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… Shipwrecks have always been an unfortunate part of New Zealand’s maritime heritage. For castaways marooned on offshore islands, particularly in the subantarctic, life was … as castaways were: Grafton : This was wrecked in the Auckland Islands on 3 January 1864. The crew of five …
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Part of story: Castaways
… The worst railway accidents for numbers of people killed and injured were: Ōngarue in 1923 Hyde in … heavy rain fell, swamping the country around Ōngarue, north of Taumarunui. As the Auckland–Wellington express approached near dawn on 6 July, …
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Part of story: Railway accidents
… from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. William Cowie was a scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, taking Latin and English prizes, … deacon in Ely in 1854 and priest in 1855, Cowie was curate of St Clement, Cambridge, in 1854 and of Moulton, Suffolk, … bishop of New Zealand, to become the first bishop of Auckland, he was consecrated at Westminster Abbey on 29 June …
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… spent a lifetime supporting and campaigning for the rights of her fellow Pacific Islanders in Auckland, both new migrants and their New Zealand-born … time when very few Pacific people were active in the fields of social work or political advocacy. Her work was marked by …
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… Park, Hampshire, England, on 18 December 1838, the son of Mary Warner and her husband, George Rooke Farnall, a wealthy landowner and justice of the peace. Details of his early life and education are … but he had substantial capital when he emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, around 1860. Farnall took up land at …
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… born on 18 May 1859 at Hobart, Tasmania, the eldest child of Mary Ann Parkinson and her husband, Alfred Bock, and … false pretences in 1909, she was known by a whole catalogue of other names, including, in her most notorious guise, … on false credit, she was persuaded by her father to move to Auckland, New Zealand, where he was living with his second …
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… his father, Lieutenant General Henry Balneavis, a career officer, Peninsular War veteran and colonel commandant of … Wanganui Balneavis was sent to Riverhead, north-west of Auckland, in command of a small cadre detachment of the 58th … violinists in the sprawling capital. He also became a founding member of the organising committee of the Auckland …
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… was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 15 July 1838, the son of John Brown, a soldier, and his wife, Margaret Stewart. Both his father and an uncle were naturalists of considerable repute. From an early age Broun took a keen … the 1st Regiment of the Waikato Militia. He served in South Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty and commanded a …
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… There was a revival of inner-city living in Auckland and Wellington in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Facing a weakened office market at the end of the 1980s, Wellington City …
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Part of story: Inner-city living
… halls In 1972 Christchurch finally got a town hall worthy of the name. It included an auditorium for concerts and the … but public opposition to its demolition saved the building. Auckland also kept its old town hall and in 1990 opened the … buildings lacked the palatial and fanciful atmosphere of older venues, but their spacious auditoriums and large …
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Part of story: Theatres, cinemas and halls
… 1882 at Tokatoka, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand, the third of seven children of Alexander Melville, a boatbuilder and farmer, and his … then in 1895 won a Junior District Scholarship to attend Auckland College and Grammar School. The law as a profession …
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… in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 3 November 1817, the only son of John Campbell and his wife, Catherine Logan, of Ayrshire. … and pill-making' and become traders in the new capital, Auckland. On 21 December 1840 they began operations as … trusts or directorates. His book had publicised his role as founding father of Auckland and his enduring affection for …
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… a battle for justice and civilisation. Catholics were proud of their high rate of volunteering for military service. When conscription was … in 1916, the Catholic hierarchy approved it. The Bishop of Auckland, Henry Cleary, served as a military chaplain in the …
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Part of story: Catholic Church
… Otago, in particular Central Otago, has some of New Zealand’s highest and lowest temperatures, and its … Otago has a more continental climate than any other area of the country. Inland temperature extremes In July, the … also has a much higher proportion of days over 30ºC than Auckland, which is 1,000 kilometres further north. The …
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Part of story: Otago region
… The challenge of live theatre Until the rise of cinema in the early 20th century, theatre was one of New … ran a small company of professional performers in Auckland, but his theatre survived less than two years. The …
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Part of story: Theatre companies and producers
… Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1870, the son of Robert Campbell Maclaurin, the resident stationmaster, … (Pirongia), Te Awamutu and Hautapu. Maclaurin attended Auckland College and Grammar School and then, having won a … went to Auckland University College. He was regarded as one of the college's most outstanding students. In 1891 …
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… James Stewart Milne, a builder. Mary Jane was the eldest of their six children, one of whom died in early childhood. The family left Ireland in … Mersey from Gravesend, London, on 1 August; they arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, on 26 November. The Milnes found a …
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… and plum. Oak jam was founded by Thompson and Hills in Auckland in 1897. James Wattie began his successful food … Marmite is a savoury yeast extract, formed as a by-product of beer brewing. Originally from England, it was distributed … Vegemite, an Australian spread, for popularity. Families often had a strong preference for one or the other. …
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Part of story: Food and beverage manufacturing
… was born in Christchurch on 5 December 1908, the son of Violet Mary Georgina March and her husband, Charles … to 1993, Lin Saunders was to be a central figure on the Auckland musical scene, becoming one of New Zealand's most … community as vice president of the Auckland Choral Society, founding chairman of the Auckland branch of the Royal School …
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… for geothermal steam in the 1950s led to detailed studies of the minerals and rocks in thermal areas. Alfred Steiner, … been found inside casings in a steam well. Wairauite – CoFe Named after the Wairau Valley in Marlborough, this is a … In 1977 Kerry Rogers and colleagues from the University of Auckland analysed the fine-grained rock and recognised a new …
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Part of story: Rock and mineral names