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… to enable some shipwrights to specialise in keeler yachts. Auckland, with its Anniversary Day Regatta and the Hauraki … the New Zealand ship-repair industry. Ports at Lyttelton, Auckland and Wellington also built docks, which symbolised … in the 1970s when it developed its container terminal, but Auckland’s Calliope and the Lyttelton dock (now a registered …
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Part of story: Shipbuilding
… New Zealand Police Force on 9 May 1921. Initially posted to Auckland, he transferred to Hamilton in June 1924. He was … to Alma Violet Hill. In July 1934 Aplin transferred back to Auckland, where he joined the criminal investigation branch. … detective sergeant in April 1938. He was to remain in the Auckland criminal investigation branch for 21 years, …
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… in Wellington on 13 September. The party travelled on to Auckland, where some members remained to seek employment. … as a candidate in the forthcoming elections for the Auckland Provincial Council and the General Assembly. Ball … several township sections, and also purchased land in Auckland. In addition to farming he was a partner of Robert …
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… By 1845 there were post offices at Russell, Rāwene, Auckland, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Wellington, Nelson and … pass without communication between the government centre in Auckland and the rest of the colony. Settlers complained … that ‘the pakehas write evil reports of us from Taranaki to Auckland, and from Auckland back to Taranaki, and make Maori …
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Part of story: Mail and couriers
… Berry was engaged by the Daily Southern Cross newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand, as a war correspondent. With his wife and two sons he arrived in the Royal Stuart at Auckland on 26 January 1864. In the course of his duties he … Alfred Horton , owner of the Southern Cross. Berry moved to Auckland in 1875 as editor of the New Zealand Herald , and …
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… in the Philippines. Manila in Mt Albert In the mid-1990s Auckland’s Bayanihan Club ran a basketball league every … around.’ 1 Clubs The first Filipino club was established in Auckland in 1976 with just 20 members. By the 2000s there … well as church groups and charitable trusts. The Council of Auckland Philippine Organisations (CAPO) and the Federation …
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Part of story: Filipinos
… in the settlements based on his ideas. The foundation of Auckland William Hobson established his capital in Auckland in 1841, and as a result there was considerable … in the region. The Ngāti Whātua tribe sold the land near Auckland township, but in the 1850s Māori still owned much …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… Sunday school music at the Pitt Street Wesleyan Church in Auckland where an uncle was minister. Thomas was also … orchestra. On 6 January 1909 he married Ella May Harvey at Auckland. He had by then taken over his father's business as … Garland made his broadcasting debut in 1923 on 1YA in Auckland. He ran a weekly children's session under the name …
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… and Union Airways. TEAL’s flights from Mechanics Bay in Auckland to Rose Bay in Sydney began in 1940, using the … from the New Zealand government in 1935 to fly into Auckland. Pan Am’s Pacific flying-boat service between San … would experience again. TEAL’s renowned Coral Route from Auckland to Fiji, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Tahiti …
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Part of story: Aviation
… invasives The bryozoan Watersipora arcuata arrived in the Auckland region in 1955–56 and later spread to the South … wharf piles. From there it spread to the Tāmaki estuary in Auckland where, in 1980, it caused blockages to the … North Atlantic, was first found in Lyttelton in 1940 and Auckland in 1968. Sea squirts are immobile filter feeders …
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Part of story: Marine invaders
… not borrow without the colony becoming liable.’ 1 Otago and Auckland opposition The principal opposition to abolishing the provinces came from Auckland and Otago. George Grey, former governor and now an Auckland resident, threw himself into the fray, claiming the …
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Part of story: Colonial and provincial government
… up the position of superintendent of parks and reserves at Auckland, a position he was to hold for 19 years. He arrived in Auckland to find many of the parklands in a poor state from … and developing the land at Manurewa which became the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens (opened in 1982). …
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… Island. These provinces were abolished in 1852. Irish in Auckland By 1851, in contrast to Wellington and the South Island, a larger proportion of Auckland’s population (2,871 out of 8,840) were of Irish …
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Part of story: Irish
… George Turnbull Niccol was born in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 August 1858, the son of Sarah McLarty and her husband, the leading Auckland shipbuilder Henry Niccol. Educated in Devonport, … and of larger and larger size that craft so distinctive to Auckland shipbuilding, the scow. Earlier, smaller scows were …
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… a popular and influential teacher for two generations of Auckland schoolboys, and one of the pioneers of modern … the Mediterranean. In October 1939 Dick Sibson arrived in Auckland to fill a position as Classics master at King’s … in June 1941, Sibson was appointed regional organiser for Auckland. He later served as president (1952–54 and 1980–83) …
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… and conditions. City-based constables, particularly in Auckland, risked offending against police regulations … police force. Charlie Smyth, as he was known, arrived in Auckland on transfer on 31 March 1913. There he allegedly … New Zealand Police Association. Smyth was selected as the Auckland branch secretary. As such he was prominent in …
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… local trading. But thanks to the fine timber stands around Auckland and Northland, these places dominated shipbuilding. … at Whangaroa, James Barbour at Kaipara and the Darrochs at Auckland and Mahurangi. In the second half of the 19th … Island, but for most of the time at Mechanics Bay near Auckland. The shipyard later moved to Devonport before …
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Part of story: Shipbuilding
… year the family emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Auckland. There they had two more children, son Vivian … died of cancer in 1904. Austin was appointed manager of an Auckland tobacco manufacturing enterprise, and eventually … Engineering Company and in 1906 imported the engine for Auckland city’s first motorised fire vehicle, built by …
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… in the Manawatū swamp and visiting Waihī, he arrived in Auckland in 1908. There he found board with Alf and … Savage was soon involved in unionism as president of the Auckland Brewers', Wine and Spirit Merchants' and … Employees' Union. In 1910 he was elected president of the Auckland Trades and Labour Council. Savage, who from 1908 …
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… The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1864, arriving at Auckland aboard the Columbus on 10 October. Within a few … for goldmining operations at Thames and other parts of Auckland province. His association with mining continued … John Chambers died at the family home, Oakdene, in Parnell, Auckland, on 27 September 1903; he was survived by his wife, …
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