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… and commercial panic set in. The discovery of gold in Thames in 1867 lifted fortunes again. Auckland’s business …
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Part of story: Business failures and corporate fraud
… ship construction was centred on the Hokianga and Firth of Thames. By 1836, according to the British government’s …
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Part of story: History of immigration
… had come to Auckland. Following the discovery of gold at Thames, Samuel took his family to live there; he soon found …
Type: Biography
… husband, Samuel Blomfield, a carpenter. The family moved to Thames the next year. In 1880 they returned to Auckland …
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… was later disputed. He also claimed 300 acres 'at the River Thames'. By 1827 Brind had built a kauri house in European …
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… they worked for free. Homeopathic humour In June 1890 the Thames Star newspaper printed a joke about homeopathy, based …
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Part of story: Primary health care
… officer commanding the North Western District and later the Thames District. When in 1891 the New Zealand government …
Type: Biography
… year he began practising as a barrister and solicitor in Thames. Returning to the South Island in 1900, he prospected …
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… European names but later reverted to earlier Māori names. Thames gave a name to town and district but the river has …
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Part of story: Place names
… Fairburn observed two men at Tūrua, near present-day Thames, ‘playing at draughts on a rude board of their own …
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Part of story: Cards, board games and puzzles
… This helped it ward off regional competitors, such as Thames. On the other hand Nelson never realised its early …
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Part of story: City history and people
… and Waimate North, and initiated the Pūriri station in the Thames in December 1833. In June 1834 he left for England …
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… He was appointed interpreter to the resident magistrate at Thames, and panned for gold on the side. While he was … Gustavus von Tempsky , whose acquaintance he had made at Thames. They remained close friends until a little before …
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… In early 1920 he completed further mail flights to Thames and Whangārei, and set a new one-day long-distance …
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… Boot & Shoe Maker & Importer, who set up his business in Thames in 1868, promised ‘every description of men’s, …
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Part of story: Clothing and footwear manufacturing
… Survey, and carried out field work in lower Waikato, Thames and Great Barrier Island. In 1871, at the request of …
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… saving for land and a house. Bushmen on the steamer from Thames to Auckland cut dashing figures in newly purchased …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… grey, and I do remember a search lasting hours up and down Thames Street to find a shop that sold a reel of grey cotton …
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Part of story: Clothes
… sciences, but soon accepted a position teaching English at Thames High School. At the end of the year she went on …
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… peace mission to his tribe's former enemies, Ngāti Maru at Thames, and in a state of mental derangement speared and …
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