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… little else is known of her early life. She arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, with her brother, John, on the Caduceus on 11 October 1860. On 13 January 1865 in Auckland she married William Henry Smith, a shoemaker; the … of 62 William Smith died at Wairoa South (Clevedon), near Auckland. Captain William Crush Daldy was authorised by Amey …
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… briefly visiting Victoria and New South Wales he moved to Auckland, New Zealand, and with his capital of about £300 … This mill and its 1861 successor were the largest in the Auckland province, as was his pride and joy, the Eight Hours … speculator and farmer, and his wife, Nancy Stockett, at Auckland on 16 September 1856. They had 12 children. After …
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… a farmer and carpenter. In 1926 Bob Lowry was enrolled at Auckland Grammar School, where he was introduced to letterpress printing. In 1931 he progressed to Auckland University College and took his enthusiasm for …
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… George Douglas Robb was born in Auckland on 29 April 1899, the son of Scottish immigrants … Company. Douglas attended Mount Eden School from 1904 and Auckland Grammar School from 1912 to 1916. Second place in … by appointments as part-time honorary assistant surgeon to Auckland Hospital in 1929 and as the first Auckland …
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… the Fisher Library of the University of Sydney. In 1913 the Auckland City Council advertised for a librarian with a good … On 13 October 1913 Barr became chief librarian of the Auckland Public Library and director of the Auckland Art Gallery. On 28 November 1914 he married Jessie …
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… Cheesman worked for the Prudential Assurance Company in Auckland, but after two years this was abandoned in favour … piano with Alf (‘Chips’) Healy’s Wintergarden band at Auckland’s new Civic Theatre, he also worked for a time as …
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… office block. At the other end of the country it built the Auckland city markets. James and his son Jim (who took over … and Construction was established in 1968 to work on Auckland Harbour Board’s redevelopment of the downtown area. In Auckland it built structures such as the Vector Arena (now …
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Part of story: Building and construction industry
… a poll at the 2025 elections if they wished to keep them. Auckland super city The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance (2009) recommended the establishment of three elected Māori seats on the new Auckland Council. Two would be for ngā mātā waka – urban …
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Part of story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation
… to whom he was articled, J. P. Campbell, shifted to Auckland in mid 1884 to become a partner of Russell and … an employee of the law firm which was coming to the fore in Auckland's commercial affairs. After his admission as a …
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… learnt more, by staying at home and taking the tram to the Auckland Public Library’ 1 rather than visiting the great … historical periods. In 1887 he donated 8,000 volumes to the Auckland Public Library. The Grey Collection at the library … important but lesser-known New Zealand collectors included Auckland businessman Henry Partridge, who presented his …
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Part of story: Collecting
… Zealand, Australia and Britain. In 1869 or 1870 he moved to Auckland, New Zealand, where, with William Tyrone Ferrar, he … in March 1870. Reed had a brief spell as a politician in Auckland, representing Takapuna in the Auckland Provincial … in November 1874. That year he was one of three prominent Aucklanders who induced Sir George Grey to enter provincial …
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… for secretarial work, which she continued on moving to Auckland about 1905. In Auckland Edith Statham showed organisational talent in the … Queen Victoria and those who served the British Empire. An Auckland branch of the league was established in 1910 and …
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… as castaways were: Grafton : This was wrecked in the Auckland Islands on 3 January 1864. The crew of five … of the crew of 25 reached shore on the northern tip of Auckland Island on 10 May 1864. Only three survived, to be … General Grant : Of 83 on board, 15 reached the shore of Auckland Island on 14 May 1866. Four died attempting to sail …
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Part of story: Castaways
… friends, started her education at Mount Roskill School in Auckland, continuing at Waihī in 1907. At the end of 1911 … After a year in Fiji with her family, she became a pupil at Auckland Girls' Grammar School. She passed her matriculation … at Grafton and Maungawhau schools and a further two at Auckland Training College. In 1921–22 she was an assistant …
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… 1864. Thomas Colclough died in the provincial hospital, Auckland, on 29 July 1867. As a well-qualified and … supported the family, running her own school for girls in Auckland from 1871 to 1872, and teaching at Tuakau from … By late 1874 she had left for Melbourne, Australia. To Aucklanders in the early 1870s Mary Colclough became a …
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… unmistakable rise in the status of sculpture. In 1955 the Auckland City Art Gallery held the first major exhibition … massive press coverage and during the three weeks it was in Auckland 36,738 visitors saw it. Many sceptics were … over-life-sized bronze ‘Maori warrior’ (1964–66) is an Auckland landmark that updates Auguste Rodin’s famous …
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Part of story: Sculpture and installation art
… the mid-point of the harbour and the northern boundary of Auckland. Tāporapora, on the western tip, is a haven for … Wellsford 2013 population: 1,698 Northernmost town in the Auckland region, 114 km north-west of Auckland. It stands at the junction of the main road north …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… Nutsey, a warehouseman. The family moved to Northcote, Auckland, during Emily's childhood and she was educated there. She was accepted for nurse training at Auckland Hospital, graduating in 1911. Her grandmother, Anna … from Germany in 1846 as a mission sister. On leaving Auckland Hospital, Emily Nutsey moved to Wellington, where …
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… Town belts and botanic gardens The oldest public gardens in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin owe their … gardens for studying native and introduced plants. Auckland Domain Until the Auckland Botanic Gardens opened in South Auckland in 1982, …
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Part of story: Public gardens
… piped in from the Wainuiomata River in the Hutt Valley. Auckland Auckland began piping water from Western Springs in 1877. By the early 1900s the Auckland City Council realised that it would need a …
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Part of story: Sewage, water and waste