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… assisted in running the mail service from Wellington to Auckland. He had a lifelong interest in horse-racing in the …
Type: Biography
… Division in the new Department of Health. He worked from Auckland and bought a home in Parnell. The high Māori death … Museum in Hawaii. They met again when Gregory came to Auckland later in the year. The Bishop Museum was at that …
Type: Biography
… and the Church of England Grammar School in Parnell, Auckland. Because his parents were followers of Te Whiti he … attention on the notoriously bad housing conditions in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and in Māori villages. …
Type: Biography
… Māori seat in 1938, canvassed support for himself among the Auckland Labour MPs; he was duly appointed. Pleased at least … John, a fighter pilot, was killed in an air accident in Auckland during the Second World War. On 11 January 1967 …
Type: Biography
… years Belcher and his lieutenants – J. K. (Jack) Kneen in Auckland and W. T. (Tom) Young in Wellington – built a …
Type: Biography
… He lost his seat in 1984, and although he stood for West Auckland in 1987, he never returned to Parliament. …
Type: Biography
… 1930 a place was found for him at Sacred Heart College in Auckland. Here he was in the same class as a number of …
Type: Biography
… counter-attack mounted by Henry Cleary , Catholic bishop of Auckland. Not all of Gibb's work in this period failed to …
Type: Biography
… on 23 December 1851 on the John Phillips and arrived at Auckland on 5 April 1852. After a month there the ship …
Type: Biography
… of theological training at Wesley College, Three Kings, Auckland. In addition to theology, the programme of study …
Type: Biography
… and often decrepit. Hume recommended the rebuilding of Auckland's prison at Mount Eden and the erection of a new …
Type: Biography
… of Hoani Te Whatahoro are now held by the University of Auckland, the Alexander Turnbull Library and the Museum of …
Type: Biography
… A small team studied regional carving styles at the Auckland Institute and Museum for a period before moving to …
Type: Biography
… event, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019. In 2017 Auckland hosted the World Masters’ Games. There were 25,000 …
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Part of story: Older people
… were swayed by his eloquence when he spoke at the Auckland town hall in 1898. He seemed to be emerging as the …
Type: Biography
… the headlines. He held a highly successful exhibition in Auckland in 1983 when his paintings of Venice reached record …
Type: Biography
… He received his secondary education at Wesley College, Auckland. For about 12 months from 1893 Tai Mitchell farmed …
Type: Biography
… of C. S. Völkner . In 1852 he attended St John's College in Auckland. Perhaps because of the strict discipline, Hoani …
Type: Biography
… third Eight New Zealand Painters exhibition, toured by the Auckland City Art Gallery from October 1959. During the …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand historian Keith Sinclair recalled his 1930s Auckland childhood playing in the harbour and up trees with …
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Part of story: Childhood