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… off in some parts of the country. The Ōtara market in South Auckland, which had started in 1978 as a charity fundraising …
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Part of story: Weekends
… The Carter Holt Harvey Native Frog Research Centre at Auckland Zoo is a captive breeding facility for Archey’s …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Frogs
… trading period. Returning from shipping expeditions to the Auckland markets, they would take shelter in the Harataunga …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… to eight years' penal servitude in Mount Eden prison, Auckland. Mainly because of sympathetic local support, …
Type: Biography
… also Welsh societies in Wellington (formed in 1907) and in Auckland (formed in 1925). Choirs and cakes The first …
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Part of story: Welsh
… a smaller importer, Summit Quinphos (with headquarters in Auckland and nationwide distribution points), with about 6% …
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Part of story: Fertiliser industry
… and by local events and national festivals such as the Auckland Writers Festival and the Writers Programme in the …
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Part of story: Creative life
… After sailing in the Bangalore to Sydney and thence to Auckland, FitzRoy, his wife and three young children, and his father-in-law, arrived in Auckland on 23 December 1843. New Zealand was bankrupt, had …
Type: Biography
… fear, and discrimination’. 1 The Phillips family settled in Auckland and were naturalised as New Zealand citizens in … of proficiency in Māori land law at the University of Auckland, and became increasingly convinced that government … of public order, and believed the restoration of land to Auckland hapū Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei was ‘a very dangerous …
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… On 27 June 1863, 17-year-old Edward brought them to Auckland, New Zealand, on the War Spirit. They lived for … or four years in obscurity at Warkworth, before settling in Auckland. Poverty forced Tregear into the uncharacteristic …
Type: Biography
… Humphries and Humphries. In 1935 he moved north to study at Auckland University College, while working as a junior clerk … outside the four main centres. He and his family moved to Auckland, where, as Justice Woodhouse, he presided over a … and legacy In 1991 Owen and Peggy Woodhouse returned to Auckland, where they spent their retirement. By then four of …
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… of Grey's intentions. A major problem was that the Auckland settlers feared a Waikato attack. To forestall … on the Taranaki 'rebels', Grey and the army returned to Auckland and, in July 1863, invaded Waikato. In a series of …
Type: Biography
… agreed to replace the legendary Merv Smith as host of Auckland’s 1ZB breakfast show. 1ZB, Auckland’s highest-rating station, was the most lucrative … began to rise. By the end of 1988 the show rated second in Auckland’s breakfast radio market. The opinionated and …
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… was the daughter of a blacksmith. Born in Mercer, near Auckland, in 1876, she began teaching at the age of 15. … and Wadestown School (1927). In 1928–29, she attended Auckland Teachers’ Training College, where she met her … 2008 a conference was held in the faculty of education at Auckland University to mark the centennial of …
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… in public life. He represented the Bay of Islands in the Auckland Provincial Council from 1853 to 1855, and again … 1861 to 1863 he was editor of a bi-weekly newspaper, the Aucklander , established in part to fight government policy …
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… told at Girl Guides. In 1930 she commenced a BA degree at Auckland University College with the help of a scholarship, … height of the Depression, and with no job or prospects in Auckland she hitchhiked to Wellington, where she was to live … to Children’s Literature. In 1996, the University of Auckland honoured Elsie with a Distinguished Alumni Award, …
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… 1841, and after a month's stay sailed on the same ship to Auckland, where he disembarked on 25 September 1841. Mary … in which Martin presided was erected in Queen Street, Auckland. The first sessions of the Supreme Court were … St John's College from Waimate in the north to Tamaki, near Auckland, Martin joined with Selwyn and Swainson in choosing …
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… Matire was working for a legal firm, Parr and Blomfield, in Auckland when she met John Rankin, an immigrant from … was posted to active service with the 2nd Battalion of the Auckland Infantry Regiment in August 1916. He was wounded at … 10 years, working in the department of radiography of Auckland Hospital for a period, then moving to Rotorua. …
Type: Biography
… meeting impressed on Governor Robert FitzRoy the fact that Auckland's security depended on Waikato friendship. In the 1840s Te Wherowhero's cottage at Pukekawa, in the Auckland Domain, was the scene of much discussion of issues … an agreement to provide military protection for the city of Auckland. A movement arose in the 1850s to establish a Māori …
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… The country’s first antique market opened in 1974, on Auckland’s Ponsonby Road, and the first club for bottle … art dealer Peter Webb and lawyer Warwick Brown, all of Auckland. It was based on the share group concept (where …
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Part of story: Collecting