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… Tipi Tainui Rōpiha was of Ngāi Toroiwaho of Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne. He was born in Waipāwa on … a temporary appointment as a draughtsman and computer in Auckland; he became a member of the permanent staff in …
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… East Prussia, on 15 February 1828. He was the younger son of Julius Louis von Tempsky and his wife, Karoline Henriette … Central America, where a colonisation society was intent on founding a Prussian settlement. The Mosquito Kingdom had … offered on the Coromandel goldfield. He arrived at Auckland aboard the barque Benjamin Heape on 10 March 1862. …
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… Karori, Wellington, New Zealand, on 27 April 1870, the son of Jessie Dykes and her husband, William Young, a farmer. … when he was a delegate for the Federated Seamen's Union of New Zealand (FSU) aboard a coastal trader; later he … that of its rival. Over the next decade Belcher, Young and Auckland secretary J. K. (Jack) Kneen built the FSU into one …
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… Early life and education David Lange was born in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, on 4 August 1942. A fourth-generation New Zealander, he was the son of Eric Roy Lange, a medical practitioner, and his wife, … Fysh Reid. The family lived in Ōtāhuhu. David’s father was of German descent and the family name was pronounced with …
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… Although she particularly campaigned on women’s issues, and often on topics which were controversial or taboo, her … broad, and she played an important role in raising the profile of mental illness in New Zealand. She was one of the … stopped initially at Sydney, but followed her parents to Auckland after failing to find theatre work in Australia. …
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… near Boort, Victoria, Australia, on 16 August 1874, the son of Mary Tomkins and her husband, Daniel Fisher Paul, who … strikes or direct action. In July 1916 he attended the founding conference of the second New Zealand Labour Party … Otago delegates wanted a referendum on prohibition; Auckland delegates had the issue of state control added. The …
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… Waipiro Bay, on the East Coast, on 4 February 1914, the son of Ngāti Porou parents William Leonard Parker, a farmer, and … College (1930–36), where he became a prefect and captain of the First XV. He occasionally worked on the Te Aute farm … later years. In the late 1940s he and his family moved to Auckland, where Parker continued to work for the Department …
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… Te Tirarau Kūkupa, the son of Kūkupa and his first wife, Whitiao, was born probably in … the late 1790s. He was descended from Rāhiri, an ancestor of Ngāpuhi; his grandmother was Te Toka-i-Tawhio, leader of … . This prevented conflict from spreading south towards Auckland. In the 1850s Tirarau became concerned about the …
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… The numbers of Indian immigrants fell during the First World War because of travel restrictions, but climbed afterwards. The news … worked Most Indians lived in the North Island, especially Auckland, although there were communities in Wellington, …
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Part of story: Indians
… was short-lived as the early 1930s were marked by a glut of whale oil and the economic depression. In 1933 the … propellers, boilers and concrete foundations – the legacy of a short-lived enterprise. Some whalers married local … in 1984. In 2013 more than one-third of Finns lived in Auckland, which had an active Finnish society. A prize of …
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Part of story: Scandinavians
… chief Ruatara brought Samuel Marsden and other members of the Anglican Church Missionary Society to Oihi in the Bay of Islands. From there much of the work of spreading … communities were established, such as Tātai Hono marae in Auckland under Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka. Minita-a-iwi, or …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… Apples and kiwifruit are the mainstay of New Zealand’s horticulture industry, but they can be damaged by a number of insect pests, making the fruit unsuitable for export. … and plantation forests. Parts of suburban Hamilton and Auckland were sprayed after single insects of these species …
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Part of story: Insect pests of crops, pasture and forestry
… Peter Barr, son of Dunedin's first chief postmaster, Archibald Barr, and his … Utilising his respected position, Barr was instrumental in founding the Incorporated Institute of Accountants of New … representative of accountants; disaffected members of the Auckland branch had formed the New Zealand Accountants' and …
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… Most of the familiar edible shellfish such as mussels, cockles, oysters, pipi and scallops belong to a group of molluscs known as bivalves. The term bivalve refers to … grow 30–35 centimetres long. One enormous specimen at the Auckland Museum measures 40.5 centimetres. But it is no …
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Part of story: Shellfish
… born in Cambridge on 30 January 1921, was the second of three daughters of Edward Ernest Faulkner, a storekeeper, and his wife, … Vera White, a milliner. After schooling in Waikato and Auckland, Joan became a cadet journalist at the Dominion, …
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… Beginnings Chambers of commerce and industry are the oldest commercial … set up in the 1850s and the umbrella group, the Association of New Zealand Chambers of Commerce, in 1915. The national … Chamber of Commerce. List of requests When the Auckland and Wellington chambers of commerce were founded in …
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Part of story: Employer and business organisations
… The New Zealand Ensign adopted in 1902 remains New Zealand’s official flag. However, calls to change the flag have been … protection for the current flag by requiring at least 75% of MPs (rather than a simple parliamentary majority) or a … the pride he felt on seeing the New Zealand flag hoisted at Auckland airport during the Commonwealth Games. Labour MP …
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Part of story: Flags
… live births in 2012 compared to a total population rate of 4.7. This rate is generally regarded as a good indicator of the socio-economic conditions in which children live. … transmitted infections among Pacific youth in South Auckland. The group visited churches, community groups, and …
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Part of story: Pacific Island health
… stores in Invercargill and Queenstown, partly because of transport difficulties, and also because imported clothes … leaving school and getting married. In Dunedin in 1901, 27% of the workforce was employed in the clothing industry. 80% … their daughters work there. Even so, in the early 1890s an Auckland factory manager was said to have commented that he …
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Part of story: Clothing and footwear manufacturing
… New Zealand from the 1990s – especially after the passing of the Biosecurity Act 1993. Changing approaches In the past … Later, people became concerned about the negative impact of some introduced species on New Zealand’s environment, and … Ōtamahua/Quail Island, Wellington by Matiu/Somes Island and Auckland by Motuihe Island. Many of these islands also had …
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Part of story: Biosecurity