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… Ireland. His parentage is unknown. Probably educated at one of Newry's three National schools, he served a printer's … Australasian Chronicle and the Sydney Monitor , and came to Auckland, New Zealand, on the Shamrock under engagement to … and roads and bridges patronage. But Williamson's role as founding father of Wesleyanism in Auckland, and his …
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… Arthur Owen Jensen was born in Auckland on 5 August 1907, the son of Olaf Jensen, a motorman, and his wife, Elizabeth Ellen … passion for vaudeville. His greatest ambition at the age of nine or ten had been to conduct at John Fuller and Sons’ …
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… where she met Luigi Rinaldi, a car salesman. In 1935 at Auckland she had his child (who died shortly after birth). … Hilary Roy Clark, whom she married at the Registrar’s Office, Auckland, on 6 January 1937. Although 32, she gave … two small children on Auckland’s North Shore (her husband often stayed away in the city), she wrote her first novel, …
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… William Blomfield was born in Auckland on 1 April 1866, the son of Emma Watts Collis and her husband, Samuel Blomfield, a … weekly, receiving five shillings for his caricature of a legislative councillor. In 1884 he welcomed the …
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… The early 1960s were a quiet time in the city. The arrival of television in 1960 hit attendances at the movies … Strip’, Wellington had Courtenay Place and Cuba Street, and Auckland Parnell and the Viaduct Basin. The extension of … Theatre (1971). Making dinosaurs extinct Susan Wilson, a founding member of Circa Theatre, explained its aims: ‘Those …
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Part of story: Culture and recreation in the city
… two toes pointing forward and two backwards. The ancestor of New Zealand’s kākāriki species came from New Caledonia … make a chattering call as they fly and while feeding. They often hold food up to their mouth with one claw. In autumn … Stewart Island and some smaller islands as far south as the Auckland Islands. Separate subspecies are found on the …
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Part of story: Small forest birds
… Wellington, on 8 November 1896. She was the only child of Norman Leslie Gurr, an insurance agent, who was later a … and his wife, Eily Maude Ringwood, a former teacher of physical culture. Elaine spent her early childhood at … from professional developments in medicine, she moved to Auckland, and in 1932–33 set up practice in Symonds Street. …
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… Harper was born in Paeroa on 23 May 1900, the eldest child of Ada Agnes Nalder and her husband, William Septimus … with her family (she had two brothers and two sisters) in Auckland. At 14 she began work in a confectionery shop in … who discouraged Amy’s suitors. She never married. She was a founding member of the New Zealand Professional …
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… October 1870 and 13 August 1873 respectively, the daughters of Catharine Morton and her husband, William Law, a … sisters came to New Zealand in the early 1880s and lived in Auckland. For a while their mother ran a ladies’ seminary in … in Auckland and later in England, becoming a licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music. She also taught in a studio …
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… Ireland, on 24 October 1810. He was the seventh child of George Maunsell, a collector of customs and later a banker, and his second wife, Frances … also the first minister to conduct a Christian service in Auckland, in 1840. At Maraetai Maunsell gained 32 Māori …
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… Dunedin on 18 February 1895, Ronald Stuart Park was the son of Samuel Morgan Park, a clerk, and his wife, Annie Penelope … after leaving school. He later captained both the Auckland University rugby team and the North Shore Cricket Club, was a member of the New Zealand Universities rugby team in 1920 and 1922, …
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… Gloucestershire, England, on 25 September 1838, the son of Catharine Woolles and her husband, George Price, a brewer … where he learned about patternmaking and the construction of textile machinery. In December 1863 he arrived at Auckland, New Zealand, on the Green Jacket. He was employed …
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… February 1895 at Balclutha, the seventh and youngest child of Thomas Noble Mackenzie , an MP and businessman, and his … Nantes. For a few months in 1912 Thomas was prime minister of New Zealand, and from 1912 to 1920 he was the country's … marriage. She accepted, and the couple were married in Auckland on 2 October 1919. In the meantime Clutha had …
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… upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, on 16 December 1872, the son of Joseph Kemp, a police constable, and his wife, Mary … in Hull. He was subsequently influenced by the teachings of the Keswick movement, which stressed separation from the … in Scotland he received a call to become minister at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle. After arriving in New Zealand …
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… 1890 – national or provincial jubilee? The priority of provincial loyalties over national in colonial New … the New Zealand Company settlers at Petone? Or was it, as Aucklanders believed, 29 January, when the ship carrying … 6 February, the day the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document, was first signed by the Crown and Māori. …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… 26 April 1903 at Duvauchelle, Akaroa Harbour, the daughter of Ernest Francis Shadbolt, a sheepfarmer, and his wife, Ada … in the King Country and Waikato where her father, one of New Zealand's most colourful and compulsive litigants, … began nursing training at St Helens maternity hospital in Auckland in 1927. She later undertook general nursing …
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… major domestic competitions, and live television coverage of international tests in prime viewing time began. It helped that the national team of the time, coached by Lois Muir, was one of the strongest … The largest indoor venue in New Zealand is Spark Arena in Auckland, which can seat 12,000. In 2012, this venue pulled …
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Part of story: Netball
… been commercially harvested since the 1980s from the Bay of Plenty, off the Chatham Rise, and around the subantarctic Auckland Islands. They are slender pink animals, up to 30 …
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Part of story: Crabs, rock lobsters and other crustaceans
… Child abuse remains in the public eye through high-profile and tragic cases. Early case In the early 1900s there were allegations of abuse of children under the care of the Roman Catholic … times occurred in 1987. ‘Baby C’, a two-year-old South Auckland girl, died as a result of injuries inflicted by her …
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Part of story: Child abuse
… Payable gold The first rumours of gold in New Zealand came from the Coromandel Peninsula in the 1820s. Nothing came of the reports for decades. Then in 1852 some Aucklanders offered a reward of £100 for the discovery of a …
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Part of story: Gold and gold mining