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… possibly as a juvenile convict, and embarked on a lifetime of adventuring and speculation. Turning with enthusiasm to … serving on gunboats in Burma, Malaya and China. The easy profits of the goldrushes took him to Sacramento, California, … a public challenge from a Samuel 'Munchausen' Jones, of Auckland, who proposed a wager of £100 'to test which of us …
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… William Garnett Braithwaite, a senior officer in the New Zealand Division in the First World War, … 1870 at Kendal, Westmorland, England. He was the son of Garnett Braithwaite, gentleman, and his wife, Elizabeth … New Zealand Defence Forces. Braithwaite became GSO of the Auckland Military District, and was given the temporary rank …
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… and poorly suited to New Zealand life. Youth The low status of youth in village life has sometimes made it difficult for … on maintaining cultural obligations at the expense of their spiritual lives. Others felt marginalised by the … In 2007 the head of the Samoan Methodist Church in Auckland, the Reverend Vaiao Alailima-Eteuaiti, defended the …
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Part of story: Pacific churches in New Zealand
… Hospitals The growth of ambulance services is linked to the development of hospitals. In the mid-19th century, most people who had … which cared for Māori and poor Pākehā, were set up in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth and Whanganui between … Development of ambulance services …
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Part of story: Ambulance services
… The principal city of the lower South Island, with an urban population of 112,035 in 2013. Once New Zealand’s largest city, Dunedin … was just over 10% more than in 1956 – in that period Auckland’s population had more than tripled. In the 2010s a …
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Part of story: Otago places
… New Zealand’s agricultural production since the beginning of European settlement has been different from that of most other developed countries because: agricultural … of the original sites selected had poor soil fertility. Auckland relied on produce grown by Māori to survive. …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… the political system. In 1867 the European population of 250,000 had 72 seats – about one for every 3,500 people. The Māori population of around 50,000 had four seats – one for every 12,500 … Māori woman to win a general seat was Sandra Lee, who took Auckland Central in 1993. Māori electoral option In 1975 the …
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Part of story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation
… Provincial government When Auckland province was established in 1853, Poverty Bay and the East Coast down to just north of Wairoa were included. The region only gained a seat on … and in 1890 the isolated north became the separate county of Waiapu. The introduction of Waikohu, Uawa and Matakaoa …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… churches) increased. The Presbyterian Church was a founding member of the National Council of Churches in 1941 and … Otago and Southland, but 25% of church members were in Auckland. Holy rollers During the 1980s the charismatic …
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Part of story: Presbyterian Church
… near Gisborne, on 2 February 1894, the only surviving son of Hetekia Te Kani Pere (or Halbert), a farmer, and his … Board until ill health forced his retirement in 1968. A founding member of the Gisborne Art Gallery and Museum in … on 11 April 1973 at Lavington Private Hospital in Epsom, Auckland, and was buried at Taruheru cemetery, Gisborne. He …
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… Homeopathy Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine based on the principle that like … symptoms. Remedies are made by diluting substances (mainly of plant, mineral and animal origin). This process is called … of an injured woman. Jane Graham, the wife of a prominent Auckland businessman and politician, was severely injured …
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Part of story: Alternative health therapies
… mission. Pastor Johannes Heine remained in Nelson, where 4% of the population was Lutheran in 1861. Lutherans also … in October 2010 to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of this settlement. Pastor Mark Whitfield of St Paul’s … in 1953 in Wellington, representing congregations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. In 2013 members of …
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Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… rails, then charged round the yard, bellowing, portions of Jim’s nether garments dangling from her horns’. 1 Modern … were few commercial Shorthorn herds in New Zealand. Most of the 300 Shorthorn bulls that are sold annually by stud … face. In 1868, R. and E. McLean imported Herefords to their Auckland farm. The Holms family founded New Zealand’s first …
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Part of story: Beef farming
… was also charted by Captain Thomas Barnett, commander of the Lambton . Sheet maps A growing number of sheet maps of New Zealand were published in Britain, … in 1875 did not mince its words. He described the state of Auckland surveys as one of confusion and neglect, and many …
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Part of story: Early mapping
… Tex Morton, was born in Nelson on 30 August 1916. The son of Mildred Eastgate and her husband, Bernard William Lane, a telegraph operator, he was the eldest child in a family of three sons and a daughter. His father’s family had lived … the United States, they were played on radio stations in Auckland and Nelson. About 1933 he caught a ship to …
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… In the early 20th century sport became a powerful expression of New Zealand nationalism through some highly successful … pride in sport during the New Zealand rugby team’s tour of the United Kingdom and France in 1905–6. This was not … reacted with enthusiasm. When the heroes returned to Auckland some 10,000 people greeted them on the wharf, …
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Part of story: Sport and the nation
… living standards were high and so were the expectations of new homeowners. Welcome to suburbia Shirley Redpath was … 11 in 1949, when her family moved into the brand new suburb of Naenae. Her first impression of the neighbourhood was of … first homes in these areas. At Ōtara and Māngere in South Auckland, and in the Hutt Valley and at Porirua north of …
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Part of story: Suburbs
… New Zealand Exhibition, Dunedin, 1865 The London exhibitions of 1851 and 1862 inspired Dunedin to host the country’s … leaders, Dunedin promoters saw an exhibition as a way of turning gold-rush wealth into long-term wealth. With … in 1896 and, not to be outdone by the southern cities, Auckland held an Industrial and Mining Exhibition in 1898. …
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Part of story: Exhibitions and world’s fairs
… The rise of e-commerce had a major impact upon the advertising revenue of print publications, especially newspapers, encouraging … begun in 1998, reaches a far larger audience than the Auckland-based paper's print edition. Video and print The …
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Part of story: Digital media and the internet
… sport, with 11 players per team. The distinctive feature of the game is the way the ball is trapped, passed, hit, … – typically six-a-side teams playing in a smaller area, often one-third the size of a full-sized field. Origins of … still contested in the 21st century, was first presented to Auckland in 1907. First women’s hockey teams Women’s hockey …
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Part of story: Hockey