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… a plastering contract for the Union Bank of Australia in Auckland. He subsequently worked as a plasterer in Nelson …
Type: Biography
… communities were established, such as Tātai Hono marae in Auckland under Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka. Minita-a-iwi, or …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… set up in Christchurch (June 1882), Dunedin (July 1882), Auckland (October 1883) and Wellington (October 1884). A few …
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Part of story: Animal welfare and rights
… and plantation forests. Parts of suburban Hamilton and Auckland were sprayed after single insects of these species …
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Part of story: Insect pests of crops, pasture and forestry
… Australia, but in New Zealand it seems to occur only in the Auckland suburb of Avondale. This is one of New Zealand’s …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Spiders and other arachnids
… schools of TCM (including acupuncture) in Wellington and Auckland. Ayurveda Ayurveda is a system of medicine brought …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Alternative health therapies
… Children grew vegetables in their school grounds, and Auckland and Wellington city councils provided public land …
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Part of story: Gardens
… representative of accountants; disaffected members of the Auckland branch had formed the New Zealand Accountants' and …
Type: Biography
… when Hobson was inspecting the harbour at Waitematā, Auckland, for a possible site for his capital. 1 When …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ports and harbours
… grow 30–35 centimetres long. One enormous specimen at the Auckland Museum measures 40.5 centimetres. But it is no …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Shellfish
… Vera White, a milliner. After schooling in Waikato and Auckland, Joan became a cadet journalist at the Dominion, …
Type: Biography
… are now preserved in libraries and museums in Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Sydney. Buchanan published 36 …
Type: Biography
… first wooden blocks were used to pave some busy streets in Auckland and Wellington. The process of sealing roads with …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Roads
… Zealand’s cities and towns were relatively well paid. In Auckland in 1841 carpenters made 16–20 shillings per day – …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Building trades
… a sport A group of cavers began exploring the lava caves in Auckland’s volcanic cones in the late 1940s. They soon …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Caving
… Chamber of Commerce. List of requests When the Auckland and Wellington chambers of commerce were founded in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Employer and business organisations
… style of their worship. Maintaining the language In 2004 Auckland University researcher Melenaite Taumoefolau noted …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pacific churches in New Zealand
… and 1860, 37 flour mills were built for Māori owners in Auckland province alone. Reliance on Māori Expanding Māori …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ahuwhenua – Māori land and agriculture
… Golf Association national title many times. Walter Godfrey Aucklander Walter Godfrey maintained the tradition of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Golf
… the pride he felt on seeing the New Zealand flag hoisted at Auckland airport during the Commonwealth Games. Labour MP …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Flags