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… The influence of art schools Post-object art emerged from sculpture departments at the art schools in Auckland and Christchurch. Here, a new generation of artists were fostered by influential teachers such as Jim … The rise of post-object art …
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Part of story: Post-object and conceptual art
… intermarried with, and brought together, the local peoples of Ngāi Tuputupuwhenua, Te Tini-o-Kui, Te Uri-o-Nuku (from … was the founder of Te Uri-o-Hau, and Mawake was the founding ancestress of Te Taoū. The exact origin of the name … dominant tribe in south Kaipara Harbour, the main tribe in Auckland was Te Wai-o-Hua, led by Kiwi Tāmaki. Although the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… very much an amateur pursuit, whereby optical observations of the sky were made with relatively small telescopes. … equipment and facilities that were beyond the purse of the New Zealand government. This meant that the country … able to fulfil the role of a major research observatory. Auckland Observatory The Auckland Observatory on One Tree …
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Part of story: Astronomy – overview
… harmless. Morihana on horseback Sub-Inspector Morrison of the Armed Constabulary released goldfish into Lake Taupō … became known to Māori as morihana – a transliteration of Morrison’s name. For some time morihana were a food for … to their classification as ‘noxious fish’, except in the Auckland/Waikato fish and game region, where they are …
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Part of story: Coarse fish
… Māori had centuries of building experience in New Zealand constructing whare … pātaka (storehouses) and other structures, mostly out of timber. Thirty-two ‘mechanics’ (a general term for users of tools) arrived in Auckland with Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson from the …
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Part of story: Building and construction industry
… Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, on 5 October 1827, the son of Thomas Luckie, a merchant, and his wife, Mary Mitchell. He was educated there and worked in a mercantile office and as a law clerk before working for a number of … his allegiance to Mr. Fox'. In 1873 Luckie moved to Auckland to become editor of the Daily Southern Cross , and …
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… The plight of the boat people After decades of war in Vietnam, in 1975 the South Vietnamese capital … most of them in distinct suburban concentrations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Auckland groups were …
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Part of story: Vietnamese
… No established church Until 1920 over 90% of European people in New Zealand adhered to a Christian … Protestant. Those who had been a majority in their country of origin – English Anglicans, Scottish Presbyterians and … 40% usually went to church. The denomination was strong in Auckland city and in Dunedin, especially amongst the skilled …
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Part of story: Religion and society
… Caving is the recreational sport of finding and exploring caves. Speleology is the scientific study and exploration of caves. Cavers would be the first to admit that they are … a sport A group of cavers began exploring the lava caves in Auckland’s volcanic cones in the late 1940s. They soon …
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Part of story: Caving
… Reduction of dune lands New Zealand’s area of active dune lands stayed much the same from the early … reductions (Manawatū by 81%, Northland 76%, Waikato 72% and Auckland 68%). A 1987 study found that 200,000 hectares of …
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Part of story: Dune lands
… they are more polluted. Little is known about the state of waters beyond the coastal zone. In 1976, local … were asked to subjectively rate estuaries in their areas. Of 162 estuaries rated, 38% were regarded as clean, 41% as … heavy metals or other toxic materials. A year-long study of Auckland’s storm-water discharges found that each day 28,000 …
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Part of story: Marine conservation
… In the 1950s a new method of archaeological analysis, radiocarbon dating, allowed … dated. All living organisms contain a radioactive form of carbon (carbon-14), which decays at a known rate. … as far south as Enderby Island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands), then the Chathams. …
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Part of story: When was New Zealand first settled?
… – which were more romantic than the history and culture of the Lowlands. Games, societies and publications Highland … and publications sustained Scottish identity. The identity of Waipū settlers, originally defined by kinship, religion … 1912 in Dunedin, was published under a variety of titles in Auckland and Wellington until, as The New Zealand Scotsman , …
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Part of story: Scots
… was born in Vienna, Austria, on 7 December 1917, the son of Therese Pepi Heilpern and her husband, Emil Roth, a … group later associated with the Unity Theatre. He was a founding member of the left-wing Wellington Young People’s … until the end of 1961, when Bert’s career took them to Auckland. While in the air force Roth enrolled at Victoria …
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… empire, which accelerated the societal shift from the era of local grocery stores to one of large-scale supermarket chains. The son of a successful … Enterprises in 1961, which spread Foodtown branches across Auckland and launched the Georgie Pie fast food restaurant …
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… but he was also that rarer thing, an exceptional builder of academic institutions. In academic Māori studies he was the most influential figure of the twentieth century. At the University of Auckland he developed the first university curriculum in the …
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… said to have been born in Cork, Ireland, in 1830, the son of Thomas Russell and his wife, Mary Roberts. In 1833 Thomas … at Kororareka (Russell), they shifted to the new capital of Auckland. Over the next few years Thomas the Elder was by …
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… was born in Duane, New York, USA, on 11 May 1856, the son of Charles Mills, a farmer, and his wife, Mahetabel Ladd, … Mills accepted, and received an enthusiastic reception from Auckland's lively socialists and their champion, Harry Scott … issues dividing the New Zealand labour movement. The founding of the United Labour Party of New Zealand (ULP) in …
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… Whare wānanga Before the arrival of Europeans, there were several important whare wānanga (schools of learning) in Waikato, including one at Whatawhata and … emerged from the 1860s. Public schools were set up by the Auckland Education Board in the bigger towns from 1877. …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… Preserving scenery A growing public appreciation of New Zealand’s historic places was evident in the Scenery … the government minister George Fowlds proposed demolishing Auckland’s Government House (1854) for a new university. … the former home of John Logan Campbell, one of Auckland’s founding fathers, which was relocated to Cornwall Park in …
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Part of story: Historic places