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… living in Wellington. Around 1914 they moved to Remuera, Auckland, where Emma died on 14 April 1922. Emma Ostler was …
Type: Biography
… Manawatū, ‘the’ Waikato. Others are referred to simply as ‘Auckland’, ‘Taranaki’, ‘Wellington’. In recent times the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… by competition from cheap imported paper and from the Auckland-based Riverhead Paper Mill Company, which opened in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries
… did not develop as a sport for another two decades: the Auckland Parachute Club led the way from 1953, and in 1955 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Aerial recreation
… In 1879 the first Māori parliament was held at Ōrākei in Auckland, in the house called Kohimarama after the 1860 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… writer Frank Clune remarked in 1956: ‘Traffic moves fast in Auckland’s maze. “Pedestrians, beware” is the motto. Twice …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Street life
… sport. The first pétanque tournament was held in Devonport, Auckland, in 1992 and led to increased public interest and …
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Part of story: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin
… for environmental action groups in the early 1970s. In Auckland these groups engaged in public education on …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sewage, water and waste
… Restoration of sand dunes, Long Bay Regional Park, Auckland. Native crop plants Apart from ornamentals, few …
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Part of story: Horticultural use of native plants
… service in New Zealand and with his family arrived in Auckland in February 1864 on the Thomas Fletcher. He was …
Type: Biography
… – one on each of the North, South, Chatham, Snares and Auckland islands. They have a dark head, throat and back – …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Small forest birds
… half the fare and the immigrant or a sponsor paid the rest. Auckland was alone in offering land grants rather than …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History of immigration
… had either a short boat trip or a long car drive to get to Auckland. He developed and patented a car that can retract …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Inventions, patents and trademarks
… Salvation Army opened three liquor-free People’s Palaces in Auckland (1903), Wellington (1908) and Christchurch (1912). …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hotels and motels
… in while in New Zealand. Jack Hobbs, curator-manager of the Auckland Botanic Gardens, was surprised to learn from …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Public gardens
… they reach their southern limit. The north, especially Auckland, is afflicted with many weeds that are rare or …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Weeds of the bush
… she won the students’ competition at the rota exhibition in Auckland. In 1937, the year of King George VI’s coronation, …
Type: Biography
… the Māhia Peninsula Whangaparāoa (bay of sperm whales) in Auckland and the East Cape Te Waiū-o-Te-Tohorā (the breast …
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Part of story: Te whānau puha – whales
… on 6 August 1850, and travelled to Nelson, Wellington and Auckland, arriving in Canterbury in late July 1851. He …
Type: Biography
… and to consolidate support for it in Waihi, Huntly and Auckland. As part of that campaign he contested Ohinemuri in … acceptably striking and agitational speaker'. In 1911–12 Auckland unionists, bitter over the federation's failure to successfully support the striking Auckland General Labourers' Union, began to support the …
Type: Biography