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… in the tea industry. In 1891 his work brought him to Auckland, New Zealand, where, over the next few years, he … in amateur theatricals, becoming secretary of both the Auckland Amateur Opera Club and the Auckland Literary Societies' Union. Noting the large …
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… worked with his elder brothers in their market gardens in Auckland. He travelled to China about 1898 to marry Chan … responsibilities. The Doo shop was a natural focus for Auckland Chinese community activities and also acted as a … New Zealand officialdom, and he acted as interpreter at the Auckland Magistrate’s Court for a number of years. Thomas …
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… groups in New Zealand – the earliest were set up in Auckland and Wellington in 1856, and Nelson in 1858. They … of Commerce, commonly known as Jaycee, was started in Auckland in 1932. Other chapters opened throughout the … incubators such as Icehouse, run by the University of Auckland’s business school. Events and economic growth …
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Part of story: City boosters and promoters
… Pompallier , then recruiting clergy for the new diocese of Auckland. Garavel sailed with him to Auckland on the Océanie and landed on 9 April 1850. He had … the Māori missions and for the Fencible settlements near Auckland. He also served as secretary of the diocese during …
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… of my life'. In 1905, after his family had relocated to Auckland, Laidlaw was appointed to the position of wholesale … with a hardware firm followed in 1907 with his own move to Auckland. In 1909 he established a mail order business which … premises were opened in April 1914 on a large central Auckland site at the corner of Hobson and Wyndham streets. …
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… Tūhaere of Ngāti Whātua facilitated the safekeeping, at Auckland Museum, of Te Toki-a-Tapiri , a war canoe of great … Mair arranged the sale of the carved house Rangitihi to Auckland Museum in 1901. The sale was made for financial … iwi loaned the whare whakairo (carved house) Hotunui to the Auckland Museum in 1925, with the aim of preserving Hotunui. …
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Part of story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga
… with Ngati Whatua leaders for the purchase of the site of Auckland. Her first Auckland home was a group of tents in Official Bay, … Lieutenant Governor Hobson on his frequent visits to Auckland before he moved there permanently. Hobson, Sarah …
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… Park became principal of Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland, the second person to hold the position. He took … its technical education curriculum. Supported by the Auckland Education Board, he argued that ‘those who have … London. He was vice president of the Rotary Club of Auckland in 1937 and secretary-treasurer of the Auckland …
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… the number of people using public transport in the 1950s. Auckland was the most significant with a 42% decrease by … used public transport to travel to work, while only 8% of Aucklanders did, and only 3% of people in Canterbury. Smooth …
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Part of story: Public transport
… dismissed by William Puckey in 1855 and the family moved to Auckland. Little is known of Sophia's early life, and it is … reduced. However, she still took part in the social life of Auckland's élite, and in addition to her new role as manager … Sophia Taylor became a member of the first committee of the Auckland branch of the Women's Franchise League. She moved …
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… were established in New Zealand’s four main centres: The Auckland Institute and Museum had its modest origins in an … to more permanent lodgings in 1867. It later became the Auckland War Memorial Museum (in 1929). The Colonial Museum … Museum, James Hector in Wellington and Thomas Cheeseman in Auckland. The museums were sites for research as well as …
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Part of story: Museums
… to win a scholarship to St Stephen’s Native Boys’ School, Auckland. His mother died when he was a child and he was … closed in 1970. To help provide for his family he worked in Auckland factories, returning home at fortnightly intervals, while his wife and children ran the farm. In Auckland he acted as an elder to Tūhoe living in the city. …
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… George Buckingham, one of the pioneers of theatre in Auckland, came to New Zealand from Australia late in 1843 on … Jessop there on 21 July 1834. Soon after his arrival in Auckland, beginning on 26 December 1843, George Buckingham … theatrical performances of any consequence to be given in Auckland. Newspaper reports reveal that, while the audiences …
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… bishop of New Zealand, to become the first bishop of Auckland, he was consecrated at Westminster Abbey on 29 June … Jane Webber at Spring Grove, Middlesex. They arrived at Auckland in February 1870. Their six children were born … of New Zealand from 1879 to 1902, and he served on the Auckland University College council from its foundation in …
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… in the local waterside workers' union. In 1925 he moved to Auckland, where he sold books door-to-door for the Caxton … Edwards stood as the Communist Party's candidate for Auckland Central. He polled 456 votes; Labour's W. E. Parry … ignored, prompting more militant action by the UWM, the Auckland Provincial Unemployed Workers' Association (a …
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… Roslyn Post Office, Dunedin (1908), through to the splendid Auckland General Post Office (1912). This last boasted … over a reinforced concrete frame. Also influential was Auckland’s Guardian Trust Building (1918), designed by … (piers), narrow windows and towers emphasised verticality. Auckland’s Landmark House (1929), by Alva Bartley and Norman …
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Part of story: Public, commercial and church architecture
… He joined W. H. Foley's theatrical troupe, and sailed for Auckland, New Zealand, arriving on 29 January 1856. … journalism. Between 1856 and 1858 he gave lectures for the Auckland Mechanics' Institute on topics such as Napoleon … and secular education. On 11 December 1856 he launched the Auckland Examiner , a weekly muck-raking paper which …
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… lore. He attended St Stephen’s Native Boys’ School in Auckland, and much of his upbringing was entrusted to … for placing the carved meeting house Hotunui in the Auckland Institute and Museum. It had been a marriage gift … Eruini Taipari made. George Graham , a member of the Auckland Institute, suggested that the house be deposited on …
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… Walter James Knox was born in Auckland on 6 March 1919, the son of Doris May Dodds and … what it meant to be a trade unionist’. Knox was educated at Auckland Normal School. He left at the age of 15 to work in … where he played for the City club. On 17 April 1943, at Auckland, he married Margaret Joyce Svendsen; they were to …
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… professor of Political Studies at the University of Auckland, was an academic leader and an insightful and … life and education Robert McDonald Chapman was born in Auckland on 30 October 1922, the son of Clarice (Claire) … Bob Chapman had a younger sister, Anita. After attending Auckland Grammar School (1937–1940), Chapman enrolled in …
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