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… In the early 19th century a range of foreign coins circulated in New Zealand. In 1847 new exchange rates were fixed. From that year British coins dominated circulation as the exchange rate was unfavourable for … Varied coins and banknotes, 1840s to 1930s …
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Part of story: Coins and banknotes
… Visual arts awards Since the late 1950s, annual national awards and competitions have been introduced for art forms other than literature, and for media. The Kelliher Art Prize, for ‘a … representation’ of a New Zealand landscape, was first contested at the Auckland City Gallery in 1956, and thereafter …
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Part of story: Awards and prizes
… What is an expatriate? Since the 19th century, many intellectuals and creative people born or educated in New Zealand have chosen to go to other countries to … Why people become expatriates …
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Part of story: Creative and intellectual expatriates
… Division of the New Zealand Farmers' Union and, in later years, as a writer. She was born Helen Mary Ostler at Oamaru, New Zealand, … on Ben Ohau station in the Mackenzie Country, and was educated at home by her mother. William died on 11 May 1879 …
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… of sin and the acceptance of the grace of God. After leaving home at the age of 14, Kendall became a school … in Immingham, Lincolnshire, and then an assistant schoolteacher in North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. On 21 November 1803 he married Jane …
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… The Coates brothers, Edward and Thomas, who sailed into the Waitematā Harbour on 19 October 1866 aboard the Winterthur , … Coates, Joseph Gordon …
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… By the 21st century many people preferred to use the term ‘sex work’ to describe being paid to give other people … sexual pleasure. Pre-colonial New Zealand Prostitution is often referred to as 'the oldest profession', but it is not … to New Zealand. Sailors arriving in New Zealand coastal waters in the late 18th and early 19th centuries were starved …
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Part of story: Sex work
… and Marlborough, 2004 Between 14 and 17 February 2004, intense rain (up to 300 millimetres in two days) fell on land already saturated after previous severe weather. Worst affected were rivers in …
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Part of story: Floods
… Somerset, England, on 23 November 1892, the son of a master baker, Herbert John Adams, and his wife, Eliza Ann Bell. He was educated at Devon County School and Taunton School, but left in 1909 to work for his father. Soon after, however, Herbert Adams went bankrupt and decided to …
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… to New Zealand. They included a book ( Tasman’s legacy ), a television programme and a memorial to Tasman in Christchurch. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visited New Zealand and presented a statue of Tasman’s ships. Suffrage centennial In 1993 …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… New Zealand-born mother had worked as a governess and schoolteacher prior to her marriage, and resumed teaching later in life. Frank had one elder and two younger sisters, …
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… Allen (Allan) Bell was born at Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand, on 14 February 1870. He was the son of … the 1880s and the family moved to Taranaki. Young Allen attended Mr Gee's grammar school, then worked as a clerk for … Company before moving north to join his family. After working as a bushman and farmer he travelled to southern …
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… was spent on his parents’ small farm at Woodbury, South Canterbury. When he was young his mother became crippled by … early efforts at poetry and writing while he helped operate her sewing machine. At Fairview School (1907–11) he educated himself by reading his way through a cupboard full of …
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… Richard Bethell, a lawyer and sheepfarmer of Burnham, Canterbury. In 1877 Richard Bethell purchased 5,673 acres of land near Culverden in the Āmuri county, North Canterbury; it was named Pāhau Pastures and leased until his son was of age. Marmaduke was educated at T. S. Baker's French Farm school, Wanganui Collegiate …
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… Spring Creek. Tolerant town In 1940 poet Eileen Duggan wrote that ‘Blenheim is urbane but not as yet urban, though its position on the air routes may alter that. A deep and kindly tolerance distinguishes it, a …
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Part of story: Marlborough places
… at Port Chalmers from England in 1860. Lindsay was educated at state schools in Oamaru and moved to Blenheim around 1884 to practise his trade as a carpenter. Buick became active in the Blenheim-based Gladstone …
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… the Grey County engineer, and his wife, Mary Delaney. After Edward's death in August 1884 the family moved to Wellington, where Mary became a prosperous hotel-keeper. Margaret was educated at St Mary's Convent and Wellington Technical School, …
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… Act, passed in 1922, came into effect in 1924. The Act created a Main Highways Board to control some 10,000 kilometres … highways 50–50 with local authorities, and subsidised maintenance and repairs by a third. Later it determined the rates of its contributions and those …
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Part of story: Roads
… and her death in 1901, led to prominent statues of her erected in the four main centres between 1897 and 1905, and … South Island, also marked the jubilee. Many communities planted trees to celebrate royal coronations. Political leaders Statues erected to …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… were a musical family and active members of St Paul's Presbyterian Church. Edith attended local primary schools and Wanganui Girls' College. In spite of the considerable domestic demands on her time and …
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