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… The Waitematā Harbour (also known as Auckland Harbour) is a drowned river valley, stretching from … invasion scare in the 1880s and the Second World War. Auckland’s chief port Auckland’s port on the Waitematā was … the largest managed marina in Australasia, and a symbol of Aucklanders’ love of sailing. Other marinas have been …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… with her family in Oamaru. In 1880 Lizzie Fenton moved to Auckland and took charge of the Young Women's Institute, a forerunner of the YWCA. In Auckland on 1 March 1883 she married William Rattray, a prominent Auckland draper. William was honorary secretary of the St …
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… Mitchelson failed to find employment they moved to Auckland, where he worked in a warehouse. Edwin was born in … of the Kaihū Valley railway. When Mitchelson moved to Auckland in 1881 he established a branch of E. Mitchelson … formed and the head office transferred from Dargaville to Auckland. At the peak of sawn timber production in 1907 the …
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… Climate At latitude 36º 51' S, Auckland lies in a transition zone between subtropical and … Winters are mild, with more frequent and intense rain. Auckland city has an average annual rainfall of 1,212 … lower. The prevailing winds are south-westerly. Whiteout Aucklanders who looked out the window on 27 July 1939 could …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… at Maungaturoto, Josiah Martin settled with his family in Auckland, where he was involved with the Royal Insurance … and innovative teacher. In January 1875 he opened the Auckland Model Training School in the Choral Hall in Symonds … pupil-teachers. It was the first model training school in Auckland. Martin was also a founding member of the committee …
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… a crowd of 5,000. From 1892 these provinces, joined by Auckland and Wellington, competed annually for the Brown … most successful clubs in Chatham Cup history to 2024 were Auckland’s Mount Wellington (later University–Mount … United with seven wins each, and North Shore and Auckland's Eastern Suburbs with six wins each. Despite the …
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Part of story: Football
… Gold, kauri timber and kauri gum dominated Auckland’s exports until the 1900s. Gold was discovered in … was the largest source of employment in the region, with Auckland supplying 45% of the country’s timber production … and the New Zealand Insurance Company were founded by Aucklanders in the early 1860s. By 1881 the bank was …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… Park in Christchurch, Wellington Botanic Gardens and the Auckland Domain were popular attractions. Between 1909 and … at Wainoni Park, Christchurch, 1911–12, and at Ōnehunga, Auckland, which ran from 1911 as the Royal Oak Zoological … more than 600 animals, including six sea lions from the Auckland Islands, an Indian tiger and an Asian elephant. …
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Part of story: Zoos and aquariums
… New Zealand around 1905 and found work as a bellboy in an Auckland hotel. By 1911 he was a porter at a Rotorua … boarding house and was active in the local branch of the Auckland Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union. He then … Hikurangi Hotel in Northland. By 1928 he was proprietor of Auckland's Imperial Hotel. He now resumed an active role in …
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… the Pahurehure inlet of the Manukau harbour, 34 km south of Auckland city. An early frontier settlement, Papakura … Papakura marks the southern suburban fringe of greater Auckland and the gateway to the rural south. Military camp … and the rest of the nation. People south of the hills mock Aucklanders’ brashness and self-importance, whereas those to …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… on 31 October 1924 in Paisley, Scotland, and emigrated to Auckland, probably in 1925. Their first child, a son, was … shortly after. A second son was born the following year. In Auckland Drennan worked as a labourer and was active in the Auckland General Labourers’ Union. He was also a member of …
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… the gentrification of the surrounding area. It is now among Auckland’s wealthiest suburbs. Newmarket Commercial and industrial inner-city suburb, bordering the Auckland Domain. Newmarket’s role derived from its strategic … was built in the 1950s, many industries relocated to South Auckland. The Lion Nathan Brewery, Newmarket’s largest …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… kauri trees. Hot spot Tāmaki-makau-rau, the Māori name for Auckland, literally means ‘Tāmaki of a hundred lovers’ – or ‘Tāmaki desired by many’. Auckland has a warm climate, fertile soils and two excellent … has often been contested by both Māori and Pākehā. Auckland – city of sails and volcanoes Auckland is built …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… barrister (and later Liberal member of Parliament) from Auckland, New Zealand, when he visited San Francisco in … their marriage there on 21 June 1899, they went to live in Auckland, where they were to have four sons, one of whom … she had helped to found and became first president of Auckland's Civic League, which aimed to increase the number …
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… Wallen at Stoke Damerel, Devon, on 26 May 1850. She died in Auckland, New Zealand, on 12 July 1866, and on 15 May 1867 … daughters and four sons with his second wife. He died in Auckland on 12 June 1903. Alfred Buckland arrived at Auckland on the Sir Edward Paget on 18 December 1850. His …
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… emigrated to New South Wales in 1839 and went from there to Auckland, New Zealand, in the Sophia Pate in 1841. Later … business interest. Later he was also a director of the Auckland Gas Company and a significant shareholder in the … Zealand. He married Mary Derrom at the Catholic church in Auckland on 23 or 25 July 1846; they were to have 13 sons …
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… Dublin: James was ordained there in 1851; Walter in Auckland, New Zealand, on 9 March 1856 by Bishop J. B. F. Pompallier . When the McDonalds came to Auckland, Pompallier was in the process of establishing his … Bay in 1853), he also travelled extensively in the Auckland diocese (virtually coterminous with the Auckland …
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… Charles Frederick Goldie was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 October 1870. The second of … appeared in the illustrated press, enhancing his status as Auckland's leading painter and art teacher. He was appointed … to Lady Ranfurly at an enormous garden party attended by Aucklanders of all classes. Goldie's popular fame was …
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… followed Ngāti Pōneke's lead, including Ngāti Akarana in Auckland and Ngāti Rānana in London. Māori and churches … These pan-tribal urban marae included Hoani Waititi in Auckland, Pipitea in Wellington, Ngā Hau e Whā in … Tātai Hono (Anglican) and Te Ūnga Waka (Catholic) in Auckland are examples. Some marae were tribally based, such …
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Part of story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city
… Auckland and Wellington Early arrivals from the Cook Islands went to Auckland and Wellington, mainly taking up manual work. … the North Island than Rarotongans, who tended to settle in Auckland. Mangaians ventured as far south as Bluff, where …
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Part of story: Cook Islanders