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… members of the Society of Friends and Frederick was educated at a Quaker school before being apprenticed to a tanner in 1824. In 1829 he went to the United States, where he travelled extensively. On his return to …
Type: Biography
… Paraire Karaka Paikea was the great-grandson of Paikea Te Hekeua, a prominent chief of Te Uri-o-Hau and Ngāti Whatua . His father was Karaka …
Type: Biography
… Bruce Edward George Mason was born on 28 September 1921 at Wellington, the son of Howard George Mason, a … suburb of Takapuna, Auckland, when he was five. He later wrote: ‘This huge panorama has formed a backdrop to my …
Type: Biography
… looking for can’t be found. It may not exist, might be temporarily unavailable, or could have been moved. To find what you’re after, you could try: using our site menu at the top of the screen searching Te Ara checking …
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… England, on 5 July 1805. Through both parents he was connected with the upper echelons of the aristocracy. His father, … II and Barbara Villiers. His mother, Lady Frances Anne Stewart, was the eldest daughter of the first Marquis of …
Type: Biography
… in 1877, did not restore the provincial governments, despite his opposition to their abolition. In fact he proceeded … to local authorities. Standardisation The provinces had adopted different land-sale and land-tenure systems, and different schooling and charitable-aid …
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Part of story: Colonial and provincial government
… catch flying insects, and also use webs as aerial filters. Orb-web spider The common orb-web spider Eriophora … pustulosa is seen in gardens throughout New Zealand. Often its lines are weighed down with drops of morning dew, …
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Part of story: Spiders and other arachnids
… Māori material culture, including carvings and weaving, was sought after by collectors and ethnologists from the time of British navigator James Cook’s explorations in the late 18th century. Despite a 1901 law to restrict their export …
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Part of story: New Zealand culture overseas
… von Bellingshausen is said to have been born on 20 September 1778 (9 September, Old Style) at Hoheneichen, on the island of Ösel …
Type: Biography
… Era of public works New Zealand’s technical and engineering industry expanded in the years after the Second World War, driven by an unprecedented public works programme. Projects included realigning and … Engineering after 1945 …
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Part of story: Engineering
… Through his alliances with six Maori women he was connected with three East Coast tribes: Ngati Kahungunu of the Mahia peninsula, Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki and Rongowhakaata of Poverty Bay. Eight … European traders. His next three wives, all belonging to Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, were alliances of short duration. …
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… Rotorua lakes, 279 metres above sea level. Lake Rotorua is teardrop-shaped, about 12 kilometres from north to south and … a maximum depth of only 25 metres. The lake’s full name is Te Rotoruanui-a-Kahumatamomoe, after Kahumatamomoe, the Arawa ancestor who is believed to …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… population: 405 Lumsden is a farm service centre for the western Waimea Plains, 84 km north of Invercargill. It was … to south at this point. The town is at the junction of State Highway 6, which runs north to Queenstown and south to Invercargill via Josephville hill, and State Highway 94, which runs north-west to Te Anau, Manapōuri …
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Part of story: Southland places
… Boundaries and region The East Coast is a relatively isolated region. Bounded by mountain ranges to the west and … east onto the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, it has fewer routes linking it with the rest of the North Island than any … the region arrived by sea. In the 21st century, only two state highways link the region with its neighbours. The region …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… company was formed. Nevertheless, there have always been amateur dramatic clubs, repertory theatres and operatic … Company, these are the main professional companies. Alternative theatre reflecting the interests of children, young people and Māori has developed …
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Part of story: Creative life
… crafts and design; music, dance and performing arts; and literature and film. In these many forms it has been published, performed, exhibited and sold overseas since the late 18th century. Expatriates and ambassadors New Zealand …
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Part of story: New Zealand culture overseas
… The enduring Moriori Despite the events of the previous century, Moriori held … a vigorous cultural revival which began with a New Zealand television documentary in 1980. In dispelling some long-held … fallacies laid to rest were that the Moriori were a separate race, distinct from Polynesians, and that they had died …
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Part of story: Moriori
… students. It was first held in 1992. Performances are directed and choreographed by students, who also manage lighting, … Manager Alice Larmer has said: ‘That’s what Stage Challenge teaches … How to get a natural high without having to turn …
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Part of story: Young people and the arts
… John Davies Ormond, known as 'The Master' by his family and as 'The Hon. J. D.' by his … son of Francis Kirby Ormond and his wife, Frances Hedges. After the family moved to Plymouth he met his sister's future …
Type: Biography
… Henry Russell – the Robert was added later – was born in the parish of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, … and two other brothers, John and Robert, followed soon after. Probably in Wellington, sometime before April 1849, … married Susanna Cobham Herbert; they were to have one daughter. Henry Russell is said to have worked at Makara and …
Type: Biography