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… subjects extramurally towards a BA and was selected for an officer cadetship at the Royal Military College of Australia at Duntroon. Australians at the college dubbed … Back home, he commanded a battery on Motutapu Island, near Auckland, then became a regional training officer. During …
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… Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 18 June 1871, the first child of Alison (Alice) McDonald and Alexander Taylor, a railway … apparently contributed to the family's transience. She often attacked Mary physically, and when Mary was 10 threw a … until 1923, by which time John A. Lee was the Labour MP for Auckland East. Fred Lee left school to run messages and …
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… Madras, India, on 27 April 1849 to Alfred Newman, commander of an East India Company ship, and his wife, Isabella … estate near Waipukurau, becoming prominent members of the local community. After attending private schools in Hawke's Bay and Auckland, Newman left New Zealand in 1863 to complete his …
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… Jack Newman was the eldest son of Christina Thomson and her husband, Thomas (Tom) Newman, a … planned to operate across Cook Strait, and in 1934 he was a founding director of Cook Strait Airways. This company was … Dash 7 aircraft, Newmans Air began routes from Nelson to Auckland and Queenstown in December 1984. However, …
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… Marion Beatrice Thomson, founding principal of Solway Girls' College, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, … years (three as senior mistress) at Prince Albert College, Auckland, and two years as first assistant at Southland …
Type: Biography
… School Dental Service The introduction of the state-funded School Dental Service (SDS) in 1921 was … available free to primary schoolchildren. The first 'draft' of dental nurses was recruited in 1921. They trained in a … in Wellington in 1940, with further schools opening in Auckland in 1952 and Christchurch in 1956. Dental care and …
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Part of story: Dental care
… December 1902. Alexander Paterson O’Shea was the youngest of 10 children of John O’Shea, a law clerk, and his wife, Alice Marion … Two sons became lawyers; a third became registrar of Auckland University College. Two daughters achieved …
Type: Biography
… Ireland, probably on 5 July in 1811 or 1812, the eldest son of moderately wealthy, Protestant, Anglo-Irish parents. His … him. In 1829 his father gained a position in the customs office at Hobart where the family settled. But by 1832 … another Hokianga trader, and John Logan Campbell , the Auckland merchant and trader. Such men saw him as a very …
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… Zealand less competitive. This was reflected in the number of North Americans choosing to live in New Zealand, which … gold prospecting possibilities and the long depression of 1879–96 deterred American fortune-seekers. The subsequent … became easier after the establishment of the San Francisco–Auckland steamship route in 1870 and the completion of the …
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Part of story: North Americans
… Alpine birds Kea, the mountain parrots of the South Island high country, may be found looking for … secretive species tend to hide in the reeds, and are more often heard than seen. These include the bittern (which has … observed in sanctuaries such as Tiritiri Matangi Island off Auckland, Kāpiti Island off Wellington’s west coast and …
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Part of story: Birdwatching
… Archery – using a bow and arrow to fire at various kinds of target – has been used in battle, for hunting and for sport. In 2013 there were four different forms of archery practised in New Zealand. Target archery involves … shoots. Bowhunting was formally organised in 1945, when the Auckland Archery Club set up a field section. The New …
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Part of story: Archery, fencing, shooting and military re-enactment
… final alternates between the two islands. Fast woman One of New Zealand’s rare female motor sport champions was Sybil … MGTC. Lupp later spent many years as owner and manager of a Wellington garage specialising in Jaguars. One-make and … Bradford vans made by the Jowett company were assembled in Auckland. These and other Jowett makes, such as the fast …
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Part of story: Motor sport
… Niueans are in the main a religious people – a legacy of the London Missionary Society’s activities on the atoll … Niue’s main church, the Ekalesia Niue (Christian Church of Niue), was founded by the society, which established a … of native-language speakers flourished in the community in Auckland and Wellington. English has increasingly become the …
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Part of story: Niueans
… Tribunal was established in 1975 against the backdrop of the protest movement of the 1970s and following decades of calls for the redress … Harbour. The hearing was held in the ballroom of the Auckland Intercontinental Hotel, reflecting the monocultural … Establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal, 1970s …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… France’s true intentions for the South Island are a matter of contention, but it is clear that French interest speeded … New Zealand. In 1838 Jean François Langlois, commander of the whaling ship Cachalot , embarked on a grandiose … in the Normandy Plain. The nation’s capital is New Lyon (Auckland), while Wellington is the only part of the country …
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Part of story: French
… is a narrow peninsula, stretching about 330 kilometres from Auckland to Cape Rēinga. Of this, 265 kilometres (including the Aupōuri Peninsula) is … 780 metres above sea level. There are spectacular remnants of old volcanoes at various places, including Whangārei …
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Part of story: Northland region
… Ashburton, New Zealand, probably on 6 June 1871, the son of Henrietta Wright and her husband, Thomas Holmes, a … 11-year-old stripling in 1882 when, due to a shortage of jockeys, he was asked to ride in a galloping event at an … up as a trainer at Riccarton. His successes included the Auckland Cup and the New Zealand St Leger Stakes. Holmes …
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… Magee Hunter was born probably in 1833 or 1834 to a family of landed gentry in County Antrim, Ireland. He was educated … The following year Hunter became assistant clerk to the Auckland Provincial Council. When the Waikato militia … until the regiment was disbanded. On the establishment of the Armed Constabulary in 1867, Hunter was commissioned …
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… It was set up in London in 1839 with a paid up capital of £100,000 in £100 shares. Dividends to shareholders were … companies. David Nathan opened a small merchant store in Auckland in 1841. The city grew rapidly, and he diversified … agent, tea importer and kauri-gum exporter. The scale of early enterprise did not often warrant the trouble or …
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Part of story: Large companies
… Recreational bathing While the idea of thermal springs as health resorts has waxed and waned, … the AC Baths at Taupō, Miranda Hot Springs on the Firth of Thames, Parakai and Kamo north of Auckland, and Awakeri in Bay of Plenty were just some of the …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas