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… legacy of Erebus Although it did not occur on New Zealand territory, the crash of an Air New Zealand DC10 on Mt … aircraft headed for Antarctica, where passengers were treated to low-level views of the Ross Dependency before … stop at Christchurch. The flights had always operated smoothly and were popular with adventurous Kiwis and …
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Part of story: Air crashes
… In the 19th and early 20th centuries the West Coast was remote, with poor roads, and so there were few tourists. Most climbers and trampers preferred the eastern side of the Southern Alps, where the rainfall was lower. The Franz Josef and Fox glaciers attracted a steady trickle of visitors, but this involved a …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… an accountant, and his wife, Mary Josephine Gallagher. He attended school in Cambridge and, later, Te Aroha. Although well read and well educated, his …
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… Although universities are internationally thought of as the home of research and new … the 20th century because of small staff numbers and heavy teaching loads. Since the 1960s, when research-based PhD degrees started to be awarded, there has been a steady increase in the …
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Part of story: Research institutions
… Bay, a chief at Waiohiki, ordered 70 dogs to be slaughtered to feed travellers. The scraps were thrown in the … where the animals were cooked on this occasion was called Te Umukurī (kurī oven). Dog for dinner On his 1769 voyage, James Cook wrote that kurī tasted almost as good as lamb. Sydney …
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Part of story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs
… and his second wife, Anna Marie Therese Wulff, a schoolteacher. George Vosseler's first wife had been the … and Henry had an older half-brother and a half-sister. He attended Te Aro School in Wellington and then a small school …
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… end, the Waikato River flows through the Volcanic Plateau in a huge loop before leaving it at Waipapa. After cutting down into volcanic deposits, most dramatically … resort, 10 km north of Taupō. The field has hot springs, steam and pools. The Wairākei geothermal power station, the …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… Sandell Welch, an assistant surveyor. In 1893 Joseph accepted a position as senior draughtsman with the Department of … family moved to Wellington. Influenced by his father, an amateur artist, Nugent was interested in art from an early age. He was educated at …
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… on 10 November 1885, to a middle-class family of limited means. His mother, Ada Janet Depree, was of Huguenot … gentlemen approved by her solicitor father. Spencer entered Christchurch Boys' High School in 1896; there as a … a long association with soldiering. From 1900 to 1903 he attended Waitaki Boys' High School, where he went into camp …
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… Hamer Fielden was born on 20 December 1922 at Waihou, near Te Aroha, Waikato, the only child of Nora Hamer and her … 1933. With her father she moved to Papatoetoe, where she attended the local high school. After leaving school Elsie worked for John Court Limited in …
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… forties, and both main islands lie across the prevailing westerly winds. While winds over the ocean are generally … turbulent than wind on the land, there are several land sites that provide reliable wind energy, most notably the … These mountains are notorious among trampers for consistent and strong winds, so it is not surprising to find the …
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Part of story: Wind and solar power
… into a comfortably off but not prosperous family. His date of birth is said to have been 27 March 1839; he was … on 7 April that year. His father, Samuel Ballance, was a Protestant tenant farmer 'with evangelical tendencies'; his …
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… consul at Bordeaux. His mother, Frances, was the daughter of an Anglican clergyman, the Reverend J. Matthews. … a year Angelo was dead from typhoid. When Bell unfortunately fell foul of the influential company director, Joseph …
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… wealthy retail grocer and his wife, Jane Earl. He was educated at a private school at Tamworth and at Edinburgh University from which …
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… of his early years before he went to sea in 1872. In his late teens or early 20s he may have been ship-wrecked on an … the island, living on rabbits, penguins and penguin oil after Hatch failed to relieve them. William Belcher's …
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… and by his own preference, as Ben Couch. He was born at Lyttelton on 27 June 1925, the first of eight children of a … Until the age of eight he lived in Christchurch with his maternal grandmother, Mere Ngautanga Rīwai, a redoubtable … work ethic were lifelong influences on Ben. In 1933, after some minor misbehaviour, he was sent to live with an …
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… he was brought up by his mother and his uncle. He was educated by a private tutor. Rees emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, around 1851, presumably with …
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… and his wife, Dorothy Alice Stopford. He was educated at High Street School in Dunedin before the family moved to Christchurch. Avery enlisted in the army in 1940, serving in the Middle East and … the saxophone and guitar and continued to pursue musical interests, buying his first clarinet in Italy. In 1946 Avery …
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… Mass of volcanic hills (1,165 sq km) jutting from the Canterbury coast between Pegasus Bay and the Canterbury Bight. The highest point, Mt Herbert (Te Ahu Patiki, 920 m), overlooks Lyttelton Harbour. It is …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… who had come to New Zealand in 1843, and shortly afterwards moved to the Chatham Islands. Maria Müller was sent … In 1862 Baucke was sent to school in Wellington. He later returned to the Chathams, where he became schoolmaster to both native and Pakeha children. Baucke seems to have …
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