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… The end of regulation The 1980s and 1990s saw significant change in … heavy road freight flourished. Trucks had carried 49.7% of land freight in 1972; by 1993 this had risen to 81%. … than rail to get their canned goods to markets in the Auckland region. Goods sent by rail from Hawke’s Bay could …
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Part of story: Freight and warehousing
… 15 August 1884 at Scampton, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Laura Morton and her husband, Samuel Wilson Mappin, a … and a launch was purchased to transport fruit to markets in Auckland. At Auckland on 20 October 1909, he married Eliza … to which he gave a substantial donation at the time of its founding in 1926. This donation was later transferred to the …
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… David Watt Ballantyne was born on 14 June 1924 in Auckland, the son of David Watt Ballantyne, a foreman carpenter, and his wife, Iris Joyce Foley, a grand-daughter of Jane Foley ( Hēni Te Kiri Karamu ), who gave water to …
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… George Samuel Graham was born at Auckland on 23 December 1874, the son of James Bannatyne Graham, a lawyer and insurance manager, … Elizabeth Mary Josephine Sheehan. His father was the son of George Graham, who had been a member of Governor William …
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… Numbers of species Although ferns and lycophytes are a conspicuous feature of New Zealand’s vegetation, the country is not as richly … ) is the world’s southernmost tree fern, growing on the Auckland Islands at 50˚ south. It is recognised by its skirt …
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Part of story: Ferns and lycophytes
… described the sound as ‘a loud furnace blast’. Two pieces of the meteorite were retrieved from a small crater at … to the museum in Whanganui. The Mokoia meteorite is of particular interest because it is one of a rare group … through the roof of Brenda and Phil Archer’s home in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie on 12 June 2004. It bounced off …
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Part of story: Meteorites
… Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, on 2 April 1853, the son of Emily Morris and her husband, Joseph Bradney, an ironmonger. The family emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1859, arriving on the Mermaid on … at Duck Creek (in present-day Chelsea) on the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. Living conditions in a two-roomed …
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… Early collections The first collections of European art in New Zealand arrived as the household … public art galleries. An art society was founded in Auckland in 1869. Group exhibitions were organised in … in the Otago Museum, and this is considered to be the founding year of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. The …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… Most forms of cultural dance were brought to New Zealand by migrants … dance spans the recreational and concert dance divide. Often performed at school or dances, it is also seen in … the 1990s and 2000s children’s folk festivals were held in Auckland. Loosening boundaries By the 2000s different types …
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Part of story: Cultural dance
… was born in Dunedin on 7 November 1881, the eldest of 13 children of William Stevenson, a grocer, and his wife, Barbara … YWCA when she took over the general secretaryship of the Auckland association from Elsie Griffin in 1924. Enlisting …
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… to family sources on 24 June 1864. She was the daughter of Anna Thompson (later known as Anna Ray) and Edmund La … June 1891, and spent a month in Wellington before moving to Auckland where Emily spent the rest of her life. She was … achieve her social and humanitarian goals. She was also a founding member of what was to become the New Zealand …
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… England, probably in 1825 or 1826. She was the daughter of a sculptor, Thomas Stothard; her mother's name is … schools, and for the following two years was head governess of the Christchurch Collegiate School in Brighton, Sussex, … New Zealand with the Church Missionary Society, arriving at Auckland on the Persia on 21 August 1860. She was posted to …
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… achieved renown for her role as co-founder and principal of Mount Eden College, a private secondary school for girls which flourished in Auckland at the beginning of the twentieth century. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, …
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… The growth of towns was influenced by their ability to dominate their … had the strongest growth prospects. Agriculture supported Auckland in the 1840s, but it was kauri timber from … in the 1870s. Auckland also had two ports, one on each side of the North Island. This helped it ward off regional …
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Part of story: City history and people
… 27 February 1833 at Leigh, Lancashire, England, the eldest of seven children of John Fletcher, a clogger, and his wife, Mary Brown, both … Jacksons emigrated to New Zealand in 1878 and arrived at Auckland on the James Wishart on 12 January 1879. They were …
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… and incapable. By October 1867 she was already 'an old offender' and 'a very bad importation.' She was described in … a 32-year-old midwife from England, 5 feet 2 inches tall, of slight build and dark complexion, with black hair and … officer arranged for the government to pay her passage to Auckland to give her 'an opportunity of beginning a better …
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… was born at Dunedin, New Zealand, on 13 June 1862, the son of Joseph Baume, a photographer, and his wife, Emilie … He was educated at Thames and at the High School of Otago (later Otago Boys' High School) in Dunedin. Baume … economy in 1887. About 1888 he and his mother moved to Auckland, Joseph Baume having become an itinerant. Baume set …
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… September 1819 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of a Clyde shipbuilder, Thomas Niccol and Isabel McQuistan. … and Sarah Niccol were among the settlers who arrived at Auckland on the Jane Gifford on 9 October 1842. With other members of his family, Niccol established his first rudimentary …
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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 in 1901. 1901 census: 1,549 … census: 54,819 Major regional locations Canterbury: 15,375 Auckland, 6,600 Wellington: 5,565 Otago: 5,328 Southland: …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… 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. Ngāti Maru 1901 … census: 3,375 2013 census: 3,768 Major regional locations Auckland: 1,230 Waikato: 1,185 Ngāti Pāoa 1991 census: 1,695 …
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Part of story: Marutūahu tribes