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… standards, even to the point of pedantry’ 1 , while in Auckland a young Keith Sinclair wanted ‘a generation of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History and historians
… clinic finally opened above a mechanic’s garage in Remuera, Auckland, in November 1953. The world’s first clinic had … Marie Stopes had opened Britain’s first clinic in 1921. The Auckland clinic was expensive; women paid two guineas ($115 …
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Part of story: Contraception and sterilisation
… competitions and teams. Regular events were held at Auckland’s Glenfield Mall, watched by thousands of … big deal in the skating world. Lee Ralph grew up skating at Auckland’s Skatopia skate park and became a top professional …
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Part of story: Roller skating and skateboarding
… sister became ill the following year the family moved to Auckland. Jean briefly went to Auckland Girls’ Grammar School before they shifted in 1915 …
Type: Biography
… vitality. Among the first were enterprising Māori. In 1840s Auckland and Wellington Māori sold fresh fish, meat and … a clergyman protested he could not walk down Queen Street, Auckland, on a Saturday night without passing at least ‘50 …
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Part of story: Street life
… Tauranga in April 1840. Seven years later he travelled to Auckland where he successfully took legal action against a … bought the schooner Highlander , built by Robert Darroch of Auckland. In 1848 he and Hōri Kīngi Tūpaea , the senior Ngāi …
Type: Biography
… of the castaways . The protagonists’ ship is wrecked near Auckland and they are kidnapped by a Māori tribe with … Mrs Vaughan and her seven children after they settled near Auckland. Encounters with Māori The first children’s …
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Part of story: Children’s and young adult literature
… born there. The population is young and concentrated in the Auckland region. Asians Between 1991 and 2001, the … In 2006 three-quarters of New Zealand’s Asians lived in the Auckland region. They have sometimes borne the brunt of …
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Part of story: Society
… Board Mill (1939) Kinleith, near Tokoroa (1953) Penrose, in Auckland (1951) Tamaki, in Auckland (1953) Tasman, at Kawerau (1955) Caxton, at Kawerau …
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Part of story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries
… attack on Rotorua in 1823 and taken as a slave to North Auckland, where she was forcibly married to Waitere. Tene … area. He carved massive mantelpieces in the Grand Hotel, Auckland, and the Grand Hotel, Rotorua, and a panel of …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand Co-operative Herd Testing Association and the Auckland Herd Improvement Association, where he became so … study genetics. On 6 January 1936, at her parents’ home in Auckland, he married Jean Bannatyne Mueller, a university …
Type: Biography
… along with an annual national championship. Jack Elliot of Auckland, known as the father of New Zealand weightlifting, … Anne, escaped unharmed. Empire and Commonwealth games At Auckland in 1950 weightlifting was included for the first …
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Part of story: Bodybuilding, weightlifting and powerlifting
… was very much an English scheme, as its name suggests. Auckland drew many from Australia; nevertheless, 45% of its …
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Part of story: English
… programmes available at the University of Otago and the Auckland University of Technology. Physiotherapists have …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Health practitioners
… in the Rock) and Rākaumangamanga (Cape Brett), to Tāmaki (Auckland) in the south and eastwards to Hauturu (Little …
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Part of story: Whangārei tribes
… Nelson, Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, and the South Auckland coast. But nowhere compares to North Otago’s …
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Part of story: Dolphins
… Waikato and Canterbury), Lonely Miaow Association, Auckland Cat Rescue, Cavy Creek Guinea Pig Refuge, the …
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Part of story: Pets
… The first anti-vivisection society had been set up in Auckland by 1930, and branches of the BUAV were established …
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Part of story: Animal welfare and rights
… street hawkers, confectioners and restaurateurs in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. Those who were successful …
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Part of story: Greeks – the Hellenic community
… the crew of the Royal Bride , which sailed from London to Auckland, New Zealand, arriving on 29 April 1863. On 22 June …
Type: Biography