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… and informant. Although he declined nomination for the Auckland Provincial Council election in 1873, in 1876 he …
Type: Biography
… and his wife returned to Hamilton before moving in 1966 to Auckland, where he died on 19 December 1983; Agnes survived …
Type: Biography
… briefly at New Plymouth the Richmonds shifted in turn to Auckland, Dunedin, Nelson and Wellington. In 1875 they went …
Type: Biography
… a high place in Ritchie's affections, and is now in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. His papers reveal the keen …
Type: Biography
… Tamairaki had been with the Māori–Moriori settlement in the Auckland Islands; after its abandonment in the 1850s, she …
Type: Biography
… their jammer. New Zealand’s first roller derby league – Auckland’s Pirate City Rollers – started competitive bouts …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Roller skating and skateboarding
… Released in January 1946, he died of tuberculosis in Auckland on 29 August that year, aged 37; he had never …
Type: Biography
… the turning of the first sod when a start was made to the Auckland–Rotorua railway. This project was helped by a gift …
Type: Biography
… ranking was demonstrated in 2005 at North Harbour, Auckland, when the Kiwi Ferns beat Britain in one semi-final …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rugby league
… with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force’s 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment. An able sportsman, he had …
Type: Biography
… as Bats Theatre in Wellington and the Maidment Theatre in Auckland. Realist influences Until the second half of the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Theatre design
… as the Timaru Artillery, the Wellington City Rifles, the Auckland Artillery Band and many others. Besides creating a …
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Part of story: Popular music
… when, in February 1966, the designs were leaked to the Auckland Star. The crude reproductions of his drawings …
Type: Biography
… Plymouth, formed in 1874, and represented Taranaki against Auckland. Skinner began his survey cadetship in July 1872 …
Type: Biography
… games between 1963 and 1965. Taranaki won the shield from Auckland in 1996 but it was lost at the second defence. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taranaki region
… in 1884) was the first union outside the four main centres (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin). By then …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… subsequent manufacture. Pacific Steel’s mill at Ōtāhuhu, Auckland (a joint venture between Fletchers and Industrial …
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Part of story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries
… one commentator thought there were not enough gas lights in Auckland, though lighting was adequate on Queen Street, the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Streets and lighting
… for early-childhood learning. Dame Catherine Tizard, former Auckland mayor and governor-general, attributes her …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Men and women in the city
… people often hailed private cars thinking they were taxis, Auckland City Council decided in 1915 to mark taxis by …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taxis and cabs