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… from poor Irish backgrounds brought with them long memories of British Protestant oppression. Some were quick to see old … in Latin, and a memorial Celtic cross was erected in honour of ‘the Irish patriots’. State aid to private schools The … even a bishop) were called up for military service. In 1917 Auckland Baptist minister Howard Elliott founded the …
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Part of story: Religion and society
… worked as a youth advocate. He also volunteered for the Auckland Food Bank and for a youth disability camp. Snedden … 2,500 volunteers provided support, facilitated by a network of regional sports coordinators. Special Olympics helps … community. Sports communication In 2008, Erich Krogmann of Palmerston North competed in the 48th New Zealand Deaf …
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Part of story: Disability sport
… played rugby union from the 1880s. By the turn of the century the sport was organised in the Ōhinemuri … Football Union was founded in 1921, with the unification of the Paeroa, Piako, Waihī and Hauraki Plains unions. … railway 30 years later enabled thousands of punters from Auckland and Hamilton to attend fixtures at Paeroa. Racing …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… Kathleen Todd believed passionately that the important role of any doctor is ‘sometimes to cure, often to relieve, but always to console’. This dictum came … for five years Todd headed the psychological clinic at the Auckland Mental Hospital at Avondale. In 1935, feeling that …
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… A long tradition The history of visual arts, crafts and design in New Zealand stretches … arrivals from East Polynesia, with their rich inheritance of carving and weaving. Western arts, crafts and … centres have major art galleries, including the Auckland Art Gallery, the City Gallery in Wellington, the …
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Part of story: Creative life
… Birth of today’s papers From the 1860s New Zealand’s rapidly … survived in some form into the 21st century. They include Auckland’s New Zealand Herald (set up in 1863) and … type) had to stop work to carry out militia duty. One issue of the paper failed to appear when the military authorities …
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Part of story: Newspapers
… Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay, as part of a British team, reached the 8,848-metre summit of Mt Everest, the world’s highest mountain. This was the … Edmund Percival Hillary, born on 20 July 1919 at Auckland, was the second of three children of Percival …
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… by Māori and non-Māori alike. He was a prominent leader of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in central Auckland and chairman of its trust board for 26 years. He may be remembered best …
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… was born in Hamilton on 17 August 1912, the youngest of carpenter William (Will) John Allerton Farrelly and Ellen … told at Girl Guides. In 1930 she commenced a BA degree at Auckland University College with the help of a scholarship, … with women outside the party, and in 1936 was one of the founding members of the Sex, Hygiene and Birth Regulation …
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… who led the Modernist architectural transformation of the government’s building programme in New Zealand in the … who commanded respect across the state sector. Whereas many of his generation believed that Modern architecture … architecture. Formative years Fergus Sheppard was born in Auckland on 23 June 1908 to Lillian Gertrude Green and her …
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… born in Marygate, York, England, on 4 August 1890, the son of Thomas Archey, a schoolmaster, and his wife, Sarah … positions in the North Island before becoming manager of Burnham Industrial School. Gilbert was educated at … in his honour. In 1924 Archey was appointed director of the Auckland Institute and Museum. He was presented with the …
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… Harry Heaton Barker, one of eight children of John Heaton Barker, an accountant, and his wife, Martha … The family had moved to Wellington by 1902 and then to Auckland by 1912. John Barker eventually founded the Four …
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… Warwickshire, England, on 18 March 1858, the son of Jane Matilda Long and her husband, James Butler, a master … Australia. At Kōkiri they pioneered the use in New Zealand of a steam-powered log hauler, and in 1895 introduced a … board of directors of the Kauri Timber Company and moved to Auckland; soon after, he became New Zealand managing …
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… New galleries There was a 20-year gap between the opening of the last art gallery of the 19th century (the Suter in … the Suter and Sarjeant, the name commemorated the gallery’s founding benefactor, a Christchurch businessman. The Hawke’s … the leadership of Peter Tomory, from 1956 to 1964, the Auckland City Art Gallery showed contemporary New Zealand …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… Gangs and violence In 2018, 36% of all prisoners and 70% of Māori prisoners had gang … clashes, which became common during the 1970s. In South Auckland, for example, the Storm Troopers fought frequent … Black Power members over their part in a violent brawl. A founding member of the Fourth Reich killed James John …
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Part of story: Gangs
… in Rochford, Essex, England, on 1 September 1836, the son of John Grabham, a surgeon, and his wife, Sarah Fry. George … qualified MRCS in 1857, LSA in 1858, MD from the University of London in 1867 and MRCP in 1882. In 1859 Grabham was … Grabham turned his attention north, visiting Gisborne, Auckland, Coromandel, Thames, Rotorua, Napier, Palmerston …
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… in Napier on 4 October 1896, the fifth child in a family of seven. Her father, Thomas Hall, was the district land … her marriage. Kathleen attended the primary department of Napier Girls’ High School until 1909, when the family moved to Auckland and she attended the Ladies’ College, Remuera. On …
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… DJs In the 1980s the inaccessibility and expense of professional equipment and records was a limiting factor for … associated compilation album, featuring a variety of South Auckland-based hip hop and vocal artists, was a key …
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Part of story: Hip hop
… was born at Christchurch on 26 March 1906, the daughter of Lucy Elliott Allison and her husband, Ernest Walter … next 12½ years as a kindergarten teacher, becoming director of Selwyn Kindergarten (1931–37) and Phillipstown Free … before joining the stations they had been posted to. At the Auckland Central Police Station Pearce’s duties included …
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… paper. Later they became night shelters and other forms of emergency accommodation. Close quarters David Robertson, … Street cemetery in central Wellington, was an active member of the early Salvation Army. A tiny two-room cottage at the … Between 1903 and 1912 the Salvation Army set up hotels in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to provide low-cost, …
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Part of story: Salvation Army