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… Scotland, on 15 September 1860. He was the youngest son of Agnes Craig and her husband, Matthew Fowlds, a Covenanter … Colony, however, and so the couple decided to move on to Auckland, New Zealand. They arrived in the Coptic in April … the expansion of free places in secondary schools; the founding of the School Journal ; improvements in the …
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… West Derby, Liverpool, England, on 23 March 1905, the son of Thomas Brown, a surveyor in the British civil service, … Highgate School and the Northern Polytechnic School of Architecture, and became a licentiate member of the … Society of Architects in September 1924. Brown emigrated to Auckland with his parents and three brothers in 1927. He …
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… was born in London, England, on 5 July 1817, the daughter of William Parker, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife, Ann. … was certainly deeply religious. Her father was rector of St Ethelburga's, a parish in Bishopsgate (although they … April 1842 and Mary Martin sailed as soon as she could for Auckland, on the Bristolian , arriving on 30 May. As a …
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… Eventful times Regional cultural life in the 2000s was often associated with economic tourism opportunities. … Hokonui Music Festival has been celebrated on the outskirts of Gore, a place renowned for country and folk music. Fashionable Pacific Auckland Auckland’s cultural profile reflected its position …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… Impact of war The outbreak of the Second World War did not have an immediate effect on … American troops were stationed in New Zealand, mainly in Auckland and Wellington. American soldiers brought a sense …
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Part of story: Restaurants and food outlets
… in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on 1 June 1877, the son of a radical carpenter, James William Bennett, and his … before being elected, in 1904, to the Legislative Assembly of Victoria as a Political Labor Council member. He married … Bennett was back in New Zealand, touring the West Coast and Auckland on behalf of the Federation of Labour. When the …
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… Catherine Ann McHaffie was born at Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, on 1 August 1870, the elder daughter of Ellen Leatherbarrow, a Londoner, and her husband, James … married Johannes Carl Andersen, a clerk in the Department of Lands and Survey, on 9 May 1900 at Woolston, …
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… on 25 August 1854 at New Malden, Surrey, England, the son of Sarah Crockwell and her husband, Charles William … publisher, printer and business manager. Because of the small population of Whangārei it was thought that the … the Argyle. It provided a much-needed reliable link with Auckland. Alderton also publicised the need for a railway to …
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… at Durham, England, probably on 24 December 1812, the son of Matthew Buddle, a cordwainer, from a prominent Anglican … appointment as head of the Wesleyan Native Institution in Auckland, a college devoted to training Māori teachers. For … as its first president. From 1875 to 1881 he served as founding principal of Three Kings Theological and Training …
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… at Netherton, near Paeroa, on 9 November 1915, the daughter of Charlotte Mary Dunlop and James Close, a farmer. Eighteen … the early 1920s, when an economic downturn forced them off the land. They later lived in Manawatū, then Wellington, … of a private hotel. She and her daughter later moved to Auckland, where Flo took up a position as a supervisor in a …
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… at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, on 24 February 1810, the son of George Mason and his wife, Elizabeth Forty. On 1 June … of government to the Waitemata. He was a member of the founding party which arrived at the site of Auckland on 16 September 1840. He was responsible for …
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… Hastings in Sussex, England, on 25 February 1843, the son of Henry Brett, a tailor, and his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth … proposal was stillborn. When the Hanover dropped anchor in Auckland harbour on 17 September the proprietor of the Daily … of the Auckland Mechanics' Institute. He was also a founding member of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of …
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… František Simon Hofmann was born on 27 December 1916 at Prague, then part of … for three months at A. B. Hurst’s studio. He then moved to Auckland, having been offered work by Clifton Firth , who … mark a valuable cultural achievement. He was also on the founding editorial panel of the periodical Here & Now . …
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… Second World War According to the 1936 census, only 10% of the Maori population was urban. Within a few decades the … in the military to work in essential industries, which were often located in cities. Young Māori women were directed to … was less than 1% of the total population, while the Auckland figure was 2%. After the war, Māori migration to …
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Part of story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city
… Alice Mary Stanton was born in Auckland on 7 August 1914, the second of five children of Marjorie Aileen McMaster and her husband, Joseph Stanton, …
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… work in the Clyde shipyards and became an active member of the shipbuilding draughtsmen’s union in the early 1920s. … on 31 October 1924 in Paisley, Scotland, and emigrated to Auckland, probably in 1925. Their first child, a son, was … the Auckland General Labourers’ Union. He was also a member of the more conservative Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies …
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… Fenton, Staffordshire, England, on 11 April 1819, the son of Eleanor Bennet and her husband, William Wright, an … he married Mary Ann Tams. They were to have seven children, of whom three sons and a daughter survived to adulthood. … settlement on the Kaipara Harbour. He arrived at Auckland with his family on the Annie Wilson in September …
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… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … below show the number who indicated the Te Āti Awa tribe of Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) (including those who … census: 4,644 2013 census: 3,063 Major regional locations Auckland: 588 Wellington: 453 Taranaki: 357 …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … below show the number who indicated the Te Āti Awa tribe of Taranaki (including those who indicated more than one … census: 4,644 2013 census: 3,063 Major regional locations Auckland: 588 Wellington: 453 Taranaki: 357 …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Taranaki
… Treaty of Waitangi The outcome of Waitangi Tribunal reports, legal challenges based around … Urban authorities Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust in West Auckland, founded in 1984, is one of a number of …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations