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… by traditionalists as well as by modernists, such as the Auckland-based Architectural Group, which called it 'a …
Type: Biography
… 1955 King caught polio. Two years later the family moved to Auckland, living first at Kohimarama and then in Remuera. … in New Zealand, New Zealand is my place’. 6 King moved to Auckland in 1979 to take up a post-doctoral fellowship, and … continued to teach writing workshops after he shifted to Auckland, and in one class he met Maria Teresa Jungowska, …
Type: Biography
… his Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), Tony moved to Auckland and worked on radar development as part of the war … to develop his botanical knowledge, completing Botany I at Auckland University College. At the end of 1943, he moved to …
Type: Biography
… ‘Bird brain’ Donald Vincent Merton was born in Devonport, Auckland on 22 February 1939, the youngest of three boys … lyre-birds in Australia, Merton was appointed the first Auckland-based fauna protection officer for the Wildlife …
Type: Biography
… for animals when inspiration struck on a flight between Auckland and Christchurch in 1952. When he took out a … the first time in 1979, when a man took his wife hostage in Auckland. During the incident, Murdoch spoke with a member …
Type: Biography
… She arranged for Poutapu to take him to the Wellington and Auckland museums to study the finest examples of Māori art. … sang to entertain troops and at smoke concerts. An Aucklander, Jack Grant, attended one of the concerts in Te …
Type: Biography
… a manual labourer living in rented accommodation in South Auckland. But whether there was a class boundary between a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Class
… Lily May Kirk was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 29 March 1866, the daughter of …
Type: Biography
… In 1973 the first United Women’s Convention was held in Auckland and included workshops on many different aspects of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Families: a history
… of dirty children’ investigated 107 children living in Auckland’s Freemans Bay, then a poor suburb. Half the homes …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Washing, cleaning and personal hygiene
… and Murphy insisted he was ‘not an Australian, but an Auckland boy, having been born in Chapel Square [in the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sport and the nation
… to relatives and friends in England before returning to Auckland. There, on 6 November 1979, he boarded the plane …
Type: Biography
… in for large projects such as the Lyttelton tunnel and the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Parts such as iron balustrades for …
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Part of story: Bridges and tunnels
… for precut frames, roofing and fittings from a number of Auckland companies and booked them to Odlins’ account. The …
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Part of story: Dishonesty crime
… Risk Management Authority), JAFA (just another fucking Aucklander) and MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology) …
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Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… the goldfields in the southern provinces to the north of Auckland. At least 80 post offices alone were constructed …
Type: Biography
… to accept in settlement a 10,000 acre block south of Auckland. Having delegated his consular functions after the …
Type: Biography
… take Wiremu with her when she left in August 1853 for Auckland, where their two children were now at school. On …
Type: Biography
… to New Zealand and from mid 1926 until early 1927 worked in Auckland as girls' work activity secretary for the YWCA . In …
Type: Biography