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… seems to have died soon after. By 1868 he was living on the Thames goldfields in a raupo whare with his mother and … disguised his digging, laid a false trail, and trudged to Thames to get his friend Bob Majurey. He registered the … £36 in debt to my store keeper.' Nicholl drifted over to Thames, where Charles Judd owned the Maratoto mine in the …
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… a young age. When Kura was young the Davis family moved to Thames, where they lived by the beach. Kura attended the local primary school and Thames High School, where she took typing, business and … their son marrying a Māori woman. Sidney was the mayor of Thames from 1931 to 1959, and came from a prominent Pākehā …
Type: Biography
… to hidden valleys. In 1821 Te Tōtara pā, near present day Thames, fell to Hongi Hika and most of Ngāti Maru abandoned … of rank were partly eaten and their heads carried back to Thames. The victims had belonged to a Christian settlement, and on his return to Thames Tāraia transferred his anger to Christians there. At …
Type: Biography
… nick of time to offset the downturn in the gold industry at Thames. A cow’s warm breath Historian A. M. Isdale wrote of Thames: ‘It lay sleeping, awaiting the magic kiss of a …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… safe conduct for the survivors. After the opening of the Thames goldfield in 1867 Graham acquired land at Kauaeranga … known as Grahamstown, part of the present township of Thames. At Tararu, north of the town, Graham laid out public …
Type: Biography
… south-east of Hamilton. Rich was manager of the New Zealand Thames Valley Land Company which had established a … trace element deficiencies in the local soils) caused the Thames Valley Land Company to go into liquidation in 1891. …
Type: Biography
… chemist. Early on he joined the rush to the newly opened Thames goldfields and worked in the Golden Crown mine, one … sugar beet in Waikato, platinum in quartz lodes at Thames, and manganese in the Auckland area. With S. Percy …
Type: Biography
… of the high mountains – those in the district of Hauraki (Thames) are Moehau mountain (Cape Colville), Motutere …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… mining rights over their lands to clear their debts. As the Thames goldfields became more populous, Mackay ruled both … and Māori with an iron hand. He became known as 'The Thames Autocrat'. During the 1860s Mackay entered into a … fell out with Grey, by challenging his election as MHR for Thames, and his fortunes soon declined. On 20 November 1879 …
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… Hotel. He took over the licence of the Junction Hotel, Thames, in 1919. In the general election of that year Aileen Cooke contested the seat of Thames, gaining 72 votes. She was one of three women to … with men.' Aileen Cooke appears to have remained in Thames until about 1922, when her husband briefly took over …
Type: Biography
… in 1868 Lundon learnt that gold had been discovered at Thames and that Maori were willing to sell land in the area. … time, and by his own account played a large part in the Thames rush. He held shares in the Imperial Crown Gold … the whole of Grahamstown (part of the present township of Thames). The reality seems to have been less grand. Lundon …
Type: Biography
… and his mother was Hera. He was born in 1835 in the Thames district during a visit by Ngāti Koura to see … uncle, Te Ahoaho, who led the survivors back to the Thames area. Tamarau's grandmother, Kūmara, the wife of Te … was about four years old when Ngāti Koura finally left the Thames district to return to Ruatāhuna. He was then sent by …
Type: Biography
… Auckland's economic growth following the development of the Thames goldfields to further his aims. He ensured that all surplus income from parishes at Thames and Coromandel was passed on to him, and he …
Type: Biography
… By 1896 Haszard was acting as an inspecting surveyor at Thames, where he worked with Laurence Cussen, the pioneer … had been granted over a considerable period. He remained at Thames until 1909, being promoted to district surveyor in …
Type: Biography
… Firth, was shipped down the river and across the Firth of Thames to Auckland. Again, willows became a problem and … (1886) and Rotorua (1894), and the gold-mining centres of Thames (1898) and Waihī (1905). In 1952 a branch line …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… to inspector on 13 March 1911, and placed in charge of the Thames district. He was to be at the forefront of events … killed in clashes with police and strike-breakers. In 1913 Thames was incorporated in the new Hamilton district and …
Type: Biography
… godwits head for Kaipara and Manukau harbours, the Firth of Thames, Farewell Spit, and the Avon–Heathcote estuary near …
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Part of story: Wading birds
… the Bank of New Zealand. Davy transferred to Grahamstown, Thames, at the end of 1872, and resigned late the following … year. In 1873 he was elected honorary captain of the Thames Scottish Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps, his captaincy …
Type: Biography
… boilers for the stamping plants on the quartz goldfields at Thames, Karangahake and Waihī. Increasingly, Fraser designed … the Rotomahana. The firm used the ship for the Auckland–Thames trade, where it continued to run for many years. All …
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… Coromandel Town 55 km north of Thames on State Highway 25, with a 2013 population of 1,503. … is the largest Māori community on the peninsula north of Thames. The people are of Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Whanaunga and …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places