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… Hinemoa to the subantarctic islands, visiting the Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty islands. The party … eight months earlier on Disappointment Island in the Auckland group. Chilton used his scientific knowledge for …
Type: Biography
… won gold in the long jump and silver in the javelin at the Auckland Commonwealth Games in 1950, and followed this up … up an impressive record, winning gold and silver medals at Auckland in 1990, two golds at Victoria in 1994 and a fourth …
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Part of story: Olympic and Commonwealth games
… in Wellington in 1940, with further schools opening in Auckland in 1952 and Christchurch in 1956. Dental care and … of professions. Dental nurse training centres closed in Auckland and Christchurch. In the early 1990s dental nurses …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Dental care
… such as James Gear in Wellington and Richard Hellaby in Auckland. About a dozen of the freezing companies set up in … By the 1970s the only true farmer cooperative left was the Auckland Farmers Freezing Company (AFFCO), which owned three …
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Part of story: Agricultural processing industries
… Shortly before the strike, in April 1913, elements of the Auckland police attempted to form an association to press … were no children of the marriage. He then transferred to Auckland where he was stationed for the remainder of his …
Type: Biography
… refuse, he turned his back on her. He retired to Auckland in 1951 and there, on 1 July 1952, he married … Ross Reid, née Riddell. Jordan died on 8 April 1959 in Auckland, survived by his second wife and two children of …
Type: Biography
… accounts of meetings – at Mātihetihe in March 1893 and Auckland the following April – in support of the Kotahitanga … January 1951. In February 1951 another wananga was held in Auckland at the home of Ruka Herewini. Again the Kupe story, …
Type: Biography
… public institutions, the most prominent of which were the Auckland City Art Gallery and the Hocken Library. The same … years. Afterwards, they were bought as a group by the Auckland City Art Gallery. During the late 1970s Lusk began …
Type: Biography
… vacillated until directed to advance by Godley. The Auckland Battalion made a daylight attack, but was destroyed … was possible with brigade headquarters, but at midday some Auckland Mounted Rifles got forward to reinforce Malone's …
Type: Biography
… the Bay of Islands, McDonogh was temporarily transferred to Auckland. In March 1843 he was effectively demoted by his … retrenchment. By the time of Symonds's transfer to Auckland in February 1845, McDonogh's financial …
Type: Biography
… Navy on 2 May 1945. He trained as a radio mechanic in Auckland, then served on the Achilles , which sailed to … radio mechanic at the training establishment Philomel in Auckland and then on the cruiser Bellona. He was accepted as …
Type: Biography
… crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1883. Aucklander Billy Murphy won the world featherweight title in … Lennox Lewis in 2000. He lost on points in 12 rounds. Auckland-born Samoan Joseph Parker held the WBO heavyweight …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Boxing and wrestling
… then in 1934 he entered Wesley College at Three Kings, Auckland, and remained there until 1936. After returning … In 1966 he escorted a group of Tokelauan immigrants to Auckland, and helped them settle into New Zealand. He also …
Type: Biography
… on the enthusiasm of New Zealand locals: ‘They compare Auckland with Naples, Nice, Genoa, and Constantinople, and Auckland surpasses all … If the talk turns on the products …
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Part of story: Visitors’ opinions about New Zealand
… Völkner had remained at Ōpōtiki, making several visits to Auckland in 1864, and again in January 1865. Ignoring … day three charges were laid against Völkner: 'His going to Auckland as a spy for the Government'; that 'A cross had …
Type: Biography
… became easier after the establishment of the San Francisco–Auckland steamship route in 1870 and the completion of the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: North Americans
… of society resisted intermarriage. Samuel Goldstein, Auckland’s rabbi from 1880 until the 1930s, refused to marry …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Intermarriage
… above the Canterbury Plains and even bungy jumping off Auckland’s Sky Tower. River surfing In the 1980s American …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Extreme sports and adventure sports
… Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL) offered flights from Auckland through Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti and the Cook Islands on …
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Part of story: South Pacific economic relations
… observed in sanctuaries such as Tiritiri Matangi Island off Auckland, Kāpiti Island off Wellington’s west coast and …
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Part of story: Birdwatching