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… an obscure language, to speak to a student club, to judge a literary competition. He was an early success in the …
Type: Biography
… year’s imprisonment with hard labour. In his summing up the judge, Sir Michael Myers , observed that Barrington was …
Type: Biography
… Joseph Stanton, a solicitor and ultimately a Supreme Court judge. Educated at Hilltop School, Epsom, and Diocesan High …
Type: Biography
… In 1928 another commission, headed by Supreme Court Judge William Sim, found that the confiscation of Taranaki …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori
… at the age of 26, Maria married Adolf John Rudolf Dronke, a judge in Hamburg-Altona and later in Cologne. She then gave …
Type: Biography
… but reason to believe domestic violence could occur. Judges were allowed to issue protection orders when …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Family violence
… from wearing patches within the city. In 2011 a High Court judge ruled that the ban was unlawful. Black Power At Easter …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Gangs
… , native reserves commissioner and later Native Land Court judge, a long-standing friend of the family. She was often …
Type: Biography
… known outside Japan until 1997. In that year Wayne Gould, a judge from Matamata, saw a book of Sudoku games in a Tokyo …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cards, board games and puzzles
… far outnumbered his shortcomings. He was an excellent judge of character, had an extraordinary capacity for work …
Type: Biography
… thought Tyndall accepted an offer of appointment as judge of the Court of Arbitration, which he took up on 9 …
Type: Biography
… Osiris – a wealthy French widow (his 'Isis'). The presiding judge described him as 'one of the most dangerous imposters …
Type: Biography
… his fellow runholders. The executive of 1864–66 has been judged the strongest in Canterbury provincial history. … 1890 election, before he resigned, Atkinson made his ill-judged decision to 'pack' the Legislative Council, largely …
Type: Biography
… the posts of resident magistrate in Dunedin and district judge for Otago. Already weary of the travelling a political …
Type: Biography
… children is expressed in a letter written by a boy to the judge when his mother’s violent partner appeared in court: …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Family violence
… retrenched. After new legislation made Native Land Court judges presidents of the corresponding land boards, Dinnie's …
Type: Biography
… discuss matters openly and give readers the opportunity to judge for themselves.' She read voraciously, and her keen …
Type: Biography
… works. The Hillside workshops’ picnic included a baby show judged by the local member of Parliament, tests of skill and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Factory industries
… a clerk interpreter working for the Native Land Court judges, first in Wellington, then Hastings and finally …
Type: Biography
… Poetry Yearbook unless he withdrew six poems the committee judged to be offensive. Johnson, Baxter and others regarded …
Type: Biography