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… Colony, however, and so the couple decided to move on to Auckland, New Zealand. They arrived in the Coptic in April … children – four daughters and three sons – were all born in Auckland. Fowlds worked as a labourer and then as a mercery … candidate in 1896, he was elected to Parliament for City of Auckland in 1899 on the Liberal ticket. From 1902 to 1911 he …
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… when Eric was four and for a period lived with relations in Auckland and the King Country. His father was briefly a … alone. At 16 he won a place at the Elam School of Art in Auckland and it was there that he began to question the … in February 1946, and he and Vivienne were married at Auckland on 15 March 1946; they were to have three children. …
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… Horotiu, which is now lower Queen Street, in the heart of Auckland city, but Tūhaere lived three miles away at the … Te Kawau when the latter welcomed European settlers to Auckland. Thirty years later he attempted to maintain tribal …
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… from his first marriage. The family later moved to the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn, where Tudor attended Grey Lynn … he had become interested in photography and on a visit to Auckland purchased his first camera. When he was working at … Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931; he recorded the riots in Auckland’s Queen Street on 14 April 1932; and he was the …
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… led them to move into housing provision as well. In 1916 Auckland City Council built six rental houses in Ponsonby. … elderly residents displaced by urban renewal projects. In Auckland, large areas of historic Freemans Bay were … in most need of housing – such as disabled people. In 2003 Auckland City Council sold its public housing stock to the …
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Part of story: Housing and government
… than rail to get their canned goods to markets in the Auckland region. Goods sent by rail from Hawke’s Bay could … competed for freight. In the North Island, it was Ports of Auckland (running ports at Auckland and Onehunga) versus Tauranga Metroport Auckland …
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Part of story: Freight and warehousing
… annual savings of 20 million litres of diesel fuel. Auckland Harbour Bridge The Auckland Harbour Bridge spanning the Waitematā harbour was … millimetres in an earthquake. The building opened in 1998. Auckland Sky Tower The top of the mast of Auckland’s Sky …
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Part of story: Engineering
… Hammond was born on 10 September 1894, at Te Kopuru, North Auckland, the son of Lucy Gertrude Masefield and her … firm in Dargaville, and studied architecture part time at Auckland University College. Around 1921 Hammond travelled … on his return Reginald Hammond worked as an architect in Auckland and Dargaville, and became an associate of the New …
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… made plans to emigrate to New Zealand. The party arrived at Auckland, New Zealand, in October 1870 on the Asterope. … 20 years her senior. They were married on 30 April 1874 at Auckland. Charles Innes had established a brewery at … in an apprenticeship with the Great Northern Brewery in Auckland, and she came to rely on him. In 1900 she arranged …
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… and a launch was purchased to transport fruit to markets in Auckland. At Auckland on 20 October 1909, he married Eliza Ruby Thomson, … and leave behind the restrictions of English life. In Auckland Mappin bought a six-acre property at Epsom. An …
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… a draper, and his wife, Susan Melville Rea. He attended Auckland Grammar School in 1909, then – it is understood – … In 1918 he became a demonstrator in biology at Auckland University College, and in 1922 was appointed a … but left the necessary response to the University of Auckland. Nothing was forthcoming. His battle from the mid …
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… the return of Māori land at Raglan and at Bastion Point in Auckland. Ending the dawn raids Dawn raids by police on … unions and other groups picketed the liner Ocean Monarch in Auckland to prevent it deporting Tongan overstayers. The … of anti-tour groups arose in the main centres. In Auckland MOST (Mobilisation to Stop the Tour) was …
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Part of story: Anti-racism and Treaty of Waitangi activism
… The North Shore grew rapidly after the completion of the Auckland Harbour Bridge – connecting the shore to the city – … North Shore City in 1989, and all of which became part of Auckland city in 2010. The area has attracted many British … The Long Bay Regional Park is the nearest regional park to Auckland city, and a popular picnic site. It is also part of …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… and was accepted into the 6th (Hauraki) Company of the Auckland Battalion. He was a corporal at the landing at … he was appointed a sergeant major in the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, then being formed; he served … to have accepted. By 1931 he was working as a journalist in Auckland. On 26 September 1939 he volunteered for service in …
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… the new towns and military bands played regularly. In Auckland and Wellington, balls and classical music events … North Island but only hit the big time once he moved to Auckland. By the late 1950s all smaller cities and towns had … New Zealand’s most important venues are in big cities. Auckland’s notable spots included the Jive Centre (a 1950s …
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Part of story: City styles
… She also painted watercolours of scenes in Waikato and Auckland. By March 1863 she had left Taranaki with her son, and by 1879 was living in Auckland. That year she first exhibited with the Auckland Society of Artists. As a working member of the …
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… (1958–59), in front of the Bledisloe Building in central Auckland, and ‘Family group’ (1960), originally in the Hay’s … pieces included Molly Macalister (‘Maori warrior’, Auckland, 1964–66, and ‘Little bull’, Hamilton, 1967); Jim … piece’, Pakuranga, 1967); Greer Twiss (‘Karangahape rocks’, Auckland, 1967–69); and Marté Szirmay (‘Smirnoff sculpture’, …
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Part of story: Public and street art
… by John Seabrook helped shape the motor car market in the Auckland province during the years when the automobile … His father, who had been born in Melbourne and married in Auckland, was a journalist on the San Francisco Chronicle. … Conservation Council at a time when that group opposed Auckland’s motorway building programme. He also supported St …
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… Grey, who were his godparents. After leaving Taranaki for Auckland Thatcher was superintendent of public works (1845–46), lieutenant in the Auckland Militia (1845), assistant private secretary to … for educational work in the parish of St Paul's, Auckland, under the Reverend J. F. Churton. He was a member …
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… Auckland – the ‘city of sails’ – has more boats per capita …
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