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… Gummer, an accountant, and his wife, Jane Taylor Moginie. After attending Mount Eden School, Gummer was articled to the Auckland architect W. A. Holman in 1900. He travelled to England in 1908, …
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… First arrivals In spite of scattered traces of occupation, little is known about early … were settlements at Port Pegasus/Pikihatiti, on the eastern coast from The Neck southwards to Tikotatahi Bay, and …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… Origins The term ‘horse racing’ refers to gallops, as distinct from … using their own horses. As in England, race meetings attracted people from all sections of society. Jumping races From … the beginnings of racing in New Zealand, hurdle races and steeplechases formed part of most race days, even in summer. …
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Part of story: Horse and greyhound racing
… commerce and languages at night-school. His indenture complete, he travelled extensively in Europe before accepting a position in 1888 with another tobacco company, Hartlaub and Company of Rotterdam. Further travels brought him to New Zealand in 1891, …
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… From the turn of the century New Zealand’s displays at international exhibitions were fewer and more selective. The … case at the 1904 St Louis Exposition in Missouri, in the United States, where Donne arranged for a place in the Forestry, Fish … International exhibitions, 1900 to 1950 …
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Part of story: Exhibitions and world’s fairs
… Bell. At the age of five his parents gave him a magic lantern, with which he staged a show for local children, … left Christchurch West District High School at 15 and started work in the mailroom of Booth, Macdonald and Company, but after two days was transferred to the buying and shipping …
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… Hawke’s Bay is on the eastern side of the North Island’s central chain of mountains, … south. Its varied landforms are an expression of the active tectonic forces under its surface. Hills and ranges The Ruahine Range, the southern portion of the region’s western boundary, is part of the North Island main ranges. Tall …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… New Zealand Institute To a limited extent learned societies brought scholars and curious laypeople together in intellectual pursuits, beginning with the sciences. Founded in …
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Part of story: Intellectuals
… Lotto By the early 1980s the insatiable demand for lottery funding led Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet to promote a new numbers game: …
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Part of story: Gambling
… Mandeno was born on 3 October 1888 at Rangiaowhia, near Te Awamutu, the son of farmer William Henry Mandeno and his wife, Mary Graham Snodgrass. After boarding at St John’s Collegiate School, Auckland, he enrolled at Auckland University …
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… underwent a distinct period of modernisation in the 1970s after decades of grumbling by some critics and artists. … World War urbanisation and population growth, increased international travel and a growing sense that New Zealand was a Pacific nation rather than a British outpost created an appetite for contemporary New Zealand art. In and out …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… of New Zealand to European observers was strongly affected by the fact that the majority of the people were Māori. … Early contact established an image of Māori as fierce fighters and cannibals, and New Zealand gained a reputation in … into European culture. Gradually New Zealand came to promote itself as a model of race relations. Following the New …
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Part of story: New Zealand identity
… in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1862. This would put the date of his birth at 1851 or 1852, but it may have been as late as 1856. He was born William Sharman Crawford Nicholl, at Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland. He emigrated with his parents, Martha Jane George, and her husband, …
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… Postmodern decadence The 1980s saw New Zealand architects embrace postmodern architecture, with its historical references, decoration, … metaphors and overall glamour and glitz – which were intended to be sophisticated, but to modernist eyes appeared … Postmodern and neo-modern architecture …
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Part of story: Domestic architecture
… champions in their field. Dave O’Sullivan of Matamata started out as a jockey, then turned to training. He won the … in New Zealand races – 2,358 in total. His record was later broken by David Walsh and then by Chris ‘Magic’ Johnson, … much to the skills of pioneers such as Linda Jones. Supported by her trainer husband Alan, she fought a two-year …
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Part of story: Horse and greyhound racing
… Exhibitions In the late 1990s interest in post-object art re-ignited. In 1998 Action Replay, Post-object Art (1998), a series … Revival of interest, 1990s to 2000s …
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Part of story: Post-object and conceptual art
… Ireland, during March 1825. He was the son of Charlotte Bennette Clark and her husband, Thomas Shearman. Under the … Zealand, Shearman left home as a youth; his journey was halted at Adelaide, South Australia, when he learnt of Hobson's …
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… John Burns Smith was born on 25 September 1922 at Kaikohe, Northland, one of three children of … Smith. His father, a baker who had settled in the town after serving in the First World War, had played rugby for South Auckland and represented North Island Country in 1912. His mother belonged to the …
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… George Vesey Stewart was born in Brighton, Sussex, England, and baptised … there on 20 January 1832. He was the third son of Mervyn Stewart, a retired army lieutenant of Martray, County Tyrone, Ireland, and his wife, … Stewart, George Vesey …
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… State housing The environmentalist belief that town planning … could improve the quality of city life was widely accepted after 1945. This was demonstrated in the construction of new … Suburbs and satellite cities …
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Part of story: City planning