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… Early-19th-century bands had a range of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. The earliest … Le Rhin put on a concert in Wellington. The northern war of 1845 brought the British 58th Regiment’s band to New Zealand. After the war they were based in Auckland. From 1847 the 65th Regiment’s band was based in …
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Part of story: Brass and pipe bands
… name. She was educated in Glasgow and became a teacher of orphaned or abandoned children. She was also influenced by the writings of the popular socialist Robert Blatchford. On 25 November … In 1909 the family emigrated to New Zealand, arriving in Auckland in August. Frederick found work as a clerk. The …
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… New Zealand, on 20 March 1863. She was the daughter of Mary Austin Graham and her husband, Hugh Fraser, a saddler. Isabel, as she was known, was the eldest of three sisters: Margaret Helen (Nellie) was born in 1865, … school in New Zealand and pupils came from as far afield as Auckland and Dunedin. She was to be principal there for 17 …
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… born at Whangaroa, Northland, on 3 February 1896, the son of Richard Solloway Gibbs, a shipwright, and his wife, … in the north. Soon after his birth his parents became officers of the Salvation Army, and during his first nine … Pittendrigh, in Sydney on 6 June 1966 and later moved to Auckland, where he died on 15 July 1978, survived by his …
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… born in Melbourne, Australia, on 10 July 1890, the daughter of Lucy Clifton Crouch and her husband, Alfred Jolly, a … against an interfering state. She was responsible for founding the New Zealand Obstetrical Society in 1927, which … school of obstetrics and gynaecology was established at Auckland University College in 1947, and its hospital base, …
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… and 11 statutory holidays each year. Despite the burdens of domestic duties , most New Zealanders have considerable … hugely important interests. Globally, New Zealand has one of the highest reading achievement rates, and reading is a … and foreign movies. The first film festival was held in Auckland in 1968 and has been followed by festivals for …
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Part of story: Sports and leisure
… is New Zealand’s southernmost city, and the capital of Southland, with a 2013 population of 47,892. Mostly flat, Invercargill stretches over an open … conservative image, and gave the city a national profile. Auckland-born and raised Shadbolt was first elected mayor in …
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Part of story: Southland places
… and grew up on a farm at nearby Herbert, in a family of six boys and six girls. Her parents were Elizabeth … and in particular China, was encouraged by the minister of St Andrew's, Rutherford Waddell , and subsequently by … old congregation in Dunedin. She died on 6 February 1965 in Auckland. Annie James's life epitomises missionary …
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… known for their knitting, which was an important source of income alongside fishing back home. Socks, stockings, … able to make their own yarn from sheep’s wool. The origin of the jersey Jerseys started out as undergarments for naval … women after the war and became increasingly popular. The Auckland-based Handweavers’ Guild was founded in 1953, …
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Part of story: Sewing, knitting and textile crafts
… Māori magazines started in the 1950s. Since this was a time of language loss, they are predominantly in English. Most, … The magazines are richly representative, and illustrative, of Māori society. They all incorporate the historical and … Te Maori News Te Maori News (1996–97), at first local to Auckland but later circulating nationally, reported on …
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Part of story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni
… In the 1920s O. F. Nelson, already one of the richest and most influential men in Western Samoa, emerged as the outstanding critic of the New Zealand colonial administration. A big man … as ever. In February 1929 he organised a mass meeting in Auckland and set up the New Zealand Samoa Defence League and …
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… In praise of the bush After the 1960s, respect for the integrity of the landscape became more widespread. The massive public … hit with ‘Dominion Road’, named after the main street of an Auckland inner-city suburb. The song describes a vivid urban …
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Part of story: Perceptions of the landscape
… David Ballantyne David Ballantyne was one of the post-war writers who did not achieve the recognition … have been consoled to some extent by the republication of Sydney b ridge upside down in 2010. Essie Summers Romance … Gee’s fiction reflects his early years in Henderson, Auckland, and shows a critical engagement with New Zealand’s …
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Part of story: Fiction
… near Launceston, Tasmania, on 30 August 1871, the son of Irish Catholic immigrants Ellen Esther Ryan and her … Union was established at Woodend in December 1900. A founding member, O'Byrne was elected vice president in 1902 … workers' union with 400 members. Two years later he helped Auckland timber workers negotiate their award. In 1923 he …
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… gap between the upper and middle classes and the less well-off, who were disadvantaged. The general health system was … choice in the system. Hospitals were the major focus of reforms, but increasing attention was paid to the primary … with lower-need populations. Visiting a doctor in South Auckland was considerably less expensive than visiting one …
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Part of story: Primary health care
… emphasised. At others, the education and skills development of offenders, combined with family support, has been preferred. … be reformed. Bad backgrounds In 1872 Inspector Bonham of Auckland wrote in his annual report about drunken and … Treatment of young offenders, 1840 to 1980s …
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Part of story: Youth offenders
… Kenneth Stuart Williams was the youngest of a remarkable quartet of second-generation descendants of … by flooded rivers. Stores were shipped in bulk from Auckland to Tūpāroa, and those living at the station learnt … Council, serving as chairman from 1909 until 1920. He was a founding member of the Waiapu Hospital and Charitable Aid …
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… Jullundur, Punjab, on 6 August 1855. He was the eldest son of Eliza Sarah Hawthorne and her husband, John Craufurd … able to show his mettle. The Northern Steam Ship Company in Auckland had cut overtime payments, and replaced seamen who … government. In 1890, on 28 October, the anniversary of the founding of the Maritime Council, Millar had initiated …
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… in Hopper Street, Wellington, on 13 June 1901, the second of four sons of Jane Butler and her husband, David Ernest Beaglehole. … a close friendship with Norman Richmond, his director in Auckland, based on their shared passion for the music of J. …
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… at Knottingley House, Yorkshire, England, the oldest son of William Moorhouse, a magistrate, and his wife, Ann … 26 January 1852. He and Benjamin soon after rode over part of the North Island looking at land, but returned to … up a contract to build a waterworks. William returned to Auckland with Jane to attend the General Assembly in 1854 …
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