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… of Dunedin’s streets that it was nicknamed ‘Mud-edin’. Auckland’s Queen Street was bisected by the Ligar Canal (Te …
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Part of story: Streets and lighting
… subalpine scrub. This cabbage tree is found from southern Auckland to Fiordland, though in the South Island it grows …
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Part of story: Shrubs and small trees of the forest
… clubs Another canoe club was formed on the North Shore of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour in 1926, and around 1930 the …
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Part of story: Canoeing and rafting
… to Tākou Bay. Others claim the canoe was carried across the Auckland isthmus before sailing northward along the coast to …
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Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… were abortive attempts to set up a government press in Auckland using local newspaper printers, but the Government …
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Part of story: Publishing
… at St Thomas's he emigrated to New Zealand, arriving at Auckland in March 1876 on the Brodick Castle . Shortly after …
Type: Biography
… It was unveiled in 1867. Statues of Queen Victoria Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin each boast …
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Part of story: Sculpture and installation art
… included dawn raids on Pacific Island households in Auckland, and other measures. The statistics of prejudice A …
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Part of story: Immigration regulation
… of contemporary craft culminated in the establishment in Auckland of Objectspace, New Zealand's first public gallery …
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Part of story: Crafts and applied arts
… New Zealand’s most intensive beetle surveys was made in the Auckland suburb of Lynfield. Fifteen years of collecting …
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Part of story: Beetles
… Pharmacies also operated in Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland from the late 1840s and early 1850s. They sold …
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Part of story: Shops
… German-speaking settlements is at Pūhoi, north of Auckland. It was founded in 1863 by people from Staab in …
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Part of story: Germans
… to Australia was partly an extension of urban drift. After Auckland as the most popular destination many went to …
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Part of story: Māori overseas
… were set up at Canterbury University College in 1887 and Auckland University College in 1906. But many engineers …
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Part of story: Engineering
… (more than 2 million hectares), most in the provinces of Auckland, Wellington, and Hawke’s Bay. It was not compulsory …
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Part of story: Te tango whenua – Māori land alienation
… and Taupō around before and during the First World War. Aucklander Edward Vaile was an early farmer in the …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… ) is the world’s southernmost tree fern, growing on the Auckland Islands at 50˚ south. It is recognised by its skirt …
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Part of story: Ferns and lycophytes
… Polynesian (including Māori) radio station be set up in Auckland. The proposal to establish Radio Polynesia was …
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Part of story: Māori radio – reo irirangi
… at Battersea, London, on 21 September 1841. They arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, in May 1842 on board the Louisa …
Type: Biography
… coconuts and pineapples from Samoa were for sale in Auckland. Chinese greengrocers From the late 1800s Chinese …
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Part of story: Food shops