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… Matilda Wills and her husband, John Willis, who died soon after Archibald's birth. At the age of 12 he was employed by a prominent firm of printers, Eyre and Spottiswoode, with whom he remained for three years. After the death of his mother he worked his passage to New …
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… of men were crushed by falling trees every year in the late 19th century. Branches flying off a falling tree were so … to fall’. 1 Dangerous fruit Māori climbed towering kahikatea trees for delicious seasonal berries, koroī, which ripen high in the canopy and were eaten by the basket load. The harvesters – who fell to their …
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Part of story: Workplace safety and accident compensation
… Adela Mary Roche was born at Te Awamutu on 3 April 1878, the second child of Emily Adela … politician. Her aunt, Fanny Osborne, was a well-known painter of New Zealand flora. Adele, as she preferred to be known, was raised and educated at Paterangi, near Te Awamutu. Her artistic talent was …
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… Bernard Fergusson was the country’s tenth governor-general and the last in a long line of … people from all sections of society. His pursuit of greater Māori–Pākehā unity, his warm and respectful relationship with Māori and his knowledge of te reo Māori were unique features of his term in office. …
Type: Biography
… Carmen Rupe was a trailblazing transgender woman and entertainer, a larger-than-life personality, sex worker, and celebrated LGBTIQ+ icon. Proprietor of several notorious Wellington …
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… since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated the Tāmaki tribes (including those who indicated more …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… to the Whangārei coast tribes losing much of their lands. After the Hauraki, Waikato and Taranaki regions, Māori own … head. The economy of the coastal tribes was further disrupted as the government seized control of offshore fisheries … and took land for nature reserves on Great Barrier (Aotea) and Little Barrier (Hauturu) islands, the Hen and …
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Part of story: Whangārei tribes
… Māui is the great trickster hero of Polynesian mythology. Much pre-European Polynesian history is related to this inventive character. Many of the stories are legendary – the theft of fire, …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… In the early 2000s, two construction projects caused debate because they were planned for areas where taniwha were … live. Karutahi In 2002, the Ngāti Naho hapū in Waikato objected to construction of a highway in a particular area, … Eventually, Transit New Zealand agreed to partially reroute the highway. Takauere The building of a prison in Ngāwhā, …
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Part of story: Taniwha
… England, the son of Herbert Crompton Herries, a barrister, and his wife, Leonora Emma Wickham. His parents both … active in the British civil service and politics. After his father's death in 1870 William was brought up by his … encouraged the collection of fossils, and kindled an interest in geology. Herries went to Eton College in 1872, …
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… Mackay . On 10 June 1862 he married Eliza Sophia Braithwaite at Nelson. A son, James Edward, was born in 1865 and died in 1866. A daughter, Emma Beatrice, was born in 1867. Until coming of age in …
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… New Zealand’s writers, artists and thinkers, Māori and non-Māori, have been … cultural go-betweens. Māori people’s early enthusiasm for literacy and other forms of Pākehā culture has helped to … the country’s different peoples are most likely to encounter each other through books, music, electronic media and …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… Charlotte Badger, transported to New South Wales as a convict, was one of the first … Badger, Charlotte …
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… (Martha) Mahupuku's name has become known in New Zealand literary circles, but little so far has been recorded of her … was born in Greytown, Wairarapa, on 10 April 1890, the daughter of Emily Sexton and her husband, Richard (Tiki) William … Maata can scarcely have known her father for he died in September 1893. Two years later her mother married again, her …
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… Despite progress, in the 2010s many issues remained unresolved. … In 2016 Victim Support had 120 paid and over 600 volunteer staff in over 60 locations around New Zealand. It …
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Part of story: Victims of crime
… its seaward beginning at Kaitira (East Entry Point) and Te Akaroa (West Entry Point) to Havelock at its head. Guided … Jacky Guard, HMS Pelorus was the first European vessel to enter the sound, in 1838. Allen Strait, between offshore … Nydia Lodge (accessed only by boat or walking), and ends at Tennyson Inlet. Portage stories Also known as the Torea …
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Part of story: Marlborough places
… Thomas and Frances Pratt had a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Anne Maria, who in 1860 married Sir Henry Barkly, then governor of Victoria, Australia. After attending the University of St Andrews, in Scotland, Pratt …
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… By 1939, trampers and hunters spent weekends on hill tracks accessible from the … the third national park in 1929) for Christchurch people. After the war, growing prosperity, increasing car ownership and improved outdoor gear spurred interest in recreational walking. Tramping club members often …
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Part of story: Walking tracks
… the northern South Island. These parks were set aside to protect water and soil conservation values and provide opportunities … parks In the early 2000s, conservation parks were created in the high-country tussocklands of the eastern South …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… Although the National Party expressed scepticism about te Tiriti o Waitangi during the 1990 election campaign, the … prepared to bypass the Waitangi Tribunal and negotiate directly with the government over their treaty claims. … These mainly concerned large areas of Waikato land confiscated from 1864. Direct negotiations became a permanent option …
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