Ngāti Tama under Te Pūoho, to escort and assist the … Paremata Te Wahapiro, Te Kiore …
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… Willis Thomas Goodwin (Bill) Airey was born in Auckland on 7 January 1897. His father, Walter Henry Airey, an inspector of schools, had … Airey, Willis Thomas Goodwin …
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… International developments in history and local concerns about identity heightened the move away from history as ‘past politics’ and emphasised ‘history from … Orange’s best-selling book on the Treaty of Waitangi, and Judith Binney’s deep involvement with Ngāi Tūhoe, which …
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Part of story: History and historians
… According to family information, Robert Henry Wynyard was born … in London on 13 February 1803. He was the younger son of Jane Gladwin, lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte, and her … Alexander Shepherd, and the colonial secretary, Andrew Sinclair . He was also advised unofficially by Edward Gibbon …
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… Betsy Robertson Walter was born in Nelson on 28 November 1911, the eldest child of Mary Jane Mitchell and her husband, John (Jock) Sinclair Walter. … Eyre, Betsy Robertson …
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… The Waitematā Harbour (also known as Auckland Harbour) is a drowned river valley, stretching from Riverhead in the north-west to Tāmaki River in the … In 1969 four outer lanes were added. Pre-fabricated in Japan, these sections became known as the ‘Nippon clip-ons’. …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… Free play Free play with little or no adult supervision was a … attention. In his 1993 memoir, New Zealand historian Keith Sinclair recalled his 1930s Auckland childhood playing in … pea-shooters and shanghais (catapults). Girls sometimes joined in, but also made their own toys, like dolls from …
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Part of story: Childhood
… Banks Peninsula Mass of volcanic hills (1,165 sq km) jutting from the Canterbury coast between Pegasus Bay and the …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… Legislation The administration of game birds is the responsibility of fish and game … during the hunting season, when they can be hunted subject to regulations. The species listed as game are reviewed …
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Part of story: Game birds
… Murray Beresford Roberts was born at Wellington on 10 August … where there was a financial reward to those he adopted ‘just for kicks’. His favourite role was that of a doctor, … 1960, as John Martin Jackson, he married Beryl Florence Sinclair at Bowral, New South Wales, but was gaoled soon …
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… Early cultural life Music, art and science developed an early … scientific enquiry. Nineteenth-century artists like John Hoyte and Alfred Sharpe depicted the Waitematā Harbour … poet, Allen Curnow. At the same time, historian Keith Sinclair encouraged new academic interest in New Zealand’s …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… Isabel Annie Michaelsen was born on 18 March 1887 in Waipawa, Hawke's Bay. Her early family life was marred by tragedy. Her father, Harald … Annie Michaelsen was raised by Annie Davis and her husband, John Sinclair, a storeman. She left school at the end of …
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… Early days The story of leisure in colonial Manawatū and … The combined team, captained by former All Black Harry Jacobs, held the Ranfurly Shield for three matches in 1927. … owes much to the efforts of local rugby enthusiast, John Sinclair. A Sport and Rugby Institute opened at Massey …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… Games between provinces were played spasmodically from January 1860 when Auckland beat Wellington by four wickets. … Provincial cricket …
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Part of story: Cricket
… Rotorua – a Māori cultural centre As a major destination for early international tourism, Rotorua … Regional creative life, early 20th century …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… William Robinson was born near Warrington, Lancashire, England, on 4 May 1814 according to family information. He was the eldest son of Thomas … 100 square miles, and was soon a leading pastoralist. On 4 July 1846, at Adelaide, he married Eliza Jane Wood. They …
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… After the First World War, many continued to note the lack of a … Tomorrow magazine. From 1947 Charles Brasch’s Landfall journal was a serious cultural forum. In art, The Group, an … in the 1950s by the work of another poet-historian Keith Sinclair, were the most important nationalist contributions. …
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Part of story: Arts and the nation
… Thomas Kendall was baptised on 13 December 1778 at North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, England. He was probably the fifth child (of seven) of Susanna Surflit and her husband, … Somercotes, Lincolnshire. On 21 November 1803 he married Jane Quickfall in Kirmington, Lincolnshire; there were nine …
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