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… torn down and burned in 1914. Croatian immigrants living in Auckland and Northland burned the Austrian and German flags. …
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Part of story: Flags
… he left Ashburton in 1918. Friedlander retired to Auckland where he lived quietly, keeping an interest in …
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… and synthetic fabrics and knitting wool, in factories in Auckland, Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Whanganui, Palmerston North, …
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Part of story: Clothing and footwear manufacturing
… in the world poker championships in Las Vegas. In 2008 Auckland’s casino, Sky City, ran the first Festival of …
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Part of story: Cards, board games and puzzles
… did not become naturalised until Cecil Whitney of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society brought in the more …
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Part of story: Game birds
… funded education systems than northern provinces such as Auckland. In the 19th century more people lived in rural …
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Part of story: Country schooling
… In 1920 Edward, Prince of Wales, played at Maungakiekie, Auckland, during his tour of New Zealand. He returned the …
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Part of story: Golf
… surgeon and was sent to New Zealand. After arriving in Auckland with a detachment of troops on the Nugget on 21 …
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… also sought tax relief. The 1967 tax commission In 1966 Auckland accountant Lewis Ross chaired another tax …
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Part of story: Taxes
… now be alive.' Hall was released from Mount Eden prison, Auckland, in 1907. Sir John Hall granted him an annuity of …
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… £55,000 in 1956 and £97,000 in 1960. In 1975 the Otago and Auckland medical schools each received approximately …
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Part of story: Medical research
… of agriculture, at Victoria University College in 1924. Auckland University College then appointed William Riddet to …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… resource for the industrious unemployed, and has enabled Auckland in times past to tide over periods of commercial …
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Part of story: Mining and underground resources
… subspecies. One is found on the North, South, Stewart and Auckland islands, one on the Three Kings Islands, and one on …
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Part of story: Small forest birds
… islands on the Hinemoa and spent 10 days camped on Auckland Island. Sixty-one species of insects were found, …
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… their mother and William later attended a private school in Auckland. At the age of 18 Hunt left home and rode the …
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… became known for his portraits of Māori, many paid for by Auckland businessman Henry Partridge. While his style was …
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Part of story: Painting
… towns where visiting Māori could stay free of charge. The Auckland hostel was opened in 1850 in Mechanics Bay. Traders …
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Part of story: Housing and government
… Rome in 1960 was Jim Hill’s fourth in the single sculls. An Auckland businessman sponsored the eight in the early 1960s. …
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Part of story: Rowing
… Cyril Eyton Kay was born in Auckland on 25 June 1902 to David Kay, an accountant, and …
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