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… Origins Workingmen’s clubs emerged in the industrial areas of England from the mid-19th century to provide recreational … many early clubs had the description ‘mutual school of arts’ in their titles, and all had a reading room or … rise in clubs in the 1960s, with a concentration in South Auckland, perhaps in response to the migration of Māori and …
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Part of story: Men’s clubs
… overseen by a referee. Wrestling has always been a mixture of entertainment and athleticism, with some matches a demonstration of orthodox, genuinely competitive wrestling and others a … one-time world champion Stanislaus Zbyszko three times in Auckland in 1926. Administration The New Zealand Wrestling …
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Part of story: Boxing and wrestling
… James Munro Bertram was born on 11 August 1910 at Auckland, the son of Ivo Edgar Bertram, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Evelyn Susan Bruce. At the start of the First World War the family moved to Melbourne and …
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… born Mary Jane Mander on 9 April 1877 at Ramarama, south of Auckland, the eldest of five children of Janet Kerr and her … in these essays and in all her journalism. She was a founding member of the PEN New Zealand Centre and honorary …
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… for nearly 50 years, changing the intellectual climate of the city and opening the minds of several generations of New Zealanders to the world of … and his wife, Helen, opened a separate Parsons Bookshop in Auckland in 1975, and the eldest child, Jeremy, worked in …
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… Cockayne, New Zealand's greatest botanist and a founder of modern science in New Zealand, was born at Norton Lees, … Beautifying Association (of which he had been a founding member in 1897) and moved in to Christchurch. He visited Ruapuke Island, Milford Sound and the Auckland and Campbell islands in 1903. Cockayne never …
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… Roly Earp was a pioneer kiwifruit orchardist of the 1960s and 1970s, and an influential advocate for grower control. He supported and encouraged the growth of the industry through the development of equipment to … save for three years at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland. He had pestered his parents to let him attend an …
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… farm near Huinga in the Taranaki backblocks. He was the son of John Reginald Woollaston, a sharemilker, and his wife, … – particularly in music – were a corrective to the drudgery of farming life. Although she tried to dissuade Toss from a … 1950s, and was in increasing demand as a speaker. His 1960 Auckland Gallery Associates lecture was published as The …
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… In the first 40 years of the twentieth century James Cowan was one of New Zealand's most widely read non-fiction writers. He … following year he was employed as a junior reporter on the Auckland Star , where he stayed until 1902. This literary …
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… sleepers’ (1952). These and other works made him one of the foremost commentators on New Zealand life, a defining … widely known. This tension remained unresolved for much of his life and contributed to his retreat from creative … a successful academic career in the English Department at Auckland University College (later the University of …
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… sewers led to a reduction in these diseases. Treatment of drinking water followed much later. Most communities … meet (voluntary) standards. New Zealand had higher rates of gastro-intestinal diseases than countries such as … From 1935 councils had to conduct housing surveys. In Auckland these revealed significant overcrowding, …
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Part of story: Public health
… Stand-up comedy The challenging and unpredictable medium of stand-up comedy grew increasingly popular from around … and others had performed weekly live stand-up shows in an Auckland pub. In 1997 Blanks opened the Classic Comedy Club … Rhys Darby, later to find international fame with Flight of the Conchords. Well-known New Zealand stand-up performers …
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Part of story: Humour
… at Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Australia. She was the second of nine children of Alice Connolly and her husband, Daniel Henderson. Her … from Victoria to Tasmania, and then, in 1863 or 1864, to Auckland, New Zealand. A brief sojourn in Tauranga in the …
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… In the first 40 years in New Zealand a company often performed both types. From the 1870s most of the new pieces were soon-forgotten French or English … theatre can probably be said to have begun in 1841 in Auckland and 1843 in Wellington. These theatrical …
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Part of story: Opera and musical theatre
… on a Saturday night became a new dating ritual. In the dark of the cinema, arms would extend around the shoulders of potential lovers and kisses were exchanged. Meanwhile, on … Hotel in Lyttelton, and coffee bars such as the Ca d’Oro in Auckland and Carmen’s Coffee Lounge in Wellington. …
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Part of story: Love and romance
… Sex Hygiene and Birth Regulation Society The first meeting of what became New Zealand’s first birth control group, the … the organisation aimed ‘to educate and enlighten the people of New Zealand on the need for birth control and sex … clinic finally opened above a mechanic’s garage in Remuera, Auckland, in November 1953. The world’s first clinic had …
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Part of story: Contraception and sterilisation
… sister became ill the following year the family moved to Auckland. Jean briefly went to Auckland Girls’ Grammar … In 1921 her father imported some hybrid cultivars of tall bearded irises and in 1923 their propagation and … her first cultivar to win plaudits outside New Zealand: Geoffrey Pilkington, secretary of the Iris Society, encouraged …
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… written for children in the 19th century. Most were works of fiction about settlers, their adventures in a new land … Most were published overseas, mainly in London, and most of the authors never lived in New Zealand. New Zealand … of the castaways . The protagonists’ ship is wrecked near Auckland and they are kidnapped by a Māori tribe with …
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Part of story: Children’s and young adult literature
… Ngāti Tarāwhai, who were kin to Ngāti Pikiao and Tūhourangi of Te Arawa of Rotorua. His mother was Ani Pape, the daughter of Te … attack on Rotorua in 1823 and taken as a slave to North Auckland, where she was forcibly married to Waitere. Tene …
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… born on 5 April 1809 at Hampstead, England, the second son of William Selwyn, a noted constitutional lawyer, and his … and others who were later to be influential promoters of his cause in both New Zealand and Melanesia. He entered … on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Selwyn arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 May 1842 aboard the brig …
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