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… school of art. When Eric Westbrook, the new director of the Auckland City Art Gallery, saw the paintings that Kennedy …
Type: Biography
… when the society moved its headquarters there from Auckland in May 1850 and was then appointed to Hawke's Bay. …
Type: Biography
… in 1896, but a long separation when Ben was teaching in Auckland and Thames caused the engagement to be broken off. …
Type: Biography
… especially for cargo, after the war. On 20 April 1943, at Auckland, he married Loraine (Lorie) Jean …
Type: Biography
… in 1953 in Wellington, representing congregations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. In 2013 members of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… face. In 1868, R. and E. McLean imported Herefords to their Auckland farm. The Holms family founded New Zealand’s first …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Beef farming
… residents as females, but the country’s four main cities – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin – were home …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Men and women in the city
… Te Whare Tū Taua o Aotearoa began at Hoani Waititi marae in Auckland and grew to include a number of outreach programmes …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry
… in 1875 did not mince its words. He described the state of Auckland surveys as one of confusion and neglect, and many …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Early mapping
… were established, such as Hannaford’s Matrimonial Agency in Auckland, which offered to find suitable marriage partners …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Love and romance
… ill while in Rotorua on forestry business. He travelled to Auckland for medical advice but died there of cancer of the …
Type: Biography
… Vivian Walsh's New Zealand Flying School at Mission Bay, Auckland, qualifying on 9 September. In October 1916 …
Type: Biography
… could settle. The first group of Normanists arrived in Auckland on 17 September 1853. One year later they began to …
Type: Biography
… sentiments of some early 20th-century memorials. Both an Auckland memorial and the soldier memorial on Marsland Hill …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… roughly 1,500 km east of Samoa and 3,000 km north-east of Auckland, the 15 islands that make up the Cooks are …
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Part of story: Cook Islanders
… September, Montgomery stood down to allow the inclusion of Auckland members, an act which earned Stout's gratitude. …
Type: Biography
… the United States, they were played on radio stations in Auckland and Nelson. About 1933 he caught a ship to …
Type: Biography
… most impressive of his timber churches, St Mary's, Parnell, Auckland, which was built in stages between 1887 and 1898, …
Type: Biography
… Waimate (North). Aged about 16, he was publicly hanged in Auckland in 1842 after being convicted of killing five …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Violent crime
… in 1987. There are also professional orchestras in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Chamber …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Creative life