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… Alice Henrietta Gertrude Basten was born in Auckland on 24 January 1876, one of five children of Rachel Lang and her husband, George John Basten, a …
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… the large disparities between rich and poor, and a lack of good jobs. Thais found the space and quiet of New Zealand a far cry from the crowds and noise of their … women break out of prostitution. Most Thais have settled in Auckland and Wellington. In 2018 over 80% lived in the North …
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Part of story: Thais
… Waenganui (the middle) is a name applied to central parts of the country by geographers in the mid-20th century. In … North Island the Waenganui region comprised the interior of the North Island below Auckland, and the coast south of Whanganui and Hawke’s Bay. …
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Part of story: Te ohanga onamata a rohe – economic regions
… in Aberdeen, Scotland, probably in 1838 or 1839, the son of a master mariner. His parents' names are unknown. He worked 2½ years as a page in the service of Lord Lindsay and then completed an engineering … shipbuilding works, London. He married Mary Teasdale in Auckland on 27 April 1866, and they had 10 children. He died …
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… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … 2006 census: 342 2013 census: 498 Major regional locations Auckland: 312 Waikato: 78 Ngāti Pāoa 1991 census: 1,695 2001 … census: 3,375 2013 census: 3,456 Major regional locations Auckland: 1,440 Waikato: 966 Ngāti Whātua 1901 census: 356 …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… Emma Hilda Keane was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 18 May 1873, the eldest of six children of Elizabeth Hancock and her husband, Henry … Lyceum Club in 1922). In 1925 she was one of the two founding vice presidents of the League of New Zealand …
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… Ellen Elizabeth Aley was born in Auckland on 13 September 1869 to Ellen Beck and her husband, … Aley, a watchmaker and jeweller. Nothing else is known of Nellie’s life until she married James Ferner, a bill … in Auckland. The couple were to have four children, one of whom died in infancy. Perhaps inspired by her growing …
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… Until the 1950s New Zealand’s four main centres – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin – were of roughly equal size and influence. But they had … Rivalry between Auckland and Wellington goes back to their founding in 1840, when the latter settlement accused the …
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Part of story: City images
… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … 51,048 2013 census: 51,951 Major regional locations Bay of Plenty: 21,846 Auckland: 9,975 …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… Burnley, Lancashire, England, on 1 April 1873, the daughter of Amanda Mary Ramsbottom and her husband, George Herbert, a tailor. Little is known of her early life, but she married Charles Evans Maguire, a … 1911, after Charles was appointed senior medical officer at Auckland Hospital. He was promoted to medical superintendent …
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… was born in July 1871 at San Francisco, USA, the daughter of Francesca Simon and her husband, Charles Maurice Leavy, a civil service commissioner for the state of California. Rosetta received a bachelor of philosophy … barrister (and later Liberal member of Parliament) from Auckland, New Zealand, when he visited San Francisco in …
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… to, let alone live in, the city. In 1900 more than 95% of Māori lived in rural communities. Often Māori living in the city were those with European … began as a Māori girls’ primary school in Parnell, Auckland but became a boys’ school in 1860. Boys went on to …
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Part of story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city
… in the Madras Presidency, India, the seventh child of William Taylor and his wife, Barbara Innes. His father, a … where his father had bought land at West Tāmaki, near Auckland. Two brothers had preceded him, and by 1851 Allan … by three more. The three eldest brothers became the owners of the Glen Orchard, Glen Innes and Glendowie estates, …
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… to have been born in 1814, in Belfast, Ireland, the son of Ann Gardiner and her husband, Thomas Williamson, a linen merchant and ship owner of that city. While still a boy, James went to sea on one of … and Maori, and rum to sailors. The next year he moved to Auckland where he bought for £266 a quarter acre allotment …
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… In the 1991, 2001 and 2006 New Zealand censuses, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … 11,808 2013 census: 12,951 Major regional locations Bay of Plenty: 4,344 Auckland: 2,367 …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … census: 5,667 Major regional locations Northland: 2,100 Auckland: 1,905 …
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Part of story: Whangārei tribes
… In New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori or Moriori descent have been asked to indicate the … Moriori to indicate (a single) tribal affiliation was that of 1901. 1901 census: 35 1991 census: 105 2001 census: 585 … 2013 census: 738 Major regional locations Canterbury: 216 Auckland: 81 Wellington: 78 …
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Part of story: Moriori
… father, a laundryman or dhobi by caste, emigrated with some of the children to Natal, South Africa, where the family … in Surat with his mother. His education there gained him proficiency in spoken and written English in preparation for a … was among the passengers on the Maheno when it docked at Auckland on 2 October 1920. He found employment as a kitchen …
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… in 1807; his parents' names are unknown. He was a cousin of Joseph Barrow Montefiore, the notable early nineteenth … of foodstuffs to visiting vessels. Montefiore went to Auckland in March 1841 and in April, at the first land … In 1846 Montefiore joined with 17 other businessmen in founding the Auckland Savings Bank. The bank, which opened …
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… Provost (Stour Provost), Dorsetshire, England, the son of Harry Martin, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife, … set sail for New Zealand on the Cashmere , arriving at Auckland on 19 October. Albin was crippled with gout and had … the Public Buildings Commission. In 1869 he was one of the founding members of the Auckland Society of Artists, the …
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