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… shore of Rotoiti. Most of its carvings are now in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, while one panel is in St … boxes and replicas of traditional artefacts. The museums in Auckland and Wellington contracted him to supply items for …
Type: Biography
… at Te Karaka and on 20 June was sent to Mount Eden gaol in Auckland. Once subjected to prison life he decided to escape … by Pākehā, who had removed precious objects to the Auckland Museum. Heremia was chosen as having the mana and …
Type: Biography
… buildings collapsed in clouds of dust. The Veronica radioed Auckland, and within hours the cruisers HMS Dunedin and … each carrying 450 men and officers, doctors and nurses from Auckland Hospital, and medical and emergency equipment. They …
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Part of story: Historic earthquakes
… frightened others. Groups formed in 1970 in Wellington and Auckland, spreading to Dunedin, Christchurch and provincial … the Working Women’s Alliance and the Women’s Unions in Auckland and Wellington (set up in 1975), which argued that …
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Part of story: Women’s movement
… mayor, was on the first direct flight from Gisborne to Auckland. Anticipating that air travel would be critical in … Airways. By 1939 it was possible to fly from Gisborne to Auckland (via Ōpōtiki and Tauranga) and Palmerston North …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… were available at most New Zealand universities in 2014, Auckland and Victoria Universities offered the widest range, … version of sorry); and yolo (you only live once). In Auckland, applied linguistics was developed first by Jack …
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Part of story: Linguistics
… production of Sheridan's The rivals , at Government House, Auckland. In 1862, in the company of William Fox , Henry Sewell and the Auckland members on their way to the sitting of the General …
Type: Biography
… In 1927 the family came to the naval base at Devonport, Auckland, where his father had been assigned a three-year … but early in 1928 apprenticed himself to Felix Kelly, an Auckland surveyor. In 1931 he qualified as a registered …
Type: Biography
… he was lucky to escape with his life. William White died at Auckland on 25 November 1875; he was survived by his wife, … Eliza, and two sons. In 1845 Eliza White took refuge in Auckland during the northern war. She took a prominent role …
Type: Biography
… decided to let the matter rest. In 1854 Whiteley moved to Auckland, where he was chairman of the Auckland district of the Wesleyan church. In 1856 he was …
Type: Biography
… woman Political activist Miriam Soljak helped set up the Auckland women’s section of the Unemployed Workers’ … too miserable even to think’. 2 Working women’s committees Auckland activists set up women’s sections of the National …
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Part of story: Women’s labour organisations
… Textiles in Timaru, which mainly wove wool; Inter-weave in Auckland, which produced furnishing fabrics; and Masterweave … were Levana Textiles of Levin and Designer Textiles in Auckland. …
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Part of story: Agricultural processing industries
… at Limavady. He arrived in New Zealand on the City of Auckland on 10 December 1870. John Massey had hoped to … Grigg on his Longbeach station near Ashburton. Returning to Auckland after nearly three years, Massey again worked for … of the Māngere Farmers' Club, which in 1890 revived the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association of which …
Type: Biography
… Waimirirangi and they had 10 children. All tribes north of Auckland can trace their descent from one of these children. …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… introduced in the 1860s and 1870s in Canterbury, Otago, Auckland (Kawau Island), Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. They …
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Part of story: Introduced land birds
… the first people to climb Mt Everest, he was a beekeeper in Auckland. Hives in winter One of the main challenges for …
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Part of story: Beekeeping
… followed in 1965, coinciding with the building of the new Auckland international airport at Māngere (which officially …
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Part of story: Aviation
… increasing in popularity in the 1890s, they were formed in Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and …
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Part of story: City parks and green spaces
… crab ( Halicarcinus lacustris ) in the streams and lakes of Auckland and the Waikato. Characteristics Crabs have wide, …
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Part of story: Crabs, rock lobsters and other crustaceans
… the Hutt Valley community. Tokelauan could be heard on Auckland's Radio 531pi and Wellington’s Access Radio. …
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Part of story: Tokelauans