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… George William Clinkard was born on 17 September 1893 in Auckland, the son of English parents Cecil Henry Clinkard and his wife, Julia … on the Kaipara Harbour, was later a mayor and member of Parliament for Rotorua. After attending Auckland Grammar …
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… fashion designers were not immune to the negative effects of economic reform, there were upsides for them. Surviving … more seriously because they were now an important source of business, and designers found their orders were higher in … emerged as major labels that decade, including: in Auckland, WORLD, Karen Walker and Kate Sylvester, while …
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Part of story: Fashion and textile design
… sing my song.) These words were spoken by Mokomoko, a chief of Te Whakatōhea of the eastern Bay of Plenty, as he was about to be hanged … to stay away, Völkner arrived on the schooner Eclipse from Auckland on 1 March. He was taken from the ship and …
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… it difficult (and occasionally fatal) to retain the support of their own people while reaching out to another. Missionaries Many of the early European missionaries in New Zealand became … Te Arawa. The chief lived with his family in Grey’s home in Auckland, and was paid a salary to teach the governor the …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… England, on 14 November 1868, and registered as the son of Mary Ann Richardson. He later declared his parents to be … working in Northampton he enlisted in the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1886, and was stationed at Gibraltar for … on 31 December 1928, and took up residence in Remuera, Auckland. He worked assiduously for returned servicemen, …
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… more sceptical. Wellington poets In the 1950s a group of Wellington poets became critical of the 1930s nationalists. In brilliant lectures poet James … and 1980s From the late 1960s another generation of largely Auckland writers, influenced by the counter-culture movement …
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Part of story: Arts and the nation
… on 20 February 1877 in Kensington, London, England, the son of Wilhelmina Jemima Robinson and her husband, Louis … journalist who had been a secretary and literary associate of Sir Henry Irving. The actor became godfather to Louis … (1948 winner) and 'Valse impromptu' (winner of the 1953 Auckland Competitions Society prize) – some of which were …
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… played on a table without pockets, is popular in some parts of the world. In New Zealand the most popular cue sports – … Cue sports can be played individually or by teams, usually of two players each. Origins of billiards Billiards is … 1 In 1842 there was at least one billiard room in Auckland, and by the end of the decade tables were found in …
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Part of story: Billiards, snooker, pool and darts
… Derbyshire, England, probably on 22 September 1832, the son of Joseph Bradshaw, a clergyman, and his wife, Frances Clowes. Of James's early career little is known. He appears to have … the first quartz mining boom, and on 20 April 1870, at Auckland, he married Harriette Clementina Bolton. By 1871 …
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… Decline of small campsites During the summer of 2012 Fiordland National Park ranger Ken Bradley noted the … hot showers and bathroom and laundry facilities. The Auckland Regional Council runs the largest network, with …
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Part of story: Camping
… was born in Wanganui on 25 August 1903, the second child of Hubert Edward Candy, a farmer of Manaia, Taranaki, and his wife, Isabella Braid Christie. … herd-testing group. In 1933 he became chairman of the Auckland Herd Improvement Association, a post which he was …
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… Tong (Lian Tang), Gaoyao county, in the Chinese province of Guangdong. The third of four sons and a daughter of Chiu Pan-sing, a meat … size of the community. In 1917 he sought a position at the Auckland Presbyterian Chinese mission. Although he was an …
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… that New Zealand has an estimated 16 billion tonnes of in-ground coal. However, 80% of this is lignite in Otago and Southland. Of the balance, … coalfields, extending from Drury (30 kilometres south of Auckland) to Mangapēhi (20 kilometres south of Te Kūiti), …
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Part of story: Coal and coal mining
… critics became more vocal in the 1950s. This demonisation of comics was also evident in other countries, such as … on comics. The 1954 Mazengarb report (the published results of an investigation into juvenile delinquency) identified … concession to government regulators. Comics on campus Auckland University’s 1970 capping magazine (retitled …
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Part of story: Comics and graphic novels
… Building and customising New Zealanders have a history of building or customising motorcycles. A Timaru man, Cecil … 1905 and 1910. In the early 1900s the Stokell brothers of Canterbury, keen fishermen, bought and repaired … 100 Stewart motor scooters were designed and produced by Auckland man Jack Stewart. The Mountain Goat was an early …
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Part of story: Motorcycles
… claims back to 1840. The tribunal also issued a number of landmark reports that reflected its growing importance as … institution. Bicultural process In 1980 the original chair of the tribunal, Judge Gillanders-Scott, was replaced by … public open space administered jointly by Ngāti Whātua and Auckland City Council. It also recommended an award of $3 …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… 1840 Colonial Office instructions In pre-colonial times each Māori tribe … lived within a tribal area bounded by natural features of the landscape, such as the sea, rivers and mountains. … Constitution Act (UK) 1852 established six provinces – Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury and …
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Part of story: Local and regional government
… Coal Mining of the extensive Waikato coalfields began at Huntly in 1876. … It was used for domestic and commercial heating for most of the 20th century. Production leapt after 2000, mainly to … at Arapuni in 1929. These power stations also supplied Auckland, the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua. Growing demand for …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… Women in the labour market The number of women in the labour market rose from approximately … 169,000 in 1945 to 382,000 in 1971. Increasing numbers of women continued in, or returned to, paid employment after … were set up from 1970. Groups such as the Wellington and Auckland Women’s Liberation Fronts, and the Women’s Movement …
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Part of story: Women’s labour organisations
… very large. In the late 1970s, for example, Prestige Holeproof made suits, men’s shirts, knitwear, underwear, socks and … and synthetic fabrics and knitting wool, in factories in Auckland, Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Whanganui, Palmerston North, … there were too many factories making small quantities of too many different things. It encouraged firms to combine …
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Part of story: Clothing and footwear manufacturing