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… ‘essentially an outdoors man – cricketer, golfer, a sound judge of Rugby football, a good man with a gun’, and an …
Type: Biography
… host and brilliant conversationalist. An excellent judge of second-hand books, he was known for his failure to …
Type: Biography
… were living in severe poverty. The Children’s Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft commented that “We are in real danger …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ethnic inequalities
… constant appearances in court caused them to be harshly judged. Riotous drinking disgusted the hard-working farming …
Type: Biography
… aspirations. Some saw this as a striving for harmony and judged him a liberal-minded man who 'did not unduly stress …
Type: Biography
… cattle originated from his herd, and he was a respected judge of livestock at pastoral shows. Gould's other great …
Type: Biography
… daylight, and Amy’s mother monitored the sky for clouds and judged exposure times. In 1928, as business expanded, Amy …
Type: Biography
… of the Auckland Horticultural Society and was in demand for judging at flower shows. The range of Hay's nursery stock …
Type: Biography
… farm animals such as lambs and calves) to school to be judged in competitions. The ark Alpaca The immigrant ship …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pets
… Wales to which he decided to return after the death of Judge Valpy in September 1852. At this time Ellen Jeffreys …
Type: Biography
… mills appeared. Sawmilling was skilled work. Sawyers had to judge how to cut a log to get the correct size and grade of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Logging native forests
… Zealand, where her brother, Alexander James Johnston, was a judge of the Supreme Court. Alice made several visits to …
Type: Biography
… Barr for part-time gaol duties, but the appointment of a judge required a permanent situation. The regular inmates …
Type: Biography
… friend, a generous and sympathetic critic and an impartial judge. He has a citation in the Book of Commemoration in Old …
Type: Biography
… the ceremony in the Supreme Court, Gisborne, the presiding judge, Frederick Revans Chapman remarked, 'I have known your …
Type: Biography
… Limited, a major general, an atomic scientist, a High Court judge, a famous German industrialist, a well-known author, …
Type: Biography
… Zealander and he spent the rest of his life in Auckland. Judging from his work, Seuffert must have made detailed …
Type: Biography
… was recognised by his appointment as a rhododendron judge at the Chelsea Flower Show. He was the first president …
Type: Biography
… of John Mason Durie, was the first Māori to be appointed a judge of the Māori Land Court in 1974, and of the High Court …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rangitāne
… of giving aid while 24% did not support giving aid and judged it a failure. It was a big shift from the early …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Development assistance and humanitarian aid