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… of Dannevirke. His father, Nireaha (Niki) Paewai of Ngāti Te Rangiwhakāewa hapū of Rangitāne, was a farmer. His … of Ngāti Rākaipaaka hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu. He was christened Manahi after his paternal great-grandfather, a leader of Te …
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… After Te Kooti and his followers withdrew to Te Urewera, peace returned and land was made available for … Bay in 1874, and a smaller number at East Cape. A quarter of a century later the region as a whole had a settler …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… Local politics Several themes have dominated Waikato local politics. One, common to other regions, … was rivalry between Hamilton and Cambridge, evident in debates over the best site for the A & P (agricultural and pastoral) show, the …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… Thames Thames is Hauraki–Coromandel’s largest town and the gateway to the Coromandel Peninsula. It had a 2013 population … km north-east of Hamilton. Gold town Thames came into existence when gold was discovered in 1867 in the lower … south-east corner of the Firth of Thames. The goldfield lifted Auckland out of the economic depression that followed …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… Wellington: the first British settlement Set up to promote a British colony in New Zealand, the New Zealand Company … be the new colony’s capital city. The company hoped to create an orderly centre, but early Wellington was chaotic. Late in 1839 William Wakefield, the company’s New Zealand …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… John Bryce was born in Glasgow, Scotland, probably on 14 September 1833, the son of Grace McAdam and her husband, John … John junior, his father, an older brother and a younger sister arrived in New Zealand early in 1840 on the Bengal …
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… Dubbed an educational ‘saboteur’ by poet James K. Baxter , Elwyn Richardson was an educator who helped change the …
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… born on 12 May 1864 at Palgrave, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Catherine Elizabeth Harrison and her husband, Charles John Martyn, curate of Palgrave. He later became rector of Long Melford and was an honorary …
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… in an orphanage. He was then sent south to live with a foster family, that of farmer Sven Magnus Petersson in Thorhamn, Blekinge. Carl went to sea in sailing ships from an early age and had travelled extensively by the time he arrived in New Zealand in 1909 at …
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… Wellington: 2,123 sq km New Zealand: 268,690 sq km Climate (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) data, 1981–2010) …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… King Country: 9,550 sq km New Zealand: 268,690 sq km Climate (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research data, 1971–2000) Taumarunui …
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Part of story: King Country region
… at Balligmorrie, near Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland, the daughter of Eliza Ralston and her husband, James Fergusson, a … Infirmary in 1894. She was awarded the diploma of the Obstetrical Society of London in 1897, then worked as a private nurse for three years. During the South African War she …
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… with most diversity around the tropics. New Zealand’s temperate climate supports more than 20 described species of stick insect. …
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Part of story: Stick insects
… and railways, and encouraged immigration. Wellington benefitted from this. In 1876 a huge wooden building, designed to house the entire civil service, was completed near Parliament. Law courts and other government … such as the Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP), sited their head offices in the city. The North Island’s …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… Extending from high in the mountains down towards lowland … now favoured for fishing. Rivers of ice The glaciers originate in the highest part of the Southern Alps. A large area of snow, converted into ice as it is buried, is funnelled into two steep, …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… of Francis Hamilton and his wife, Jane Sarah Orton. After his mother's death his father remarried; nine more … Buxton and Company in Nelson. Frederick Hamilton was educated at the Bishop's School in Nelson, then in 1891 he entered his father's firm. He represented Nelson in rugby and …
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… Clive Hulme, a clerk. Clive, as he was known, was educated at Eastern Hutt School, where he passed the proficiency … Murcott in Nelson. They were to have a son and a daughter. An Anglican, Hulme was 5 feet 10 inches tall, with fair …
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… Helen Clyde Inglis, the daughter of Jane Anne Eames and her husband, John Inglis, a … New Zealand, on 15 November 1867. She was educated at private schools and at Christchurch Girls' High School. …
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… George Jobberns was born on 2 June 1895 near Te Moana in rural South Canterbury, the son of John Jobberns, a farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth Helem. His primary education at Te Moana was followed by secondary schooling at Geraldine …
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… of 903. An increase from 540 people in 1991 indicates the town’s popularity with Christchurch commuters. A rope and twine works, which initially used flax from … church (1867) is one of the settlement’s notable buildings. Te Wai Pounamu College, a school for Māori girls which later …
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Part of story: Canterbury places