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… a boy, although ill health forced him to quit. He emigrated to Australia to join relatives in 1820 or 1821, and … station. But it was his work with the merchant J. B. Montefiore's company which led to his arrival in New Zealand. Harris, George White and Tom Ralph were sent out on the company's ship Darling …
Type: Biography
… A foreman mason by trade, he resolved at the age of 31 to enter the ministry of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, enrolling in 1838 in arts and divinity at …
Type: Biography
… James (Jimmy, or Hēmi) Waitaringa Mapu was born at Mōteo, Hawke's Bay, on 4 March 1894. His father was Porokoru … movement of the 1890s. Jimmy's mother was Apikara Matehaere Smith of Tāhaenui marae, Nūhaka, who belonged to … development. Although his father was an Anglican lay minister and his grand-uncle, Nirai Runga, the resident Anglican …
Type: Biography
… acres (12,000 hectares) and in 1874 established an estate called ‘Lockerbie’, planning the town of Morrinsville to … communes, Beeville, began near Morrinsville in the late 1920s or early 1930s and lasted until 1973. Its members espoused eastern religious …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… Porirua 2013 population: 51,717 A planned city After the Second World War, the government acted on an urgent need for new housing. As the site for a new city, Porirua was ideal. It had plenty of cheap …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… Ngāti Tūmango and Ngā Paerangi, hapū (sub-tribes) of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. Pūtiki is the marae of Ngāti Tūpoho and Ngāti Tūmango, and Te Ao Hou at Aramoho is the Whanganui marae of Ngā Paerangi. … Ngāti Tūpoho and Ngāti Rangi also have a connection with Te Ao Hou marae. Company town Whanganui was the New Zealand …
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Part of story: Whanganui places
… Goomes’ The laughing hours (1950) and Maurice Duggan ’s Falter Tom and the water boy (1958) were outliers, works of fantasy unusual in … for science fiction/fantasy books for older children and teenagers, starting with Under the mountain in 1979. Sherryl …
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Part of story: Children’s and young adult literature
… film-maker in an era when local film-going was dominated by American westerns. Inspired by New Zealand's ‘rough-hewn story’, he made … Rudall Charles Victor Hayward was the son of Adelina Maria Teresa Martinengo and her husband, Rudall George Hayward. He …
Type: Biography
… McDonald, a ploughman, and his wife, Margaret Ingram. After primary school James attended Otago Boys' High School between 1884 and 1885. He showed early promise as a painter and as a young man took art classes in Dunedin. His art …
Type: Biography
… Mary Edith Clarke was born in Waimate North in the Bay of Islands on 23 September 1888, the daughter of Marsden Clarke, a grazier, and his wife, Frances …
Type: Biography
… Thames. He was the younger son of Hauāuru Tīkapa Taipari, later baptised as Wīrope Hōtereni (Willoughby Shortland) Taipari, the chief of Ngāti … Maru , who had succeeded his father, Hauāuru Taipari, later baptised as Te Hōtereni, in 1880. Eruini's mother was …
Type: Biography
… Union organisation, 1970s and 1980s A long-term effect of women’s increasing workforce participation … increase in the number of women in unions, and in unions’ interest in women’s issues. In the 1970s and 1980s, the … broader union movement. Labour laws and union membership After the government passed the Employment Contracts Act 1991 …
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Part of story: Women’s labour organisations
… record of his parents' names. He married Ann Taylor; the date and place of their marriage are unknown. They had two sons and two daughters. Apart from the fact that the name Brees is of Dutch …
Type: Biography
… Zealand society’s attitude to comic books changed in the late 20th century. As censorship lessened and control of imports was reduced, local artists looked to new international influences for inspiration. Graphic novels – …
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Part of story: Comics and graphic novels
… Coromandel Town 55 km north of Thames on State Highway 25, with a 2013 population of 1,503. The … the alluvial flats of the Whangarahi Stream, backed by the steep Coromandel Range. Whanganui Island straddles much of the entrance to Coromandel Harbour. Te Patukirikiri are the tangata whenua (local tribe) of …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… Abel Tasman From the 16th century, world maps often showed an imagined southern land mass at the bottom of … land. Two charts were produced from his voyage. Tasman charted the coastline from his landfall on the west coast of the …
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Part of story: Early mapping
… Parapara Road Road completed in 1917 from Whanganui to Raetihi, now a section of State Highway 4, which follows the Mangawhero River for much of … house was first built in 1870. Kākātahi Locality on the eastern bank of the Mangawhero River, 57 km north-east of …
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Part of story: Whanganui places
… Moari (also known as mōrere) were large swings. They consisted of a pole (usually kahikatea wood) sunk into the ground, with flax ropes suspended …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro
… 1940s. Before that decade central government sometimes acted as a kind of patron, but only on a case-by-case basis. New Zealand culture was featured in international exhibitions. Occasional grants to regional arts … helped to develop collections. These grants were administered by the Department of Internal Affairs, which until …
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Part of story: Arts funding and support
… 20 members, plus a chairperson. Tribunal members are appointed by the governor-general on the recommendation of the minister of Māori development, in consultation with the minister …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana