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… Secularists Small but vocal minorities of secularists – atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and … anti-Māori, anti-missionary and pro-settler newspaper, the Auckland Examiner . Organised freethought flourished during … Bradlaugh, Britain’s leading secularist, from the House of Commons for refusing to take the religious oath of …
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Part of story: Religion and society
… The socio-economic position of a child is a major determinant of health status. In New Zealand Māori and Pacific children … it increased in some parts of the country, such as South Auckland, in the 21st century. In 2013, 22% of children and …
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Part of story: Child and youth health
… on 9 March 1841 near Zürich, Switzerland. He was the son of Heinrich Suter, a silk manufacturer, and his wife, … he later managed. His first published paper was on analyses of wine. On 1 October 1867 he married Barbara Julia Ida Naef … a prolific trader of natural history specimens. He lived in Auckland from around 1900 to 1910 and in Christchurch from …
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… Hēnare Wiremu Taratoa was a leader of Ngāi Te Rangi of the Tauranga district. He was born about 1830; a … at baptism, and later studied at St John's College in Auckland. There he married a Māori woman, whose name is not …
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… The Methodist church was at the height of its popularity and social influence in New Zealand in the … late 19th and early 20th centuries. At that time around 10% of the population were Methodists; later the percentage … funded by donations from the community, were established in Auckland, Masterton and Christchurch. Decline Social and …
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Part of story: Methodist Church
… in New Zealand at Bartlett’s Studios in Queen Street in Auckland in 1895, with the first public screening the … the 1920s, going to the pictures was a favourite activity of many New Zealanders. Kaponga, a small town in Taranaki, … should miss out. He ordered in films, arranged for the use of the local hall, and acquired and ran the projector. Cook …
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Part of story: Screen industry
… In the 1970s Muriel Fisher, a suburban gardener in Auckland, and Lawrie Metcalf, a South Island parks … up in response to the growing demand for native plants, and offered a wider selection of plants. Return of the native In the mid-1970s many …
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Part of story: Horticultural use of native plants
… agricultural exports. Rapid growth in the economies of the ‘Asian Tigers’ (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and … supporter. The 1999 APEC Leaders’ Meeting was held in Auckland and, among other things, it thrashed out a response … Cooperation in Southeast Asia. In the same year it became a founding member of the East Asia Summit (EAS), a regional …
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Part of story: Asia and New Zealand
… major ports, river ports and breakwater ports. Major ports Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton were safe natural … from time to time, but all followed the same process of reclaiming land, and building wharves and slipways or dry … hazards. The more significant river ports are on the west of the country – Greymouth and Westport in the South Island, …
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Part of story: Ports and harbours
… was born in Whangarei on 26 May 1915, the second child of Dorothy Helen Gillespie and her husband, Sydney Maurice … Party. He was initially appointed as pianist, but when the founding musical director and producer, Tom Kirk-Burnnand, … cities of Australia and New Zealand. On 14 October 1947 in Auckland, Vaughan married Roma Hope Collins. After four …
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… slow to gain national attention and action. The Pollution of Water Bill, introduced to Parliament in 1912, gave more … only made ad hoc recommendations. A 1947 nationwide survey of water pollution found plenty of it. However, there was no … halved, with most of the change being primary treatment. In Auckland a major civic battle was fought from the 1930s to …
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Part of story: Sewage, water and waste
… Groups Being a seabird is a specialised occupation. Of the 24 bird orders (groups of related species), only five have seabirds among their … coast, the best-known colonies being at Muriwai (near Auckland), Cape Kidnappers in Hawke’s Bay and on Farewell …
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Part of story: Seabirds – overview
… organisations established to advance a single cause. Often modelled on similar organisations for men, they were … such as the Rebekah Degree, which was formed by the wives of senior members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows in … Order of Oddfellows was formed in the 1890s in Dunedin, Auckland and Wellington. Most of the members were single …
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Part of story: Women’s networks and clubs
… in London, England, probably on 24 February 1835, the son of Albert Leopold Vogel and his wife, Phoebe Isaac. His … editor of the rival Otago Witness , with the intention of founding a daily newspaper. An introductory issue of the … he was mainly in opposition, joining other Otago and Auckland members who favoured separation. By the end of …
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… 9 December 1895. Her father was Heremia Te Wake , a leader of Ngāti Manawa and Te Kaitutae hapu of Te Rarawa and the son of an American whaler. Her … Judge F. O. V. Acheson , Professor Horace Belshaw of Auckland University College, Dr Ivan Sutherland of …
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… threatened New Zealand bird species back from the brink of extinction and inspired similar conservation programmes … the black robin’ revolutionised the intensive management of endangered birds such as kākāpō and Chatham Island black … ‘Bird brain’ Donald Vincent Merton was born in Devonport, Auckland on 22 February 1939, the youngest of three boys …
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… born at Letwell, Yorkshire, England, on 21 March 1805, one of four children of Richard Taylor and his wife, Catherine Spencer. He was … Dunedin, where he was awarded a silver medal; he was also a founding member of the New Zealand Institute. Along with …
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… Harold Bertram Turbott was born in Auckland on 5 August 1899, the son of Alice Dillicar, a native of Yorkshire, and her husband, Henry Turbott, a …
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… Thomas McDonnell, eldest son of Thomas McDonnell and his wife, Anna Patterson, was born … voyage. His father, from County Antrim in Ireland, was an officer in the British navy. He had served in the Napoleonic … empire had collapsed, and soon afterwards he retired to Auckland, dying in 1864 after a fall from a horse. Thomas …
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… in Rutlandshire, England. He was the third surviving son of Joshua Hocken, who was of Cornish descent, and his wife, Anne Richardson of … Elizabeth (Bessie) Mary Buckland, daughter of a wealthy Auckland merchant. Their only child, Gladys, was born in …
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