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… it would imply a state-endorsed religion. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, however, argued that a prayer was common practice …
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Part of story: Religion and society
… had persuaded the Victoria League to erect a memorial in Wakefield Street, Auckland, to all who had died to uphold …
Type: Biography
… the 1820s colonial reformers, amongst them Edward Gibbon Wakefield, argued that colonies could be an asset to, not a …
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Part of story: Colonial and provincial government
… looking for sites for settlement. In October, William Wakefield led an advance party across Cook Strait. He chose …
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Part of story: European exploration
… company. They often displayed some carelessness. E. J. Wakefield wrote, ‘I have seen a whaleboat leave Wellington …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… Company settlers, Barrett was engaged by Colonel William Wakefield as an interpreter, and piloted the ship to …
Type: Biography
… newcomers have brought class expectations. Edward Gibbon Wakefield , whose ideas influenced the southern settlements, …
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Part of story: Class
… organisations, he was also a foundation member of the Wakefield and Pickwick clubs. He travelled widely and his …
Type: Biography
… The latter settlements were founded on Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s theories of colonisation, which envisioned that …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Farming in the economy
… to New Zealand Company settlements, Edward Jerningham Wakefield’s book Adventure in New Zealand was illustrated …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Painting
… of New Zealand, built a new recording studio at 262 Wakefield St, Wellington. It also established the country’s …
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Part of story: Recording companies and studios
… in 1867. In 1898 he sold his Moutere property and moved to Wakefield, where he died on 28 December 1898. Anna Kelling …
Type: Biography
… were a topic of much debate in newspapers. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, founder of the New Zealand Company, wrote in 1849 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manners and social behaviour
… Willie Berry, a clerk, and his wife, Amy Blanche Clarissa Wakefield. After the death of his father in 1911, James was …
Type: Biography
… blankets’. 1 In the early 1840s colonist Edward Jerningham Wakefield travelled up the Whanganui River with a tent …
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Part of story: Camping
… Trevor Hatherton was born in Sharlston, near Wakefield in Yorkshire, England, on 30 September 1924, the …
Type: Biography
… They took years to sell and one day an earthquake shook Wakefield Chambers, where the publisher was housed. Clif …
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Part of story: Publishing
… petitioned the chief company agent in Nelson, Arthur Wakefield, for an increase in pay. Little is known of …
Type: Biography
… with English words and slang. In 1845 Edward Jerningham Wakefield wrote of the whalers: Their whole language is in …
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Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… the New Zealand Company ship Tory brought Colonel William Wakefield to the Kapiti coast to purchase land for European … of the surveyors, burnt the hut down. Captain Arthur Wakefield obtained warrants to arrest them on charges of … were exchanged and the settler force retreated. Captain Wakefield ordered the firing to cease and surrendered, …
Type: Biography