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… Part of a province Stewart Island/Rakiura became part of the province of … to be provided with land at The Neck. Untrustworthy trustee In December 1927 Andrew Josey, a fisherman in his 80s, was beaten to death by Southland Harbour Board accountant Arthur …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… Anti-Asian prejudice While intermarriage between Māori and Europeans became widely acceptable, late 19th-century scientists theorised that intermarriage with other peoples would create a race of … Intermarriage with Asians and Dalmatians …
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Part of story: Intermarriage
… Leonard Poulter Leary was born at Palmerston North on 24 March 1891 into … a love of books. His happy childhood was suddenly interrupted by Richard Leary’s death when he was 10, and the death … Leary, Leonard Poulter …
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… New Zealand has a tsunami gauge network of water level recorders on open coasts, plus gauges at Raoul and … They transmit data continuously to GeoNet, but only indicate that a tsunami has arrived at the gauge location. … New Zealand relies on the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based in Hawaii. If a large submarine or coastal …
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Part of story: Tsunamis
… Traditional Māori society did not have a concept of absolute ownership of land. Whānau (extended families) and hapū (sub-tribes) could have different … catch birds in a clump of trees, another to fish in the water nearby, and yet another to grow crops on the surrounding …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… force nationally. Bob Tūtaki was the only Māori delegate present at this inaugural conference. Structures to promote the involvement of Māori at higher levels in the union movement were slow in coming, and were sometimes resisted. In 1983 the FoL Māori and Pacific Island Advisory …
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Part of story: Ngā uniana – Māori and the union movement
… Australasians After the advent of the Liberal government, another public … century, as Australia moved towards federating the separate colonies of Australia, New Zealanders decided to go it … were also searching for a sense of national character, which they found in the ‘bush legend’ about the …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… other countries. Concern about plummeting seal numbers resulted in a law in 1875, which banned sealing between 1 October and 1 June. After 1894 even this open season was closed except in 1914 and … Island, and in 1946 in Otago, Southland and Fiordland. Protection in these cases was lifted as fishers argued that …
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Part of story: Marine conservation
… individuals, but love was also important. Marriages were often arranged for people of high rank, while Māori marriage … on both personal attraction and whānau negotiations. A strategic alliance Hūria Mātenga, famous for swimming through the surf to rescue the …
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Part of story: Love and romance
… He was the son of John Martin, a clergyman who was later a farmer, and his second wife, Sarah Espie. There were … purchased a horse and cart. He impressed others as 'a very steady, plodding and industrious young fellow, with a shrewd … In 1846, when settlers were in conflict with Maori, he carted stores and ammunition to the militia in the Hutt valley. …
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… The two decades after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi were marked more … conflict. Organised immigration began in 1840 and soon created a scattering of European settlements around the coast. At first …
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Part of story: Māori–Pākehā relations
… Mormons Officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (‘latter-day’ means present-day or recent), the Mormon Church was … into decay. They forbade consumption of alcohol, tobacco, tea and other addictive substances. William Cooke and …
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Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… small Motueka Plain near the Motueka River mouth on the western shore of Tasman Bay. It is the third-largest settlement in the Nelson region after Nelson city and Richmond. A further 5,397 people live in … the Arthur and Pikikiruna ranges, and to the south the Moutere Hills. Motueka is 48 kilometres from Nelson and 57 …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… 1955 and hip hop in 1985. New Zealand musicians and songwriters, including artists such as jazz pianist Mike Nock and … as Split Enz, The Muttonbirds and The Datsuns, have contributed to these global movements. The national importance of … New Zealand Music Industry Commission, which promotes New Zealand music. The recording industry A 2002 survey …
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Part of story: Creative life
… of other countries played a part in shaping his character. The family had connections with overseas interests through an insurance broking business founded by his grandfather, René Frederic Natusch, centred at Bishopsgate Street and at Lloyd's, London, with agencies at Trieste, …
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… Born on 15 June 1912 at Wharepuhunga, near Te Awamutu, Franz Oscar Natzke was the fourth and last child of Emma Frances Carter and her husband, August Natzke, an immigrant from … father's farm, Fernlea, but when he was six the family shifted to Hamilton and he attended school at Fairfield. …
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… was born in Hamilton on 23 March 1913, the second daughter of Violet Constance Mitchell and her husband, Erima Harvey Northcroft, a barrister. He was later a distinguished Supreme Court judge and served on the …
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… Canterbury province A provincial government was formed three years after the founding of the settlement. The Canterbury Provincial Council was the main focus of political …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… Origins People started roller skating in New Zealand in the mid-1860s. This was … the same time as skating grew in popularity in the United States, where the first quad (four-wheel) skates were designed …
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Part of story: Roller skating and skateboarding
… the son of Robert Middleton Ryburn and his wife, Anna Jane Steadman. His great-grandparents, who came to New Zealand in … and his wife, Elizabeth Osborne. The Hamlins’ eldest daughter, Sophia Middleton, married Robert McNair Ryburn, a Presbyterian, and two of their sons and four of their grandsons, …
Type: Biography