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… nectarine, a natural hybrid, was discovered growing in an Auckland garden in the 1890s and became the leading …
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Part of story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry
… more comfortable than coaches. A coach trip in 1870 from Auckland to Hamilton cost 35 shillings, and to go as far as …
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Part of story: Coaches and long-distance buses
… in a grog shop in Thames. She made regular journeys to Auckland in order to purchase stock, and may have extended …
Type: Biography
… vineyards in the 1870s. Bragato had seen infected vines in Auckland in 1895. Many had been uprooted, but not all were …
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Part of story: Wine
… varies. For example, rudd is only a ‘sports fish’ in the Auckland–Waikato fish and game region, but a ‘noxious fish’ …
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Part of story: Coarse fish
… Coast. Much of coastal Bay of Plenty, the Coromandel and Auckland had significant bush clearance, together with large …
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Part of story: Te ohanga onamata a rohe – economic regions
… from Three Kings Theological and Training Institution, Auckland. He subsequently spent 34 years in circuit work, …
Type: Biography
… automatic acetylene light in a lighthouse at Bean Rock, Auckland Harbour. The light revolved by the pressure it …
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Part of story: Lighthouses
… The monthly New Zealand Illustrated Magazine was founded in Auckland in 1899 with a desire to foster New Zealand …
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Part of story: Magazines and periodicals
… or hoiho ( Megadyptes antipodes ) are the subantarctic Auckland Islands and Campbell Island, where over 1,000 …
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Part of story: Penguins
… fourth group of special settlers. The ship arrived at Auckland in March 1884, and Lucy Mansel and her nephews …
Type: Biography
… by the government for public works. Violence erupted at Auckland University in 1978 when a Māori group called He …
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Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… the wife of one son and a grandson in Paerātā, south of Auckland. Schlaepfer then killed himself. His granddaughter …
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Part of story: Violent crime
… through the roof of Brenda and Phil Archer’s home in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie on 12 June 2004. It bounced off …
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Part of story: Meteorites
… American comedy series Get Smart made a comeback. Used at Auckland’s Big Day Out concert in 2009 the new ‘hush cones’ …
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Part of story: Telecommunications
… The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1924, settling in Auckland. By 1927 they had moved to Dunedin, and by 1930, …
Type: Biography
… including trade in produce for the expanding markets in Auckland and Sydney. This resulted in the vigorous pursuit …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… Interestingly, all universities apart from Massey and Auckland University of Technology include ‘wānanga’ in their …
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Part of story: Tertiary education
… first, tussock land and Alps. To me it is primarily an Auckland tidal harbour and a clay cutting near the sea on a …
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Part of story: Ecoregions
… took several years, he first went from the far north to Auckland (naming Mt Eden Maungawhau after the whau trees …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration