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… the grandson of Tūperiri and chief of Ngāti Whātua in Auckland, took part in a long campaign with the Waikato … more muskets than other tribes – devastated much of the Auckland isthmus. The tribe destroyed the Ngāti Pāoa pā at Mauinaina, killing and dispersing many of the Auckland Ngāti Whātua. In 1826 Hongi Hika again defeated …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… was re-elected in 1998 and remained in office until 2022. Auckland ‘super-city’ In 2010 a new regional authority was established to administer the Auckland region. The Auckland Council merged the Auckland Regional Council with …
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Part of story: Local and regional government
… – by 1916 much of the urban population lived in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The South Island was … most people have lived in the North Island since then. The Auckland region’s demographic primacy has become … 2013 one-third of the country’s total population lived in Auckland. This reflects a shift northwards of physical and …
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Part of story: Population change
… in and out of the region, mainly between Northland and Auckland. The people of Ngāpuhi form the region’s (and the country’s) largest iwi. Around 40% of them live in Auckland. Lost in the city Whina Cooper, a Māori leader from Northland, moved to Auckland in the 1950s. She was dismayed by the difficulties …
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Part of story: Northland region
… New Zealand’s coasts, and as far south as the subantarctic Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. Today they are rarely sighted around the mainland. The storm-tossed Auckland Islands and Campbell Island, respectively 500 and … have been common. Although there are more whales at the Auckland Islands, the first inkling of a sizeable population …
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Part of story: Whales
… school for the blind in New Zealand, founded in mid 1890 in Auckland. The first principal was John W. Tighe, who had … Jane Collier was appointed in August 1891 and travelled to Auckland to take up her post. Equipment in her classroom … and borrowed stuffed birds and other specimens from the Auckland Institute and Museum for use as teaching aids. Jane …
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… this act than they had before 1911, most of which was in Auckland (511,757 acres), Canterbury (451,534), Otago … in the central North Island, but also including holdings in Auckland and Northland. Over 5,000 veterans took up … (2.8%), or unfit for settlement (7.8%). In Northland and Auckland three-quarters of the occupied land was freehold …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… leader in the design of racing and luxury yachts. Former Aucklander Bruce Farr’s yachts won many international titles. Jump start In 1944 Auckland furniture designer Garth Chester mass-produced the …
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Part of story: Knowledge-based industries
… on a challenge basis. The cup was originally awarded to Auckland, which held it until 1922. Interest has … the North Island and South Island met for the first time at Auckland’s Carlaw Park in 1925, when North won 27–5. South … first won in 1929 but conceded home-ground advantage to Auckland-dominant North, with Carlaw Park hosting the first …
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Part of story: Rugby league
… of establishing hospitals reflects this transformation – Auckland’s first public hospital (1847) cost less than … by Governor George Grey still standing (the others were in Auckland, Wellington and Whanganui). Built in 1848, it was … was settled by European immigrants – in Wellington and Auckland in 1847, New Plymouth in 1848 and Dunedin and …
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Part of story: Hospitals
… the harbour entrance, he traded with the Bay of Islands and Auckland. Faulkner built the trading schooners Eliza (1846), … were sent to the Reverend George Kissling's school in Auckland. Ruawahine died on 24 September 1855, and Faulkner married Elizabeth Humphries in Auckland on 26 January 1857; they had one child. In July …
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… Rouge far behind. In 1999 he opened his supermarket in Auckland’s Mt Albert. A huge banner on the wall depicts a … in their main cities of residence. There are groups in Auckland, Hamilton, the Manawatū, Wellington and … flavour to multicultural concerts held by the school. In Auckland the community was especially active, and often …
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Part of story: Cambodians
… for South Australia, but in 1840 or 1841 they arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, where they lived first in Princes Street, central Auckland, and then Mechanics Bay. They ran a general store … house. During the 1860s he dealt in real estate around Auckland, leaving Matilda to manage the inn and store, which …
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… Wilkinson bought the newspaper and Horton moved to Auckland. In Auckland Horton purchased the Daily Southern Cross from … concern with competition from the Evening Star (later the Auckland Star ) and other papers. His many trips to Europe …
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… to an invitation to inaugurate the new city organ in the Auckland Town Hall in December 1911, and to his appointment in 1912 as Auckland city organist, a position he took up the following … organisations. Following Harriett Barnett's death at Auckland in 1925, Maughan Barnett revisited London, …
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… in a shoebox The poor design and tiny size of many new Auckland apartments – some were only 12 square metres – led … to claim developers were erecting future slums. In 2007 the Auckland City Council introduced new design rules, banning … South Korea and China, and by 2006 Asians were 24.4% of Auckland city’s population. These new arrivals were …
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Part of story: City history and people
… from professional developments in medicine, she moved to Auckland, and in 1932–33 set up practice in Symonds Street. … often her patients. Gurr also served as anaesthetist for Auckland surgeons. During the Second World War women doctors … hospital. In her retirement Elaine Gurr lived at Torbay on Auckland’s north-east coast. Known for her proper but kindly …
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… liberal substance and style to the practice of law in Auckland over five decades. Registered at birth as Francis, … his interest in political and social issues. Haigh moved to Auckland in 1926 and worked for the firm of Russell, … pictures. Eric McCormick described ‘that little group of Aucklanders, presided over by Mr A. R. D. Fairburn, whose …
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… with her family (she had two brothers and two sisters) in Auckland. At 14 she began work in a confectionery shop in … Harper now became the most reputable bridal photographer in Auckland. She developed efficient systems for processing … of wedding parties. Her work encompassed both famous Aucklanders and ordinary people, for whom she recorded …
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… of lights). Diwali has become part of the civic calendar in Auckland and Wellington, with town-hall celebrations open to … and commercial professionals among the Hindu community. Auckland Hindu temples Communities from different parts of … their own temples with their own traditions. In the 2010s Auckland had a Tamil temple, the New Zealand Thirumurugan …
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Part of story: Diverse religions