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… Forest epiphytes Epiphytes are plants that grow on another plant, or on a structure such as a rock or post. Epiphytic orchids are often found in mature lowland forest, where there are large …
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Part of story: Orchids
… province In 1853 Otago province, with a council and superintendent, took over most roles from the Otago Association. It … south of the Waitaki River. James Macandrew, a keen booster of the province, was elected superintendent in 1860, but was dismissed for bankruptcy …
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Part of story: Otago region
… Importance of horses Large lowland estates grew grain and crops, and needed horses to plough the … and three-furrow ploughs were introduced. Ploughmen were often called teamsters, because of their teams of horses. They contracted …
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Part of story: Rural workers
… Born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, on 5 February 1862, Annie Mabel Hodge was the daughter of George Hodge, a master brewer, and his wife, Annie …
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… coastal regions as far south as Whanganui on the western side and southern Hawke’s Bay on the east. Horticulture … were kūmara, taro, uwhi (yam), hue (bottle gourd), aute (paper mulberry) and tī pore (cabbage tree). The kūmara … best in this region, and was the principal food crop cultivated. Except in some small areas with ideal microclimates, …
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Part of story: Te ohanga onamata a rohe – economic regions
… rise on the main divide but lack glaciers. Most major Canterbury rivers have braided shingle beds and flow bank to … between the fans of the major rivers. Downlands In North Canterbury there are extensive areas of downlands – rolling country between the …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… Food and medicine After Māori arrived in New Zealand, from around 1250, they … was pounded until soft, then washed and sometimes dyed. Twisted, plaited and woven, it was used to create a wide range of items, …
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Part of story: Flax and flax working
… northern Ireland, sometime between 1836 and 1839, the daughter of Alice McConnell and her husband, Hugh McKenna, a … as a servant when she married Daniel McKenzie, a printer, on 23 April 1868 at Hokitika. Two daughters and a son were born there. Adventurous, and lured by …
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… Matilda Fisher was baptised at Rochester, Kent, England, on 12 June 1825. She was the daughter of James Fisher, a fishmonger, and his wife, Sarah. On 3 … was victualler at the Crown Tap in the High Street, Rochester. Soon after, he emigrated to New Zealand. Matilda set …
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… The warrior mountains fought for her affections and after many days and nights Tongariro emerged victorious. The defeated mountains decided that they should leave Tongariro’s … the Tūwharetoa chief Horonuku had joined both Waikato and Te Kooti in fighting against the British Crown, some …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… are unknown, but his father is said to have been a ship's steward. The details of William Odgers's early life are … married Ann May; there was a son from this marriage. He later married Jane Stoddon (formerly Dunsford); a son and daughter were born of this marriage. Odgers served in the steam …
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… as the three main islands (the North and South islands and Stewart Island), New Zealand's territory includes three remote groups of offshore islands: the Kermadec Islands in the …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… schools or charity organisations. Food did not predominate, but on the varied stalls, among the bric-a-brac were often jars of home-made jam and preserves, cakes and produce – … groups drove the development of open-air markets from the late 1970s. Some markets set up to raise money for charity …
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Part of story: Markets
… In the late 1800s and early 1900s attempts were made to introduce other salmonid species such as whitefish, Atlantic salmon, brook char and mackinaw – but with …
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Part of story: Trout and salmon
… by the wind, people or machinery, or through contaminated plants. Although most vineyards are planted on phylloxera-resistant rootstocks, in 2007 a quarter of plantings in the Wairarapa and nearly 40% in Central …
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Part of story: Viticulture
… west bank of the Tāmaki River. In the 1950s tracts of state housing were constructed southwards from Glen Innes to serve industrial growth in … housing. A campus of the University of Auckland is sited in Tāmaki. Panmure, Mt Wellington and Ōtāhuhu Industrial … South-eastern suburbs: industrial heartland …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… Methodism started as an 18th-century breakaway from the Church of England, … earned them the mocking nickname of Methodists. This later became the accepted name for their faith. By the early 19th century …
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Part of story: Methodist Church
… The idea of international exhibitions Since the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, international exhibitions, or world’s fairs (as they are called in the United States), have been major events where nations put …
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Part of story: Exhibitions and world’s fairs
… hundreds of tiny seeds. The seeds need light, and germinate in open sites. All species can produce roots from their stems. Northern rātā The giant northern rātā ( Metrosideros …
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Part of story: Tall broadleaf trees
… Jane Whiteside was born on 5 February 1855 and baptised on 28 … Tullylish, County Down, Ireland. Her parents were Jane Totten and her husband, John Whiteside, a weaver of Clare, County Down. Her father enlisted … Whiteside, Jane …
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