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… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … asking Māori to indicate tribal affiliation – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901. 1901 census: 1,094 … 34,890 Major regional locations Bay of Plenty: 11,127 Auckland: 6,228 …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … asking Māori to indicate tribal affiliation – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901. 1901 census: 1,701 … 16,179 Major regional locations Bay of Plenty: 6,966 Auckland: 3,801 …
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Part of story: Ngāti Awa
… In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which … asking Māori to indicate tribal affiliation – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901. 1901 census: 640 1991 … 2013 census: 6,087 Major regional locations Taranaki: 1,686 Auckland: 1,008 …
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Part of story: Taranaki tribe
… The biosecurity system The risk of incursions of exotic species has historically been managed by the … the number of bees in a hive. It was first noticed in South Auckland in 2000. Transport operators and truck drivers play …
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Part of story: Biosecurity
… resettlement process was difficult. Dealing with the loss of family members and adapting to a new lifestyle was … to take unsatisfactory employment, and suffered feelings of isolation and distress. Most were employed in manual or … in 2000) and the Wat Lao Buddharam Association in Auckland have worked together to bring monks to New Zealand …
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Part of story: Laotians
… invasives The bryozoan Watersipora arcuata arrived in the Auckland region in 1955–56 and later spread to the South … thick, which locals referred to as ‘coral’, on the hulls of boats and wharf piles. From there it spread to the Tāmaki … in 1980, it caused blockages to the cooling-water intake of Ōtāhuhu Power Station, forcing temporary closures. To …
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Part of story: Marine invaders
… Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand was founded in 1977 to support positive early … discrimination. Aotearoa Network of Psychiatric Survivors Auckland Psychiatric Survivors (APS) was founded in the …
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Part of story: Health advocacy and self-help
… The Auckland region changed dramatically in the early 1900s. By 1905 most of the gold and gum had been taken, and the forests felled. … Auckland’s comparative isolation ended with the completion of the main trunk railway line to Wellington in 1908. The …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… The tone of cooperation between Christians and churches embraced all Protestant churches, but was long suspicious of Catholics. From the late 19th century, different branches … of the British and Foreign Bible Society established in Auckland in 1846. It raised money to distribute bibles in …
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Part of story: Interdenominational Christianity
… called in religion Mary Cecilia Maher, was the founder of the congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Auckland. She was born probably on 13 September 1799 at …
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… Auckland Teachers’ College The struggle to establish Māori … a move was Auckland Teachers’ College, with the appointment of Harry Lambert in 1961. After he left in 1962, his … College took a more staged approach to the introduction of Māori studies by appointing Barry Mitcalfe to teach …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… Auckland transformed Economic deregulation in the mid-1980s … and other advantages, many companies relocated their head offices to Auckland. The region was now the nerve centre of the national economy. Unemployment rose when the share …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… born in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, on 22 June 1889, one of three children of Maria Jane Aspin and her husband James … a dairyman and Maria ran a sweetshop. In 1911 they moved to Auckland, where Rhoda joined the New Zealand Socialist … political life and culture. In May 1913 Rhoda was a founding member of the Women's Progressive Society, formed …
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… was born in London, England, on 15 February 1837, the son of Maria Day and her husband, George Allen, an eminent … He set sail in the Egmont on 5 April 1860, arrived in Auckland on 19 July, and proceeded to Great Barrier Island. … soloist. He formed the church choir and was a member of the founding committee, conductor and soloist for the Wanganui …
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… brought radical liberal substance and style to the practice of law in Auckland over five decades. Registered at birth as Francis, … name became synonymous with civil liberties work: he was a founding member of the Citizens’ Association for Racial …
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… volcanic activity in the North Island, where pockets of molten rock have welled up to the surface. … depressions known as calderas. New Zealand has a number of these super-volcanoes, including the Taupō, Rotorua, and … Park have been built largely during the last 260,000 years. Auckland – a city on volcanoes Auckland is built on a …
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Part of story: Geology – overview
… Jane Holden Thompson was born in Auckland on 15 April 1897, the daughter of Leonora Jane Howie and her husband, Joseph Thompson, a builder. Her parents were both active members of the Auckland City Corps of the Salvation Army, her mother …
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… Fisherman Stewart Smith transformed the ecology of New Zealand’s freshwater lakes and rivers through his many introductions of exotic fish, some of which prospered as pests and … more than 15,000 fish into the wild, primarily in the Auckland, Northland, and Waikato regions, hoping to bring …
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… Warwickshire, England, on 6 August 1858. She was the second of seven children born to Fanny Brittain Chapman and her … in the Moravian Brethren sect, attached to the Church of England. Sarah attended local day schools and a Moravian … London on the Wellington on 30 September 1881, arriving in Auckland on New Year's Day 1882. While the family moved to …
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… father, Józef Franciszek Jan Potocki, was a Polish émigré of noble descent who had arrived in Paris after the 1830–31 … was held by family tradition to be an illegitimate daughter of King George IV of England. Józef Potocki later fought in … where he remained until December 1887. De Montalk moved to Auckland in 1891, and in 1894 took up an appointment as a …
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