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… Sarah Ann Smith, Wellington's Eliza Redward and Auckland's Mary Taylor. However, Jessie Crawford was …
Type: Biography
… and the postgraduate chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at Auckland University College. Dawson was an examiner in …
Type: Biography
… until 2007. The first prisoners were transferred to Auckland’s Mt Eden Gaol in 1888. Originally intended as a …
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Part of story: Prisons
… which cared for Māori and poor Pākehā, were set up in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth and Whanganui between …
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Part of story: Ambulance services
… was just over 10% more than in 1956 – in that period Auckland’s population had more than tripled. In the 2010s a …
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Part of story: Otago places
… of the original sites selected had poor soil fertility. Auckland relied on produce grown by Māori to survive. …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… suitable stone. In volcanic areas, such as parts of North Auckland, the Tāmaki isthmus and Otago Peninsula, settlers …
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Part of story: Farm fencing
… Navy officer Theodore Berhew ‘blew his brains out’ in an Auckland boarding house after failing to prosper in New …
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Part of story: Inner-city living
… a second operation opened in Wellington in 1889. In 1900 Aucklander Jonathan Tonson Garlick’s Queen Street store had …
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Part of story: Furniture
… road opened in 1967 and greatly shortened the distance from Auckland and Hamilton. Shoe and Slipper islands Two large …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… Māori woman to win a general seat was Sandra Lee, who took Auckland Central in 1993. Māori electoral option In 1975 the …
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Part of story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation
… shine, from Lambton’s curve to Newtown’s far confine’. Aucklanders, who were to wait another 19 years for electric …
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Part of story: Energy supply and use
… in 1923, and acting as examiner for the forestry degree at Auckland University College. He was a member of the New …
Type: Biography
… School, Otago Boys’ High School and Wesley College in Auckland. While he regretted leaving Otago, he enjoyed his …
Type: Biography
… connection began again. After vigorous scrapping with Auckland over which would be the destination port for a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Government and industrial development
… and diarist Sarah Mathew in 1840 on seeing the land around Auckland. 5 Others described the landscape as barren, gloomy …
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Part of story: Perceptions of the landscape
… is legendary, but highly dangerous. At Hunua Falls in the Auckland region, abseiling has become a commercial venture. …
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Part of story: Waterfalls
… rangatiratanga (self-governance). At both the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington, Māori …
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Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… were baptised. Mission stations were established from north Auckland to Akaroa on Banks Peninsula. For some Māori, …
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Part of story: French
… the final link in the empire air route from London to Auckland. Falla's commitment of Union Company funds to order …
Type: Biography