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… the single sheep always being unpredictable. The popular television series A dog’s show and Wonder dogs have shown … are part of New Zealand farming history and probably date back to a trial in Wānaka in 1867. There are reports of trials at Waitangi and Te Aka in 1868, at Wānaka in 1869 and Haldon Station in the …
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Part of story: Farm dogs
… began work in the local iron industry and several years later became apprentice gunsmith at the Royal Small Arms … Arsenal, Woolwich. On qualifying, Edward Smith was appointed garrison armourer to the New Zealand field forces. He … year, he married 16-year-old Mary Ann Golding, the daughter of Nicholas Golding, an army officer. Smith went to …
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… Although many taniwha were kaitiaki, or protectors of iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes), others were killers, sparking the need for heroic slayers. They often used ingenious methods to capture the dangerous … a large basket from supplejack and bush lawyer, and decorated it with pigeon feathers. Some of the men climbed into …
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Part of story: Taniwha
… The behaviour of some birds was believed to foretell the future. Their call, or arrival, was thought to … Kāreke (marsh crake) Māori believed that kāreke could foretell the future. If someone heard the kāreke cry to their … tiutiu) because its call sounded like ominous laughter. Hearing or seeing the bird was considered bad luck, and …
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Part of story: Ngā manu – birds
… Locations The richness of New Zealand’s underwater environment became apparent in the 1950s, as divers … Poor Knights Islands and Hen and Chickens Islands, whose waters were teeming with rare and beautiful species. The Hauraki Gulf … Underwater beauty …
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Part of story: Diving and snorkelling
… Whangaroa Harbour Sheltered harbour between Mangōnui and the Bay of Islands on the east coast. It is a drowned river system, which explains the peculiar surrounding rock structures. The township is dominated by a pinnacle known as St Paul, with a twin, St Peter, …
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Part of story: Northland places
… and her 1994 work Seaweeds of New Zealand: an illustrated guide . Her botanical illustrations are familiar to … Nancy Mary Adams was born in Levin on 19 May 1926, the daughter of Jessie Whittaker and her husband, Kenneth Ernest Adams. Kenneth, a solicitor, was a grandson of the noted early amateur botanist James Adams. Nancy grew up with a …
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… Josiah Firth, later known as Josiah Clifton Firth, is said to have been born … England, on 27 October 1826. He was the son of Mary Bateman and her husband, the Reverend Benjamin Firth, …
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… Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky was born at Königsberg (Kaliningrad), East Prussia, … February 1828. He was the younger son of Julius Louis von Tempsky and his wife, Karoline Henriette Friederike … Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von …
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… won a scholarship to University College, Oxford; he graduated BA in 1844 and MA in 1847, and was ordained priest in … and obliged him to resign from his college. He emigrated to New Zealand, arriving with his wife at Lyttelton on the Westminster on 7 June 1856; other Fendalls had …
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… were among the first settlers to take up land at the ill-fated soldiers' settlement in the Mangapurua valley in the Wanganui River hinterland. They were also among the last to leave. Frederick … for the Westport Coal Company. In January 1915 he was posted as a private in the Canterbury Battalion. Later in the …
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… facility opened in 2009. Of the 72 men and 49 women who attended these centres in 2009, 33 were chosen for the summer elite squad and 25 made it to the world championships. With the … dominating the annual national championships, these attracted fewer competitors, and clubs focused more on social and …
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Part of story: Rowing
… lesbian couples who have children together – through donated sperm or assisted reproductive technology – are both recognised as parents. Many lesbians … Contemporary lesbian life …
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Part of story: Lesbian lives
… What is intellectual property law? Intellectual property law is an umbrella term given to the large and detailed area of law that …
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Part of story: Intellectual property law
… were sons of Englishman Roger Delamere Dansey, a postmaster, and his wife, Wikitōria Ngāmihi Kahuao. Harry was born … at Ōhinemutu on 19 April 1885. Their mother was the daughter of Īhakara Kahuao, leader of Ngāti Rauhoto hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa . She also had connections to Te Arawa and Ngāti Raukawa. Harry did his primary schooling …
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… Popular music The New Zealand Listener ’s music reviews were originally confined to classical … jazz reviewer for over 40 years. In the early 1960s the Listener ’ s engagement with rock ’n’ roll was confined to brief chatty articles about ‘pop’ stars. By the late 1960s the Listener had a regular column, ‘Sound Round’, …
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Part of story: Arts reviewing
… Capital coffee culture During and after the Second World War European immigrants, including … had a number of coffee houses where artists and intellectuals met. The earliest, the French Maid Coffee House, … in 1940. Besides hosting new music, the French Maid exhibited artworks by Theo Schoon, Sam Cairncross, Gordon Walters, …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… Remote in the Southern Seas New Zealand lies about 1,600 km from … Its three main islands are the North and South islands and Stewart Island, or Rakiura, which is due south of the South Island. The South Island (150,437 sq km), often referred to as ‘the mainland’ by its inhabitants, is …
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Part of story: Natural environment
… it was produced by Roger Hall, who made New Zealand’s first television comedy show, In view of the c ircumstances, with Joe Musaphia in the late 1960s. Hall then drew on his experience of working in New Zealand’s public service to write enormously successful plays such as Glide t ime (1976), …
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Part of story: Humour
… The Liberal era The watershed election of 1890 put the Liberals, who were to … headed by ‘King Dick’ – Richard Seddon . The Liberals cemented in place New Zealand’s ‘family farm’ economy by subdividing large estates, buying Māori land in the North Island, and offering …
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Part of story: History