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… Paratene Ngata was born at Ahikouka, near Waiomatatini, on the East Coast, possibly in September 1849. His father was Wiremu Karaka Te Ito, of … store (with accommodation for Europeans) at Te Kawakawa (Te Araroa), and a hotel at Waipiro Bay, and supervised the …
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… Emarina Rōpata, usually known as Lena, was born at Te Poho-o-Tiakiwai marae, in Wairoa, northern Hawke’s Bay, … were Ngāti Kurupakiaka and Ngāti Puata. She was also connected to Ngāti Awa through her paternal grandfather, Rōpata … teaching assistant at Ruatāhuna. While teaching at Te Araroa she met Robert (Bob) Manuel, a labourer from …
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… husband, Benjamin Bagley, a chemist. Both Amelia and her sister, Mary, chose nursing as a career and neither married. … Hospital from 1895 to 1902, and then as matron of Masterton Hospital from 1903 to 1905. In 1902 state … up nursing stations at Te Karaka in Waikohu county and Te Araroa on the East Coast, Bagley was appointed supervisor of …
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… Moxon was born on 18 August 1808 in the parish of Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Margaret Heaton and her husband, John Moxon, a … Kissling established a CMS station at Te Kawakawa (Te Araroa), on the East Coast. Like other missionary wives, …
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… child of Norman Leslie Gurr, an insurance agent, who was later a manager with the New Zealand Insurance Company, and his wife, Eily Maude Ringwood, a former teacher of physical culture. Elaine spent her early … responsible for surgical, medical and maternity care at Te Araroa Hospital. Her ability to ride a horse proved useful …
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… His father was Pākura, his mother Moahiraia. He belonged to Te Whānau-a-Rerewā, which has sub-tribal links with Ngāi Tuiti-Matua and Te Whānau-a-Tūwhakairiora of the Ngāti Porou tribal … appointed assessors at Wharekahika, and at Te Kawakawa (Te Araroa). Much of the business of the assessors, who were …
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… flourishing all round New Zealand. Packing a punch Minister of Internal Affairs William (Bill) Parry was remembered as a … Roy Sheffield set up an ‘indoor sports centre’ at remote Te Araroa in April 1948, and a year later juvenile delinquency …
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… Henry Pope was born at St Helier, Jersey, probably on 11 September 1837, the son of Jane Dacombe and her husband, James Pope, a confectioner. He was educated privately before he emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, … school rooms. Rēweti Kōhere never forgot Pope's visit to Te Araroa native school when he was a small boy. Āpirana Ngata …
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… Apirana Turupa Ngata was born at Te Araroa on the East Coast on 3 July 1874. He had connections … with the leaders of Ngāti Porou . His hapū included Te Whānau-a-Te Ao, Ngāti Rangi, Te Whānau-a-Karuai and Ngāti …
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… Sylvia’s mother, Margaret Maxwell, was the daughter of a blacksmith. Born in Mercer, near Auckland, in 1876, she began teaching at the age of 15. Margaret and Francis married in … School, on the remote East Cape, 13 kilometres from Te Araroa. The isolation contributed to Sylvia suffering what …
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