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… and pill-making' and become traders in the new capital, Auckland. On 21 December 1840 they began operations as … wonder this 'venerable figure' became 'as familiar to Aucklanders as Mount Eden'. When it was announced that the …
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… Harry Delamere Barter Dansey was born in Greenlane, Auckland, on 1 November 1920, the eldest of four children of … Harry began his education at Remuera primary school in Auckland. The family moved to Rotorua in 1930, where he … its riches. He also began a lifelong association with the Auckland Institute and Museum: during the school holidays he …
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… Carnachan and his wife, Elizabeth Friars, had arrived in Auckland with their first five children on the Helenslee in … Goodwood School before taking a post at Parnell School in Auckland. Her brother Robert was also teaching in Auckland, and around 1907 their mother and a sister, Jeanie, …
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… George and Frederick, had established a drapery shop in Auckland in 1886. By the time John joined the partnership in … and favourite meeting place for citizens and visitors to Auckland. In 1966 John Court Limited was purchased by an Auckland-based syndicate, and in 1972 it was sold to Cornish …
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… showing media art included Testrip and Artspace in Auckland, Galerie Dressford Vogel in Dunedin and the Physics … on music, dance and sound. Festivals Festivals included Auckland’s Interdigitate (1991–2007) and Rotate Your State … Off the Deep End in Wellington (1983–84), Sound/Watch in Auckland (1989–1994) and the international touring festival, …
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Part of story: Media art
… 1880 he was appointed rabbi to the Hebrew congregation at Auckland, New Zealand. He was to hold this post for the next 54 years. When Goldstein arrived in Auckland at the age of 26, he faced the task of ministering … Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Auckland Ladies' Benevolent Society. During and after the …
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… following year to take up a position as house surgeon at Auckland Hospital; in 1915 he became acting medical … then returned to set up a general practice in central Auckland. He was appointed honorary general surgeon at Auckland Hospital in 1920, serving until 1948, when he was …
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… on the Prince Edward for New Zealand. The McGregors reached Auckland on 13 May 1859 and Alexander began his long involvement with the coastal trade of Auckland province. His first acquisition was the 36-ton … yard at Whangarei Heads. Alexander began trading from Auckland to Russell, Whangaroa and Mangonui, and …
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… William and Albert Leslie Willetts were born at Devonport, Auckland, on 15 July 1893 and 22 February 1900 respectively, … William rose to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s as one of Auckland's outstanding mullet-boat skippers. Ironically, in … L-class mullet boats, at a time when this class provided Auckland’s closest competition. Asked to skipper the new …
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… The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1909, arriving in Auckland in August. In October 1910 Edward Blaiklock … at Avondale School and New Lynn School. In 1917 he entered Auckland Grammar School; at the end of his third year he passed matriculation and was accepted by the Auckland Education Board as a pupil-teacher. He taught at …
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… and 1940 went to St Stephen’s School at Bombay, south of Auckland. Returning home from his first term there, he made … in October 1946. In 1947–48 Waititi trained as a teacher at Auckland Training College and resumed studying for a BA at Auckland University College; he graduated in 1955. During …
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… Marlborough. Further parish appointments took the family to Auckland, Ashburton and back to Auckland, where they settled permanently after John's death … Parnell prior to going to Diocesan High School for Girls, Auckland, in 1912, and again from 1916 until 1920. She left …
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… week later aboard the John Temperley , reaching North Head, Auckland, on 30 August. He arrived during the New Zealand … with specks of gold in an attempt to start a goldrush. In Auckland Pond's work as an analytical chemist made him one … in the colony. In 1882 he was appointed analyst for Auckland, under the Adulteration Prevention Act 1880, and …
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… gardens to city waterfronts and large urban areas such as Auckland’s Aotea Square. …
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… at the Spiritual Scientist Church. From September 1922, in Auckland, he did the same at the Progressive Church of … Labour Party while in Christchurch and was active in the Auckland East and then the Eden branch. Election to the executive of the Auckland Labour Representation Committee came in 1927. At …
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… in Wellington in 1909, this fiery young man travelled to Auckland to join his sister and her husband, who had … trams in November and when Arthur Rosser , secretary of the Auckland Electric Tramways Union, called to collect his … skilled motormen but with a heritage of conflict with the Auckland Electric Tramway Company. Although still a …
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… methods of teaching. Rae was appointed vice principal of Auckland Training College in 1924, and he was principal from … as a public speaker, Duncan Rae was a valued member of the Auckland Headmasters’ Association and the Auckland branch of the NZEI. In 1933 he rescued the New …
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… the New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine, based at Auckland Zoo. This large facility, opened in 2006, contains … are transferred between humans and animals. Zoo visitors Auckland Zoo is the most popular zoo in the country, with … than Wellington Zoo and five times more than Hamilton Zoo. Auckland Zoo received publicity through the television …
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Part of story: Zoos and aquariums
… with the 6th New Zealand Mounted Rifles in No 16 Company (Auckland Section). When he joined he was farming at … By the late 1920s Hall was living on the Puhoi River, North Auckland. Around this time he met up with Gilbert Archey, ethnologist at the Auckland Institute and Museum. This led to a contract to …
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… in 1860 or 1861. Frances obtained a post as governess in Auckland, where her father was appointed a commissioner of … she then taught with her sister at Shortland Street school, Auckland. In 1874 she was appointed headmistress of … became one of the largest and most important schools in Auckland province. By 1888 Frances Haselden was the …
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