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… on 31 December 1928, and took up residence in Remuera, Auckland. He worked assiduously for returned servicemen, … May 1935 he entered local body politics as a member of the Auckland City Council; he was deputy mayor at the time of …
Type: Biography
… (1925–), University of Otago Craccum (1927–), University of Auckland Canta (1933–), University of Canterbury Chaff … Metro was a self-styled ‘city magazine’ aimed at urbane Aucklanders. Its famous 1987 cover story about unorthodox …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Magazines and periodicals
… 1950 Empire Games The 1950 Auckland Empire Games gave the perfect start to post-war … mainly, like him, from the working-class suburbs of Auckland. Halberg, Barry Magee and Bill Baillie were among …
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Part of story: Athletics
… the creation of Centrepoint, an intentional community in Auckland, which he led according to the principles he had … the idea of starting a farm. In 1956 the couple moved to Auckland, where Potter spent two years selling Electrolux … resources to buy a 28-hectare bush property at Albany, on Auckland’s North Shore, where they could live together with …
Type: Biography
… May 2012 there was controversy when during a game between Auckland team the Northern Mystics and the Melbourne Vixens, …
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Part of story: Netball
… Three emergency ambulance communications centres, in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, were supported by …
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Part of story: Ambulance services
… Chinese New Zealanders occurs annually during Easter, when Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin take turns to …
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Part of story: Chinese
… who identified with the Filipino ethnic group lived in the Auckland region, 19% in Canterbury and around 11% in the …
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Part of story: Filipinos
… savings bank (which ultimately became ASB) was started in Auckland in 1847. During the gold rushes of the 1860s four …
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Part of story: Banking and finance
… of cars opened up wider horizons, such as Piha in West Auckland, and Castlepoint on the Wairarapa coast. Tourism …
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Part of story: Beach culture
… at Government House in Wellington or Government House in Auckland. New knights are still tapped on their right then …
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Part of story: Royal honours system
… outer waters of the Bay of Islands to fish in the warm East Auckland Current, which sweeps in from the Tasman Front. At …
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Part of story: Dolphins
… Zealand in September 1914 and was appointed area officer, Auckland, with the rank of lieutenant. In February 1915 the …
Type: Biography
… for the dying adjacent to Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Auckland in 1952. Like similar establishments in other …
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Part of story: Care and carers
… David Stanley, a secretary. After her marriage Una lived in Auckland. She returned to Wellington when Albert Stanley …
Type: Biography
… Sea caves form in many types of rock along the coast, Auckland’s volcanic cones have tunnels known as lava tubes. …
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Part of story: Caving
… collections In the mid-19th century, museums were set up in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Type …
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Part of story: Collections of plants and animals
… distinguished them from their literary counterparts. In Auckland artists Alfred Sharpe and Albin Martin produced …
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Part of story: Criticism and the arts
… (sub-tribes) had their own ships taking foodstuffs to the Auckland market. The wars of the 1860s Few people of …
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Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes
… , under Dumont d’Urville in 1840. This visit covered the Auckland Islands, Otago Peninsula, Akaroa and, again, the …
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Part of story: European discovery of plants and animals