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… the family emigrated to New Zealand, settling in Onehunga, Auckland, where Walter again worked as a grocer. Walter and … gain his matriculation. From 1927 he studied part time at Auckland University College and in 1932 graduated with a … ideologies before becoming a founder member of the Auckland branch of the Communist Party of New Zealand (CPNZ) …
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… During the 1920s the citizens of Auckland benefited from a number of munificent bequests … decided to emigrate to New Zealand. The couple arrived in Auckland in early 1880, and Marianne opened Smith's Cheap … the Smiths and entered the Methodist ministry, settled in Auckland and joined the business as a partner with William. …
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… Dugard Fairburn was born at his parents' house beside the Auckland Domain on 2 February 1904. His mother, Teresa … his youth and early manhood at Green Bay. The landscapes of Auckland's Tāmaki isthmus, the Waitākere Range, the Manukau …
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… in the Barbara Gordon in 1850. When the ship put in to Auckland, however, he and his cousin, James Armitage, … their luck there. For the rest of his life Fenton lived in Auckland or its environs. At first he squatted on a piece of …
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… Charles Alexander Fleming was born in Auckland on 9 September 1916. He was the eldest of three … be a lifelong interest. George Fleming was a member of the Auckland Institute and Museum and Charles was able to attend … largely based on regular collections of dead specimens from Auckland’s west coast beaches. Peg Chambers became involved …
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… Kīngi’s father had attended St Stephen’s School in Parnell, Auckland, was a prominent Anglican, a qualified interpreter, … Te Kao together to attend St Stephen’s School, south of Auckland. Despite continuing poor health, Kīngi was a good … Īhaka joined the Native Department, working as a clerk in Auckland and Te Kao from 1939 to 1942. During this period he …
Type: Biography
… Shepherd, the colonial treasurer, at St Paul's Church, Auckland, on 4 March 1843. They had four sons and four … died while working at his desk in his legal office, at Auckland, on 4 December 1891. He descended from a solid old … speculation business. When the seat of government moved to Auckland in April 1841 Whitaker went there too. The …
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… headlines in 2004 when it crashed through the roof of an Auckland home. …
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… the world have formed this new society, concentrated in Auckland. It’s a dramatic change for a country whose …
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… at Kororareka (Russell), they shifted to the new capital of Auckland. Over the next few years Thomas the Elder was by … the father, infected by the 'yellow fever' like so many Aucklanders, departed for the diggings with two of his sons. …
Type: Biography
… (Pirongia) on 26 May 1880. About 1892 the family moved to Auckland where William was educated at Mount Eden School and Auckland Grammar School. He did not shine academically but … Company, ships’ chandlers, but soon moved to the leading Auckland hardware merchants T. & S. Morrin and Company. …
Type: Biography
… went on a paper-chasing visit to Gisborne and in 1944 to Auckland, the Bay of Islands and Hokianga. There, as well as … resigned from the public service. Later the family moved to Auckland, where Ian trained as a teacher. After the birth of …
Type: Biography
… the capital’s location at the site of several fault lines. Auckland and Wellington In May 1856 a resolution affirming … that the General Assembly’s next meeting should be held in Auckland was amended, by deleting ‘Auckland’ and substituting ‘a more central position’. While …
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Part of story: Capital city
… the daughter of a miner. That year the couple moved to Auckland, New Zealand, where their first son was born. On 19 … a Queen Street furniture warehouse, and president of the Auckland United Furniture Trades Union, but after the … worker'. In 1909 he contested the municipal elections in Auckland on behalf of the Socialist Party. Inspired possibly …
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… Flora MacKenzie (or McKenzie) was born in Māngere, Auckland, on 15 August 1902, the daughter of Hugh Ross … was an active member of both the Māngere Road Board and the Auckland Racing Club. Later Sir Hugh, he went on to achieve prominence as long-time chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board. In February 1927 her father …
Type: Biography
… urban spaces than attractive gardens. Writing about the Auckland Domain in the New Zealand Herald in 1931, Tschopp … scholarship In 2002 Fred Tschopp’s family donated money to Auckland’s Unitech for a scholarship in the pioneering … Tschopp was employed to design new public spaces in Auckland, Wellington and Rotorua. His first project was the …
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Part of story: Landscape architecture
… companies In the 1980s Mercury Opera became established in Auckland, as did other professional opera companies … failed in 1982 the Arts Council’s money was given to Auckland’s Mercury Theatre – which had joined forces with … opera company. Mercury Opera productions were confined to Auckland, provoking anger from opera-lovers in the rest of …
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Part of story: Opera and musical theatre
… for some ice sports in Southland, Otago, Canterbury and Auckland, while participants in sports such as luge, …
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… by New Zealand authorities, they were married again in Auckland on 28 July 1920. In 1923 Joe Ah Chan, his wife and … one of the first passenger road services from Thames to Auckland. He purchased an American Wolverine car and each Thursday carried passengers, and his produce, to Auckland. An innovative and resourceful businessman, Ah Chan …
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