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… cartoonist, and his wife, Amy Ellis. The family moved to Auckland when he was a child. As a schoolboy he did track … at Waikaremoana. Blomfield played senior rugby in Auckland, Gisborne, Murchison and Nelson. In 1930 he returned to Auckland, just as wrestling was becoming popular with the …
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… the 1st Regiment of the Waikato Militia. He served in South Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty and commanded a … samples. He presented the first of his many papers to the Auckland Institute in 1875. From 1876 to 1888 he was … the Department of Agriculture as government entomologist at Auckland. Between 1896 and 1907 he was also the inspector …
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… In 1857 she set out with five other sisters to join the Auckland community of the Sisters of Mercy, arriving in New … on 5 August 1857. She described her first impressions of Auckland in a letter written soon after her arrival: 'We … will be one of the prettiest in the view of the approach to Auckland.' She concluded, 'there is so much to be done, and …
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… as Don Buck, was an intriguing character of early west Auckland. He was born in Madeira, probably in 1869 or 1870. … on a 250-acre property on the outskirts of Henderson, near Auckland. Figueira probably established his camp in the … who were often given 12 hours to quit the boundaries of Auckland town. Don Buck's camp, as it became known, was the …
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… his elder brother, William, a carpenter, emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, with Sarah and their six children. … Robert Pharazyn in Wanganui and the Mason brothers in Auckland. Hay compiled a manuscript on conifers and invited … Hay exhibited cones of Pinus radiata in an address to the Auckland Institute. The release of large numbers of American …
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… There was a revival of inner-city living in Auckland and Wellington in the late 1980s and early 1990s. … 2008 the number had trebled to over 6,000. In 2009, inner Auckland had 17,500 apartments. Reasons for growth The … and delay having families the building of new offices in Auckland and Wellington, which created a demand for city …
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Part of story: Inner-city living
… he sailed from London on the Gertrude , arriving in Auckland on 9 February 1863. Botany quickly became Thomas … and in May 1868 was appointed meteorological observer for Auckland. A month later he became secretary of the Auckland Institute and curator of its museum, a post he held …
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… men, remained male bastions until the late 20th century. Auckland’s Northern Club, established in 1869, admitted its … remained men’s places. Since the 1860s the sports oval in Auckland’s Domain has provided the city’s men with a site … in New Zealand society. Dunedin’s Otago University Club and Auckland’s Ponsonby Rugby Club have both been important …
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Part of story: Men and women in the city
… and four others after their arrival in 1858 or 1859 in Auckland, New Zealand. Seuffert soon became well known for … to construct items of furniture for people of note visiting Auckland. He worked and lived mainly in leased premises in … New Zealander and he spent the rest of his life in Auckland. Judging from his work, Seuffert must have made …
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… but public opposition to its demolition saved the building. Auckland also kept its old town hall and in 1990 opened the … to buy and then restore the building. Hopes to retain Auckland’s His Majesty’s Theatre were dashed when it was … time, public campaigns to save Wellington’s Embassy and Auckland’s Civic theatres were successful. In 2012 a trust …
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Part of story: Theatres, cinemas and halls
… Francis John Turner was born in Auckland on 10 April 1904, the son of Gertrude Kingcome Reid … and her husband, Joseph Hurst Turner, a Latin master at Auckland Grammar School. His father died in 1913, leaving … Frank's mother to bring up four sons. Frank attended Auckland Grammar School from 1917 with scholarship support. …
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… Girls’ College briefly before the family shifted to Auckland, where she transferred to Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. On leaving school Jacobs … actively encouraged by her father. In 1920 she enrolled at Auckland University College, but despite studying for eight …
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… London in October 1862. They arrived on 9 February 1863 in Auckland where they decided to settle. Elizabeth worked as a … By 1867 economic depression and unemployment had come to Auckland. Following the discovery of gold at Thames, Samuel … it in the studio from sketches. After his return to Auckland Blomfield fell in love with Ellen Wild, whom he had …
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… with his father and younger brothers. They arrived at Auckland on 23 January 1864 on the John Duncan . The … (officially Newcastle until 1878). He was employed by the Auckland merchant W. J. Young for two years, then in 1867 he … of the paper. Although by this time it was owned by the Auckland lawyer and politician F. A. Whitaker and was under …
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… Gummer, the sixth child in a family of eight, was born in Auckland on 7 December 1884, the son of Thomas George … attending Mount Eden School, Gummer was articled to the Auckland architect W. A. Holman in 1900. He travelled to … and 1913. He entered a partnership with Hoggard and Prouse, Auckland, in November 1913 and became a fellow of the New …
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… Cambridge, Waikato. Alice attended Prince Albert College, Auckland, from 1901 to 1904 and Cambridge District High … in 1908. After returning to New Zealand she went to Auckland Training College. She then taught at Otumoetai … Waihi East School. In 1915 she was appointed cataloguer at Auckland Public Library at a salary of £100 a year. In 1918 …
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… included going to restaurants. The number of restaurants in Auckland city quadrupled between 1946 and 1965. The New … Zealand Women’s Weekly magazine counted 420 restaurants in Auckland in 1959. New restaurants regularly opened, especially along Auckland’s Ponsonby Road, described as early as 1954 as …
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Part of story: Restaurants and food outlets
… 1889 above his father's fruit shop in Karangahape Road, Auckland, the son of Maude Mary Constable and Edward Turner … business, retaining the name E. Turner and Sons. When the Auckland Provincial Fruitgrowers' Co-operative Society was … Turner was quick to seize on new opportunities as Auckland's population burgeoned in the inter-war years. When …
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… 1902 won a Junior National Scholarship, which took him to Auckland Grammar School. He then worked as a law clerk in Dargaville and Auckland, and studied at Auckland University College. Admitted as a solicitor in 1910 …
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… get a lunchtime crowd moving in Christchurch. In suburban Auckland, nimble players liven up a football match. Women …
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