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… were not much better informed after giving birth. Former Auckland mayor Catherine Tizard described her experience of …
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Part of story: Pregnancy, birth and baby care
… 40% usually went to church. The denomination was strong in Auckland city and in Dunedin, especially amongst the skilled …
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Part of story: Religion and society
… and other denominations. St Matthew’s Church in central Auckland has hosted the Community Church for gay Christians …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… ‘very uncolonial’. 2 Colonial insolence In a letter to the Auckland Herald in 1879 ‘Head of Family’ complained about …
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Part of story: Class
… and MA (with first-class honours in history) in 1915. In Auckland on 22 January 1908 he married Louise Florence Leys …
Type: Biography
… serious decline in her health, Helen travelled with John to Auckland. When she fell ill in Rotorua, the debatable …
Type: Biography
… annual Taonga Whakaari – Māori Playwrights Festival in Auckland in 2010. That event also included the 24-Hour …
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Part of story: Māori theatre – te whare tapere hōu
… in 1920. Cook began studying for an arts degree at Auckland University College in 1921. However, answering a …
Type: Biography
… expand this craft, working mainly at the Mercury Theatre in Auckland, and on numerous large operas and musicals. This …
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Part of story: Theatre design
… the 1985 bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour by French secret-service agents. Temporary …
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Part of story: Arts and social engagement
… with his parents in 1880, and attended Queen's College in Auckland. After working on a farm in Taranaki in 1894–95 he …
Type: Biography
… Albert Alferink had his cheese confiscated by the South Auckland medical officer of health – accompanied by police – …
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Part of story: Agricultural processing industries
… Locally made documentaries that screened at the 2012 Auckland International Film Festival included: Christopher …
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Part of story: Documentary film
… last years were spent at the Ranfurly War Veterans' Home in Auckland, where he died on 8 October 1978. His wife had died …
Type: Biography
… being appointed, early in 1919, to a staff position in the Auckland Military District (later Northern Command). He was …
Type: Biography
… race during the 1897 Wellington championships, H. Reynolds (Auckland) drew away from the Christchurch champion E. Jones …
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Part of story: Cycle racing
… was John Davis, who established a dental practice in Auckland in 1841. He had partly completed a medical degree …
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Part of story: Dental care
… whaleboats, which allowed them to fish as far away as the Auckland Islands (over 400 kilometres across open sea). …
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Part of story: Southland region
… in long-distance trading, shipping produce to a burgeoning Auckland. Man with a mission In 1838 William Colenso, with …
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Part of story: East Coast region