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… Schlaepfer murdered his wife, his three sons, the wife of one son and a grandson in Paerātā, south of Auckland. Schlaepfer then killed himself. His granddaughter …
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Part of story: Violent crime
… on 6 December 1895 in Hougham, Kent, England, the daughter of Emily Elizabeth Whittingstall and her husband, Edward … to Finchley, where her father was employed as a government official. Edith married Leonard Kenneth Morris, a captain in … The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1924, settling in Auckland. By 1927 they had moved to Dunedin, and by 1930, …
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… years the Mataura and Dunedin mills failed to produce paper of reasonable quality, or to make a profit. Fibre is the essential raw material used to make … by competition from cheap imported paper and from the Auckland-based Riverhead Paper Mill Company, which opened in …
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Part of story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries
… or shell surfaces. The game is played by two teams of one (singles), two (doubles) or three (triples) players. … then throws their boules until it gets a leading boule, often by knocking the leading boule away. When the teams … sport. The first pétanque tournament was held in Devonport, Auckland, in 1992 and led to increased public interest and …
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Part of story: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin
… registered as a national political issue. Some 3.5% of those polled before the 1972 general election thought … for environmental action groups in the early 1970s. In Auckland these groups engaged in public education on … survey found 14 councils doing regular kerbside collections of recyclables, 52 operating recycling depots, and six …
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Part of story: Sewage, water and waste
… robins or toutouwai ( Petroica longipes ) are the largest of this group, 18 centimetres long and weighing 23 grams. … litter, collecting larvae, insects, worms and spiders, some of which they hide nearby. The male and female of a pair … – one on each of the North, South, Chatham, Snares and Auckland islands. They have a dark head, throat and back – …
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Part of story: Small forest birds
… Born in Auckland on 31 January 1912, Desmond Patrick Costello was the son of Dublin-born grocer Christopher Costello and his … Germany in 1934 and India three years later. Like many of his contemporaries, Costello joined the Communist Party …
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… was born on 10 August 1809 at Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Frances Hamilton Macdowall and her husband, Alexander … newly formed Dunedin Water Works Company he travelled to Auckland to be on hand as the company's private bill went … its business manager until it was taken over in 1881, and founding the New Zealand Mortgage and Investment …
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… Scotland, probably on 26 December 1850, the son of Celia Hay and her husband, Robert Dinnie, a wealthy … as a bank clerk in Aberdeen, but joined the clerical staff of the West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary in 1873. On 27 … of the Tokerau District Māori Land Board. He moved to Auckland to take this up from 1 July 1910, amidst much …
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… would have provided, these places could give them a sense of stability and security. Studies of children in foster care in the mid-1980s found that most … until they were adults. An inquiry into the treatment of Auckland children in state care by a civil rights group in …
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Part of story: Children’s homes and fostering
… In the 19th century and first half of the 20th century, community approaches to sexual health … shaped by a commitment to sex within marriage and a lack of effective treatments for venereal disease. Disease … AIDS Support Network was set up in 1984 by Bruce Burnett in Auckland, and by Bill Logan and Phil Parkinson in …
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Part of story: Sexual health
… When William Hogg wrote this verse to celebrate the growth of Nelson in 1875, he listed the equipment that printed his town’s newspapers as one of his signs of progress. Almost every town and local … views. Group effort Walter Brodie, an early resident of Auckland, described Māori reading the first Māori-language …
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Part of story: Newspapers
… was playing chess by correspondence. New Zealand was one of the earliest countries to use the telegraph system to … Christchurch beat Nelson in two games in 1866. Mark Noble of Feilding became New Zealand’s first correspondence chess … led to the formation of New Zealand’s first bridge club in Auckland in 1931. In 2012 there were 109 clubs, with over …
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Part of story: Cards, board games and puzzles
… as recording, measuring and reporting the financial aspects of an organisation’s activities. Rules on how to do this are … to be the oldest accounting practice in the world with the founding family still involved. Early accountant The … was well known in early colonial New Zealand, and in 1851 Auckland listed one accountant among its professionals and …
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Part of story: Accountancy
… attempts to establish arts and literary journals. The aim of many was to foster a nationalist literature that told New Zealand stories and stressed a New Zealand sense of place. Phoenix Phoenix was first published in 1932 by Auckland University students. Despite lasting just four …
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Part of story: Magazines and periodicals
… effort to learn, either on their own or in groups. It is often seen as a second chance for adults, allowing them to … they missed out on during their schooling. Courses are offered by a range of providers, from community … establishments for skilled working men) were open in Auckland, Nelson and Wellington by 1842 and there were over …
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Part of story: Adult education
… 7 January 1878 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. He was one of nine children of Lavinia Henley and her husband, William … David Mace, an English Methodist minister instrumental in founding the council. Blamires heard Mace talk, read the … Gospel.' He died after walking into the path of a car in Auckland on 16 March 1967. He was survived by his wife, a …
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… Tipperary, Ireland, probably on 28 February 1837, the son of Ellen Mary Russell and her husband, James Grace, a … surgeon and was sent to New Zealand. After arriving in Auckland with a detachment of troops on the Nugget on 21 … cover than any other people in the world. Grace was a founding director of the New Zealand board of the Australian …
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… settlers lived under canvas while New Zealand Company officials engaged local Māori to erect huts for them to live … into barracks beside Lyttelton’s wharf. With the beginning of self-government in 1854, provincial governments became … towns where visiting Māori could stay free of charge. The Auckland hostel was opened in 1850 in Mechanics Bay. Traders …
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Part of story: Housing and government
… in Linlithgow, Scotland, probably in 1844 or 1845, the son of John Meikle, a general labourer, and his wife, Jannet Jamieson. Nothing is known of Meikle's early life. In October 1869 he and other members … 1920, and on 15 January 1921 Meikle married Emily Mills at Auckland; the first of their five children had been born in …
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