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… Morrison was born on 27 February 1870 at Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand. Her parents, Donald Morrison and his … Donald Morrison's ill health obliged the family to move to Auckland, where he died on 23 October 1869. Annie became a student at the Auckland Girls' High School. This was incorporated into the …
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… attend St Stephen's Native Boys’ School, then in Parnell, Auckland. He knew nothing of city life and on one occasion … he had tried to wash the brown off his face and later in Auckland he had crossed streets to avoid elderly Māori women … and traditions of the Māori people. On 5 February 1916, in Auckland, Patrick Smyth married Marion Cooper, a dressmaker. …
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… Marine Department control. The following year he settled in Auckland, the port with which he was to be identified for … surveyor of ships and inspector of ships’ compasses at Auckland, he was charged with ensuring that New Zealand’s … was transferred to the new post of waterfront controller at Auckland, responsible for the efficient deployment of …
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… Martin Gloster Sullivan was born in Auckland on 30 March 1910, the son of Dennis Sullivan, a … parents were from County Kerry, Ireland. After attending Auckland Grammar School, Sullivan was a probationary teacher … and 1932. He completed a BA in 1931 and an MA in 1932 at Auckland University College, where he served two terms as …
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… and was rewarded in 1870 by promotion to the see of Auckland, in New Zealand. His former professor, Paul Cullen, … that of Patrick Moran to Dunedin in 1869. Croke arrived at Auckland on 17 December 1870 on the City of Melbourne. … to rebuilding diocesan finances, Croke took advantage of Auckland's economic growth following the development of the …
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… Albert Duder was born at North Shore (Devonport), Auckland, New Zealand, on 21 April 1856, the youngest of … attended Dr Kidd's Collegiate School in Karangahape Road, Auckland, for 18 months. He later went to Captain … and fife band. In May 1869 he became a foundation pupil at Auckland Grammar School. He left from senior B in 1872 and …
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… began as a Māori girls’ primary school in Parnell, Auckland but became a boys’ school in 1860. Boys went on to … At this time the school came under pressure from the Auckland Education Board, Auckland City Council and local residents to give up its …
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Part of story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city
… orchestra’s concert so that the musicians could perform in Auckland the following night. The Star described its concerts as ‘quite a revelation for Auckland amateurs’. 2 Parochial pride The amateur Auckland Orchestral Society was well received at the 1906–7 …
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Part of story: Orchestras
… in Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill, as well as in Auckland and Wellington – the only cities with suburban … been used on lines from Masterton and Palmerston North. Auckland suburban trains The Auckland suburban network also depends largely on the two …
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Part of story: Public transport
… Boston and Montreal, but chose to accept an appointment to Auckland, New Zealand, and was ordained on 4 January 1853 by the Presbytery of Aberdeen. David Bruce arrived in Auckland on 10 June 1853 on the Simlah and set about healing … government. He was a founder of the Presbytery of Auckland in 1856, and played a key role in the formation of …
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… Harbour. Rangitoto’s graceful silhouette is a symbol of Auckland. It is the largest and most recent of Auckland’s volcanic cones – the eruption which formed the … (68 m), deep crater, and associated knolls make the island Auckland’s most intact volcano. Motukorea is also known as …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… Illustrated Sydney News and other newspapers. He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1856 and was probably employed … 1861 he married a widow, Mary Silverthorn, née McIvor, at Auckland. There were no children of either marriage. By May 1864 Seffern was manager of the Auckland newspaper the New-Zealander , and in August he …
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… wife, Harriot Amanda Coombes. Her parents were both from Auckland, New Zealand, and returned with their family in … medium. An exhibition of her bookplate collection at the Auckland Art Gallery in April 1930 provided the impetus for … New Zealand Ex Libris Society. Wiseman was secretary of its Auckland branch from November 1930 until June 1967. Hilda …
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… The New Zealand Indonesia Association was established in Auckland and Wellington in the early 1960s to promote … New Zealand Society, with similar aims, had been set up in Auckland. There are also Indonesian community groups in all … Since 2010 there has been an annual Indonesian Festival in Auckland, and Indonesian film festivals are held …
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Part of story: Indonesians
… years of social work in various Australian cities (and in Auckland briefly in 1906), Annie Gordon was transferred back … In March 1911 Annie began her long association with Auckland, where she continued these dual responsibilities, … Gordon was the first Salvation Army Samaritan officer in Auckland, with responsibility for poor and needy families. …
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… Jacksons emigrated to New Zealand in 1878 and arrived at Auckland on the James Wishart on 12 January 1879. They were … the Jacksons accompanied a visiting Quaker evangelist to Auckland, seeing an opportunity to gather Friends together. … to ensure that a firm organisation was maintained in the Auckland Meeting. She attended the quarterly meetings …
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… officer arranged for the government to pay her passage to Auckland to give her 'an opportunity of beginning a better … June 1868, as a steerage passenger on the Wellington . In Auckland province, despite a pledge to reform, Anne Swift … her arrival.' She had a child in either 1868 or 1869, in Auckland or Thames. The possible father, a man named Massay, …
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… was ready for commercial aviation. Plans for a main trunk (Auckland–Dunedin) service had long existed on paper. What … Incredibly, when the first air trunk service was planned, Auckland was left out. Aviation promoter F. Maurice Clarke commented, ‘As regards Auckland as a terminus; it has usually been agreed in …
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Part of story: Aviation
… beach are at the mouth of the Waiwera River, 48 km north of Auckland. The full name, Waiwerawera, means very hot water. … grove in 19th-century New Zealand. The property became Auckland’s first regional park in 1965. Pūhoi Settlement on … meaning ‘the back of beyond’. Ōrewa Town 40 km north of Auckland on the ‘Hibiscus Coast’. The extension of …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… By 1871 they formed the largest foreign-born group in Auckland (followed by the Irish), and were very well … share, and Otago which had a significantly lower share. Auckland and Canterbury This pattern had changed again by 1916, when only Auckland had a disproportionately larger share of …
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Part of story: English