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… 1856 and 1859 at Ōrongotea, on the north-west shoreline of the Hokianga Harbour. His father was Wiremu Tana Pāpāhia; … lines were through Te Horohuhare and Ngāti Haua hapū of Te Rarawa of north Hokianga. He was also kin to Ngāpuhi … Pāpāhia was admitted to deacon's orders by the bishop of Auckland, W. G. Cowie . At 3 p.m. that day he preached his …
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… for leisure Most New Zealanders live within easy reach of lakes, rivers, swimming pools or the sea, so it is not … century swimming pools were built in towns and cities. Some of the earliest were sited on beaches, and took advantage of … the country by 1895. They included Hamilton (1881), Auckland (1888), Ashburton and Gisborne (1891), Whangārei …
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Part of story: Swimming
… Kingdom, they looked to place names to create a sense of home and proclaim their membership of the British Empire. Military and colonial history Heroes … the Empire’s battles were recalled in such place names as Auckland, Eden, Rodney, Raglan, Clive, Napier, Hastings, …
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Part of story: Place names
… Falla was born in Palmerston North on 21 July 1901, the son of George Falla, a railway clerk, and his wife, Elizabeth … earned a Junior National Scholarship in 1915 and attended Auckland Grammar School, from where he matriculated in 1918. … childhood ambition was to be a seafarer, and although much of his career was to be associated with the sea and its …
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… Wallace Allison Burn) was the first New Zealand army officer to qualify as a military aviator. He was born on 17 … in cadet force training, eventually reaching the rank of cadet captain. In August 1911 Burn joined the New Zealand … Zealand in September 1914 and was appointed area officer, Auckland, with the rank of lieutenant. In February 1915 the …
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… Mainland extinction Despite large numbers of tuatara on some islands, populations continued to become … ( Rattus exulans ), which preyed on tuatara. By the time of European settlement, in the 1840s, tuatara were almost … in Wellington Harbour, and Tiritiri Matangi Island, near Auckland. Many people have visited these ecological …
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Part of story: Tuatara
… Moturoa field, Taranaki Seepages (places where oil seeps out of the ground) were the first sites that oil drillers … foreshore, Kōtuku on the West Coast, and Waitangi, north of Gisborne. At New Plymouth, bubbles of gas were seen along … pipelines were laid to take the gas to Wellington and Auckland. …
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Part of story: Oil and gas
… Gay liberation The 1970s were a watershed in the history of lesbian and gay lives in New Zealand. Following … liberation started in New Zealand in 1972 after protests by Auckland lesbians and gay men when Māori lesbian activist … organisations. They were disenchanted with the sexism of some gay men and the homophobia of some heterosexual …
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Part of story: Lesbian lives
… Swooping down on their prey at speeds of up to 200 kilometres per hour, New Zealand falcons are … falcon (200 pairs) lives in coastal Fiordland and the Auckland Islands, and has more reddish plumage. These … what ornithologist Walter Buller described as a ‘shrill cry of terror’ when it seizes its victim. After it catches a …
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Part of story: Birds of prey
… trade with the South Pacific was dominated by imports of sugar cane from Fiji. The Colonial Sugar Refining Company … operations in Fiji, and opened a refinery in Birkenhead, Auckland, in 1884. Ballad of the Stonegut Sugarworks Poet James K. Baxter briefly …
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Part of story: South Pacific economic relations
… Archey’s frogs found in the Whareorino Forest showed signs of attack by rats. Interestingly, the rats left the heads of their victims intact. The frogs have defensive glands … The Carter Holt Harvey Native Frog Research Centre at Auckland Zoo is a captive breeding facility for Archey’s …
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Part of story: Frogs
… The Ngāti Porou homeland is the most easterly region of the North Island. It sits inside the two canoe boundaries of Horouta and Tākitimu. The traditional Horouta canoe … trading period. Returning from shipping expeditions to the Auckland markets, they would take shelter in the Harataunga …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… Anne Maria Maynard, daughter of Sarah Binfield and her husband, Thomas Maynard, a … Thomas, was also born there on 20 June 1792, the son of Sarah Greenwood and her husband, William Chapman, a … 'Ko Mata' (Mother), suggests. On 19 December 1856, at Auckland, Thomas married Mary Jane Moxon. He continued his …
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… After dark Darkness increases fear of crime. In 2014, 38% of those responding to a quality of life survey felt unsafe … safety In 1989, 7% of people felt it was safe to be in the Auckland city centre after dark. This jumped to 25% in 1993 …
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Part of story: Security and personal safety
… born at Glasgow, Scotland, on 2 November 1905, the daughter of Jeanie Scott and her husband, James Young, a mercantile … Stanhope Andrews, a public servant. Stanhope became the founding director of the National Film Unit in 1941. Over … New Zealand Drama Council. The Andrewses moved in 1961 to Auckland, where Isobel continued to write, mostly for radio. …
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… on 13 April 1875 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, the son of John Barton, a minister of the United Methodist Free … actively involved in the training of accountants, as the founding director of Banks Commercial College in Wellington. … breakwater. The following year he chaired a commission on Auckland's public transport system, which led to the …
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… their part, wanted to protect Māori from the ill-effects of European settlement. The Treaty of Waitangi In 1833 James Busby was sent to the Bay of … Canterbury in 1850, both by New Zealand Company affiliates. Auckland , capital of the new Crown colony, grew …
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Part of story: History
… the Physical Welfare and Recreation Act 1937, members of Parliament agreed in principle on the need to improve the physical fitness of every New Zealander. The Auckland Primary Schools Sports Association had found that … Development of disability sport …
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Part of story: Disability sport
… Evans was the first person to be killed in the course of an industrial dispute in New Zealand. His death raised … was born on 11 February 1881 in the Australian mining town of Ballarat, Victoria, the younger of twin boys born to … an enormous political funeral. Evans's body was taken to Auckland, where thousands of mourners lined the streets. …
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… at Kirikiriroa near Hamilton on 1 August 1886, the fourth of nine children of Alicia Wilhelmina de Vere Hunt and her husband, Walter … March, there was a large and enthusiastic public meeting in Auckland. A board of governors was chosen, Kathleen …
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