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… Hungarian-born George Haydn co-founded the successful Auckland construction company Haydn and Rollett. Outgoing … and generous, he was also an important figure in the Auckland arts and literary scene in the second half of the … via France, Canada and the United States, arriving in Auckland on 14 November 1939. The war years Auckland, with …
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… marriage. She accepted, and the couple were married in Auckland on 2 October 1919. In the meantime Clutha had … he stood unsuccessfully as the Reform Party candidate for Auckland East. In 1921 he won the seat at a by-election but … was run as efficiently as possible. To generations of Aucklanders the craft shop in Parnell Road was a regular …
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… Leslie Knox Munro was born in Auckland on 26 February 1901, the son of Colin Robert Munro, … Caroline Knox. He was educated at Remuera School and at Auckland Grammar School. At 19 he began law studies at Auckland University College. He initially worked for the law …
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… family emigrated to New Zealand. They settled in Henderson, Auckland, where William established a butcher shop. Bill … Haythornthwaite attended Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland. In 1932 he was awarded a scholarship to attend … Amalgamated Theatres, and as a local correspondent for the Auckland Star . When Haythornthwaite attended Elam, it was …
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… figure of the twentieth century. At the University of Auckland he developed the first university curriculum in the … the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound at the University of Auckland. Early life Bruce Grandison Biggs was born in Auckland on 4 September 1921, the eldest child of Mary …
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… Ronald Allison Kells Mason was born in Penrose, Auckland, on 10 January 1905, the son of Francis William … one year's primary schooling at Panmure before attending Auckland Grammar School from 1917 to 1922 (in 1919 and 1921 … , containing five further poems. In 1926 he enrolled at Auckland University College, majoring in Latin and French. …
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… He set sail in the Egmont on 5 April 1860, arrived in Auckland on 19 July, and proceeded to Great Barrier Island. … venture proved disastrous and Allen returned penniless to Auckland 18 months later. There he secured a position as … to join him. They were married in St Matthew's Church, Auckland, on 21 October 1863. The couple were to have four …
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… universities, often in partnership with private companies. Auckland is the main base for biotechnology research in New … on each of the 12 main organ systems. The University of Auckland’s Bioengineering Institute collaborated with the … their treatment. Premature babies By studying sheep on Auckland’s One Tree Hill, Professor Graham (Mont) Liggins …
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… and drainage was given priority, and parks came later. Auckland In Auckland, Governor William Hobson reserved land for a public … Hagley Park in Christchurch has served a similar role to Auckland’s Domain. An area of around 200 hectares on the …
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Part of story: City parks and green spaces
… a telegraph engineer and amateur singer. They moved to Auckland, Arthur's home, probably soon afterwards; they had … active in the Parnell and Remuera musical societies, and Auckland choral and orchestral societies. She accompanied … to the tenor Philip Newbury. She was also a pianist at Auckland cinemas, and gave radio broadcasts. In later life …
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… were established a steel mill was built at Waiuku in South Auckland – it had an employment impact on the local … consumers became concentrated near the largest markets: Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. By 2000 Auckland was four times the size of the other two cities. …
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Part of story: Regional economies
… Wellington and Christchurch had more than 100,000 people; Auckland had more than 200,000. The Shops and Offices … There were more club competitions, and more sports grounds. Auckland built more parks – there were three in 1890, and … rugby international, at Athletic Park in Wellington. In Auckland, Cabbage Tree Swamp was turned into Eden Park …
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Part of story: Culture and recreation in the city
… onto barges, coastal cutters and steamers, and shipped to Auckland. In the wet months, when Northland’s clay roads … became more expensive. Gum merchants Gum was unloaded at Auckland’s wharves and taken to the major buyers’ …
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Part of story: Kauri gum and gum digging
… were already toiling in the northern gumfields. Arriving in Auckland as a 14-year-old, unable to speak English and with … to land they had bought earlier at Henderson in west Auckland. At first the property was farmed jointly, but … and clay jeroboams of varying sizes around the streets of Auckland. For decades the family grew a variety of fruit, as …
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… a famous London Baptist preacher, who was minister of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle from 1881 to 1889 and later a … Baptist Theological College was founded in 1924 in Penrose, Auckland, to train ministers and missionaries for the … missionary to India. Te Whare Amorangi, in Papatoetoe, Auckland, is a Baptist theological college for Māori. One …
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Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… – such as Nelson’s Tāhunanui, Dunedin’s St Clair, and Auckland’s Takapuna beaches – are invaded by thousands of … of new buildings and promote further public spaces. Auckland’s waterfront Auckland’s waterfront transformation …
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Part of story: City public spaces
… John Thomas Blake was born at Ōrākei, Auckland, on 4 April 1853. He was the youngest son of … He received his formal education from Franciscan monks in Auckland. John and his brothers, Richard and Edward, all … apprenticeships under their father, who worked in Auckland and Taranaki, and on the Thames goldfields in the …
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… was employed as a warehouseman by Sargood, Son and Ewen in Auckland. After some minor matches with the Auckland cricket side and five games of rugby for the … Football Club, he made his début in first-class rugby for Auckland against Waikato in 1936. He played at lock, before …
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… the formal establishment of the initial six provinces – Auckland, New Plymouth (now Taranaki), Wellington, Nelson, … organised group of Pākehā settlers arrived in each place. Auckland was an exception to this rule: its anniversary was … such as ‘climbing a greasy pole’ and ‘jumping in sacks’. Auckland’s Anniversary Day regatta on Waitematā Harbour soon …
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Part of story: Public holidays
… playwrights. The first competition was held in 1932 in Auckland, and by 1936 British Drama League festivals were … and drama festivals as well as exhibitions. Foreign films Auckland’s Festival of the Arts included an eclectic film … drama and arts in the one package. The success of four Auckland Musical Festivals (from 1949 to 1952) led to the …
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Part of story: Arts festivals