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… funding. In 1939, at the Young Māori Conference held at Auckland University College, a resolution was passed to … cultural centre to promote Māori adult education through Auckland University College, Auckland Teachers’ College and Auckland War Memorial Museum. …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… organisations An interfaith council was established in Auckland in 1986, and, following the furore over Salman … of Christians and Muslims New Zealand, which began in Auckland in 1997. Diversity Action Programme Following the … support from local government, and in the early 2000s Auckland City Council had an interfaith project to foster …
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Part of story: Diverse religions
… large crowds to urban green spaces. More green spaces In Auckland, the number of green spaces increased significantly … and camping grounds in city parks, such as Cornwall Park in Auckland, and Anderson and Central parks in Wellington. … was bombed in 1941, a collection of historic cannons in Auckland’s Albert Park was buried in case the Japanese …
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Part of story: City parks and green spaces
… Balmer, a corporal in the 65th Regiment, was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 21 August 1861. Her father died in … appointments were made in 1919. Two women were placed in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin and one in Wellington to … of venereal disease. From about 1921 McHugh worked in Auckland and then in Wellington, where she patrolled picture …
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… New Zealand in 1927 and held giant healing services in the Auckland Town Hall, supported by a large orchestra. His … Church of New Zealand was 70-year-old Miss I. Burnett of Auckland, who travelled to Tonga in 1926. Soon afterwards … Christian movement formed in New Zealand and based in Auckland. The church was launched in 2001 by Pastor Brian …
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Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… headmistress of the Diocesan High School for Girls in Auckland. Born at Belchamp St Paul, Essex, England, on 26 … architecture. At the invitation of the Anglican bishop of Auckland, Moore Richard Neligan, she came to New Zealand in … school, or an average Australian school, but to be the Auckland Diocesan School, embodying and passing on to the …
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… Regular Quaker meetings began in Nelson in 1842 and in Auckland in 1885. Although there were few Quakers in early … Reverend Franklin Bradley held the first formal meeting in Auckland. The first Unitarian church opened in Auckland in 1898, for ‘free-thinking people who disagree …
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Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… 1924. The most impressive of the new ‘picture palaces’ was Auckland’s Civic Theatre (1929). Its fantastical interior … patrons could see the main screen. While some cinemas, like Auckland’s Kings (later Mercury Theatre), could host live … Opera House, New Plymouth (1925) St James Theatre, Auckland (1928) Regent Theatre, Dunedin (1928) Regent …
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Part of story: Theatres, cinemas and halls
… at the New Zealand Bible Training Institute (NZBTI) in Auckland. His study ended abruptly in October 1924 when his … he became secretary and treasurer, moving his parents to Auckland. There, on 19 December 1931, he married Edith Mary … and the daughter of Joseph Kemp. After his retirement to Auckland in 1969, Sanders received a flood of invitations …
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… to win the Victoria Cross in a naval action, was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 7 February 1883, the son of Edward … Hinemoa servicing lighthouses. Around 1910 he joined the Auckland-based Craig line, which operated a fleet of sailing … and the Sanders Memorial Scholarship at the University of Auckland are his memorials. A portrait painted by M. E. R. …
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… quarry and worked on road construction in Mt Roskill, Auckland. He became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in … Gladys Moynihan (née Given), a widow with one daughter, at Auckland on 23 May 1927. In the late 1920s Tomasevic became involved in the internal politics of Auckland's Yugoslav community. Men such as John Totich, the …
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… his passage to New Zealand on the Dinapore , arriving at Auckland on 5 August 1857. In Auckland Willis met James Wood, sub-editor of the Southern … two years later, much to Wood's regret, Willis returned to Auckland and from there travelled to Wellington, taking a …
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… Christchurch on 1 August 1905, they lived in Hamilton, then Auckland. Adele continued to paint and draw, and in 1909 she became a member of the Auckland Society of Arts. The marriage did not last, … teach art in Hamilton. She held a successful exhibition in Auckland in 1941, and settled there permanently several …
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… works by McCahon and Woollaston; a selection was shown in Auckland later that month. Owing to Charles Brasch ’s … of Peer Gynt. In May of that year McCahon went to Auckland mistakenly believing that a job awaited him at Auckland City Art Gallery. He was, however, given a …
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… tradition of New Zealand history at the University of Auckland and initiating the New Zealand Journal of History . … life Keith Sinclair was born on 5 December 1922 in Epsom, Auckland, the first of the 10 children of Ernest Duncan … School Certificate. In 1940 he commenced his studies at Auckland Teachers’ College. He found it intellectually …
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… kola dancing. Successful clubs were formed in Dargaville, Auckland and Wellington in the 1930s. Unlike some immigrant … the country is well-recognised, especially in Northland and Auckland, where the term ‘Dally’ is now one of affection. …
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Part of story: Dalmatians
… 2013 census: 10,053 Major regional locations Waikato: 3,621 Auckland: 1,860 Ngāti Raukawa (unspecified) 1991 census: … 2013 census: 4,785 Major regional locations Waikato: 1,236 Auckland: 1,008 …
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Part of story: Ngāti Raukawa
… flag was flown at significant New Zealand sites such as the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Parliament, Te Papa (the national museum) and the Auckland War Memorial Museum. …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags
… in Christchurch, Stanley Street (now the ASB Centre) in Auckland and Central Park (now the Renouf Centre) in … Wellington had hosted major international events alongside Auckland, but as New Zealand’s standing in the tennis world …
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Part of story: Tennis
… Today there are six tribes in the wider Tāmaki (Auckland) region: Ngāti Pāoa on Waiheke Island; Ngāi Tai at … increasingly recognise their importance to the future of Auckland. For example, Te Kawerau-a-Maki now have a …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes