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… the East Coast: Whatatutu, Tūpāroa and Pūhā. He boarded in Auckland to attend Belmont Primary School, in Rotorua to attend Whakarewarewa Native School, and in Auckland again for his secondary schooling at King’s … In 1927 he enrolled in the new four-year forestry degree at Auckland University College, supported by a Smith Wylie …
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… Kura Ensor was an Auckland-based Māori fashion entrepreneur who was part of a … Sydney, was born in 1948. In about 1951 the family moved to Auckland, settling in Grey Lynn. Kura worked in the office … women. Ensor had attended Pierre Cardin fashion parades in Auckland and noted that there was little stylish fashion for …
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… Trust he mainly administered estates. He transferred to Auckland in 1927 where, on 24 December 1932, he married … Alice Maude Murray, with whom he had two sons. While in Auckland he represented the university in rowing. He also set up the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute of Public …
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… history and culture. Articled to the surveyor general in Auckland in 1860, Mair gained a provincial surveyor's … His collection was deposited in and later purchased by the Auckland Institute and Museum. As an agent for Alexander Turnbull , Sir Walter Buller and the Auckland and Dominion museums, Mair assisted in the purchase …
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… climatic conditions were also tabled in Parliament in Auckland, and published in the Wellington provincial … he turned his attention to the Māori. He travelled from Auckland to the Rotorua and Taupō districts, as far south as … he does not appear to have married, while living in Auckland Thomson had three children with Ngahiraka Wood of …
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… to the entire government and missionary establishment in Auckland. He condemned the Treaty of Waitangi as 'shallow, … land claims in the north, and was on his way to Auckland when the principal agent of the New Zealand … policies were too extreme for some members and the Aucklanders could not forget the slight on their town in The …
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… David Tua, who won the heavyweight bronze medal in 1992. Auckland boxer Paea Wolfgramm, fighting for Tonga, won a … women boxers do not share this view. In 2012 Auckland boxer Alexis Pritchard said ‘Look at the opposition …
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Part of story: Boxing and wrestling
… his full support she applied for singing engagements at the Auckland station 1YA. There she wrote and sang in an … Sons. When her month's contract expired, she returned to Auckland to join 1ZR, owned by Lewis Eady Limited. Known as …
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… On 3 May the royal flotilla departed from Wellington for Auckland, sailing by way of the East Cape. In Auckland Nicholas made detailed drawings of Māori artefacts …
Type: Biography
… George William Clinkard was born on 17 September 1893 in Auckland, the son of English parents Cecil Henry Clinkard … mayor and member of Parliament for Rotorua. After attending Auckland Grammar School (1906–8), Clinkard entered the …
Type: Biography
… began a ministry training school at St John’s College in Auckland in the 1840s, but most bishops and some clergy were … in Hawke’s Bay and St Stephen’s and Queen Victoria in Auckland played a significant role in developing Māori …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… the best-known were Dunbar Sloane (established in 1918) in Auckland and Wellington, and Webb’s in Auckland (1976). Turner’s was the largest car auction house …
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Part of story: Second-hand trade
… responsibilities overseas. It is based in Devonport, Auckland. In 2011 the navy had 1,923 regular and 312 reserve … and operations in New Zealand and overseas. It is based in Auckland, Ōhakea and Woodbourne. In 2011 the air force had …
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Part of story: Armed forces
… emerged as major labels that decade, including: in Auckland, WORLD, Karen Walker and Kate Sylvester, while … The major event was New Zealand Fashion Week (NZFW) in Auckland (2001–), which attracted international fashion …
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Part of story: Fashion and textile design
… survived in some form into the 21st century. They include Auckland’s New Zealand Herald (set up in 1863) and … 1 By 1900 there were 22 rural weeklies, although only the Auckland Weekly News survived beyond the Second World War. …
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Part of story: Newspapers
… which was then the terminus for the railway line from Auckland. The following year he had a large houseboat … Over the years it had branches or agencies in Wellington, Auckland, Waitara, Raetihi, Sydney, Melbourne and London. …
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… to stay away, Völkner arrived on the schooner Eclipse from Auckland on 1 March. He was taken from the ship and … Mokomoko surrendered in October 1865 and was tried in Auckland on 27 March 1866. The evidence against him was the …
Type: Biography
… and Farmers' Federation. On the other hand, the large Auckland branch of the NZFU guarded its sizeable assets and … Mulholland was defeated in 1947 by W. N. Perry, an Auckland farmer. After the war Mulholland continued his …
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… and was first performed, with George Henare as Te Whiti, at Auckland’s Mercury Theatre in 1972. Two years later Te r … highly successful musical Mr King Hongi , first produced at Auckland’s Mercury Theatre in 1973. …
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Part of story: Māori theatre – te whare tapere hōu
… Te Arawa. The chief lived with his family in Grey’s home in Auckland, and was paid a salary to teach the governor the … issues. At the opening of the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Dame Whina called on the country to ‘remember that …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens