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… the view that they might be better adapted to wetter areas of New Zealand than cattle. There are two main types of water buffalo – the swamp buffalo and the river buffalo. … in New Zealand agriculture. In 2007 and 2008 a South Auckland company imported 65 river buffaloes from an …
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Part of story: Exotic farm animals
… near Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. He was the second child of Liverpool merchant William Sharp and his wife, Mary Edwards. His father was a collector of paintings and took young Alfred to visit exhibitions and … before emigrating to New Zealand. Alfred Sharp arrived at Auckland on the Tornado on 26 September 1859, and the …
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… Chan Kwong Yee and his wife, Foon Tong. He was the eldest of the couple’s four children. In 1908 he emigrated to New Zealand with a minimum of village school education and speaking no English, at a … New Zealand were spent working for relatives in Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Hamilton and Dannevirke. In 1910 he moved …
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… stores The 1930s economic depression and the rise of chain and speciality stores affected department stores … encourage local industries. Department stores’ allocations of import licences were drastically reduced, so they could … library, after a re-design by architect Ian Athfield. In Auckland, Farmers’ flagship Hobson Street store became a …
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Part of story: Department stores and shopping malls
… Victoria, Australia, on 24 April 1864, the eldest of seven children of Hannah (Annie) Elizabeth Staite and her husband, William … emigrated to Dunedin in 1866 and later lived at Hokitika, Auckland, Napier and Gisborne. Annie, who was better known …
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… Little is known of Carl Frank Fischer's early life. He was of German origin and told contemporaries that he had lived … He and his wife, Prudence Florentine De Lattre, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1853 or 1854. Their daughter Maria …
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… Carnachan and his wife, Elizabeth Friars, had arrived in Auckland with their first five children on the Helenslee in … The Carnachans made their way to the military settlement of Cambridge, where David joined the 3rd Regiment of Waikato Militia. Seven more children were born in …
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… the 20th century. Many Scottish people came, for a variety of reasons. The founding of the Free Church in Scotland was evidence of … all British migrants to New Zealand between 1840 and 1852. Auckland Two groups of Scots came to Auckland in the early …
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Part of story: Scots
… since most homes and commercial buildings were built of timber and the first fire services were little more than bucket brigades. In July 1858 a whole block in central Auckland was destroyed by fire. Agents for British fire and … meet the growing demand for coverage against the high risk of fire. This provided an opportunity for local businessmen. …
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Part of story: Insurance
… Political activism The most visible expression of Latin American identity in New Zealand was the political activism of refugees in the 1970s and 1980s. Chileans in particular … from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia and Peru. Later, the Auckland Latin American Committee built on the experiences …
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Part of story: Latin Americans
… in Waiōuru was opened in 1978 as a memorial to the dead of all wars, and a monument to Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk … 1990 on Wellington’s south coast in return for the naming of Anzac Cove at Gallipoli. The most important new war … sculpture honouring David Lange was built in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland. Yachtsman and adventurer Peter Blake was …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… but on the varied stalls, among the bric-a-brac were often jars of home-made jam and preserves, cakes and produce – usually … Te Puke Ōtara marae opened the United Flea Market in South Auckland in 1978 – before there was Saturday shopping. The …
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Part of story: Markets
… and baptised there on 15 March 1835. He was the son of Margaret Little and her husband, Edward Shillington, a labourer. Little is known of his early life, but he spent 21 years with the Royal … arrived in New Zealand in mid 1880 with his wife. The Auckland Free Public Library was due to open on 7 September …
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… Aviation enthusiasts ‘Who can resist the throb of a Harvard or the sheer romance of a Tiger Moth, the roar of a Mustang or the rush of a … in 1964 of the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, with its displays of aircraft associated with …
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Part of story: Aerial recreation
… Caves are formed by natural processes such as the action of rainwater, waves, glaciers or lava (molten rock). The … it slowly dissolves calcium carbonate, the main constituent of limestone and marble. Over millions of years this eroding … Sea caves form in many types of rock along the coast, Auckland’s volcanic cones have tunnels known as lava tubes. …
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Part of story: Caving
… Haemophilia Foundation of New Zealand The New Zealand Haemophilia Society was … children. The most famous sufferers are the descendants of Queen Victoria – one of her sons had the disorder and her … New Zealand Three Huntington’s Associations were founded in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in 1980 to support …
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Part of story: Health advocacy and self-help
… Microfossils are the remains of tiny animals and plants found in rocks and sediment. They … as indicators of changes in the coastal environment in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour. Radiolarians Radiolarians are … Microfossils …
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Part of story: Fossils
… Bridelia Cummings was born at Thames on 15 June 1879, one of eight children of Irish-born Matthew Cummings, a carpenter, and his … career was interrupted by the birth of a daughter in Auckland in 1905. She also seems to have spent time working …
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… witnessed the slow but unmistakable rise in the status of sculpture. In 1955 the Auckland City Art Gallery held the first major exhibition … The Henry Moore exhibition In 1956-57 a touring exhibition of Henry Moore’s sculpture, sponsored by the British …
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Part of story: Sculpture and installation art
… The difficulties of New Zealand’s first towns did not deter the founding of others. As before, new towns were a mix of … From the 1840s fortifications were erected in towns like Auckland, Whanganui and New Plymouth to resist Māori attack, … Types of towns …
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Part of story: City history and people