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… New South Wales, Australia. Her parents were Harriott and Stephen Parker. In about 1819 Harriott Parker went to live … brought up in their Sydney household with a brother, a sister and three half-brothers. According to one story, which is often repeated but not proved, Betty Parker made a voyage to …
Type: Biography
… Edward Oliver Haddon, later known as Ōriwa Tahupōtiki Haddon, was born at Waitōtara, … 7 November 1898, the eldest son of a Māori Methodist minister, Robert Tahupōtiki Haddon of Ngāti Ruanui, and his wife, …
Type: Biography
… William Kendrick Smithyman was born on 9 October 1922 in Te Kopuru, a milling town near Dargaville, Northland. He was … were in their mid 40s. They managed an old men’s home in Te Kopuru until the family moved to Auckland in the early … historian, became a lifetime friend) and Seddon Memorial Technical College. He attended Auckland Training College in …
Type: Biography
… its effect on the New Zealand film industry was profound. Peter Jackson’s success radically altered the film investment and production environment in New … payment of actors sparked well-publicised industrial disputes. The trilogy won a total of 17 Academy Awards, with the …
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Part of story: Feature film
… 28% were Māori. The same year the Māori fertility rate was 2.50 per woman, compared to an overall rate of 1.99. Māori women had their babies at a younger age … They were more likely to have a natural birth, without intervention such as a caesarean section, and less likely to …
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Part of story: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth
… The warrior mountains fought for her affections, and after a long battle Tongariro emerged the winner. The defeated mountains decided that they should leave Tongariro’s … child named Pukeronaki. The following account, given by Pei Te Hurinui Jones of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe, illustrates …
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Part of story: Whenua – how the land was shaped
… town was laid out in 1874, the first township on the Manchester block developed by the London-based Emigrant and Colonist’s Aid Corporation. It was sited in a natural clearing and named after Colonel William Feilding. A director of the corporation, …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… from the Rotorua lakes district and Lake Taupō are from the Te Arawa waka; and the Ngāti Kahungunu tribes between the … and Mataatua canoes. Other tribes living in separate regions trace descent from the same canoe but have … (status) or land, and family infighting. Sometimes separate groups merged with each other to form new groups. …
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Part of story: Tribal organisation
… Kīngitanga flags Tension rose between Māori and Pākehā despite the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, as the number and ambitions of Pākehā settlers grew, and war erupted during the 1860s. During this time several Māori …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags
… Food sources Ngāti Rongomaiwahine have extensive traditional fishing grounds. The reefs are abundant … Whale flesh was also part of their traditional diet. Whitebait was taken from the rivers, and eels were caught in … Fern root was an important part of the diet, and the climate and soils were very conducive to the cultivation of …
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Part of story: Ngāti Rongomaiwahine
… Apanui Waipapa of Ngāti Porou arranged for his daughter Rongomaihuatahi to marry Tūrīrangi, a descendant of Tamatekapua and Ngāriki from Tunapahore. However, war broke out … ending disastrously with Apanui Waipapa’s death. Later, Tūrīrangi killed several of Kahukuranui’s descendants …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… settlement The three reports became the basis of a negotiated settlement between Ngāi Tahu and the Crown. Sir Tīpene … led the negotiation process for Ngāi Tahu. To facilitate the expected settlement, the Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Act was passed in …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tahu
… was New Zealand’s first national park. In 1887 Horonuku Te Heuheu, paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, signed a … More land was added, and the park was established by statute in 1894. In 2019 its total area was 78,618 hectares. It is New Zealand’s most visited national park, and one of the most visible – on a fine …
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Part of story: National parks
… born at Westoe, Durham, England, and was baptised on 2 September 1812 at South Shields. He was the third of five … surviving sons of George Townshend Fox and his wife, Ann Stote Crofton. His father was a man of substance, serving his …
Type: Biography
… was one of New Zealand's most widely read non-fiction writers. He wrote over 30 books and hundreds of articles for newspapers and …
Type: Biography
… went to work in his uncle's smithy, and in 1786 was recruited by an Anglican evangelical group, who sent him to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1790. Two years later he accepted an appointment as assistant chaplain to the …
Type: Biography
… and was baptised there on 2 March. He was the son of Charlotte Kinder and her husband, Charles John Wood Barton. Charles … (Guangzhou), China, and died of a fever at Macao soon after being married. Charlotte Barton persuaded her youngest brother, Henry Kinder, to …
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… horse and motorcycle races as well as sea bathing. It boasted New Zealand’s longest public pier from 1894 until its … public library, opened in 1998. Wellington’s centrally located Oriental Bay is a favourite haunt of swimmers, lunchtime joggers and people watchers. …
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Part of story: City public spaces
… Walter Godfrey Bowen was born in Hastings on 13 February 1922, the son of Catherine Wall and her husband, Walter Eugene Bowen. His father had been a station manager in … before moving to Hastings to become a builder. The family later owned a farmlet at Havelock North, where they milked …
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… Towns and cities changed as buildings were constructed or demolished. However, from the 1980s a growing interest in historic preservation meant that constant rebuilding was no longer accepted as inevitable. Buildings as progress Buildings – their …
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Part of story: City boosters and promoters