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… to enlist the assistance of Ngāti Whātua for the defence of Auckland against a possible attack from the Waikato tribes. … settlements in lower Waikato. In 1862 Smith moved to Auckland where he married Mary Anne Crompton, the daughter … Council, on 23 April 1863. The couple remained in Auckland until 1865, when Percy Smith was sent to New …
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… they entertained lavishly in their home at Official Bay, Auckland. This period is documented in a series of … to some 1,000 imperial troops and the 500 Fencibles in the Auckland pensioner settlements. He held this command until … capacity he inaugurated the first municipal corporation, in Auckland. Aided by Bishop George Selwyn and Chief Justice …
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… The New Zealand Ballet Gnatt was offered studio space in Auckland at the well-established Nettleton-Edwards School of Ballet, where their Auckland Repertory Ballet ensemble had previously been … Sara Neil and Walter Trevor attracted great acclaim in Auckland and Wellington seasons. Prismatic v ariations, …
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Part of story: Ballet
… Roderick David Finlayson was born in Devonport, Auckland, on 26 April 1904. His father, John Maclennan … was an accounts clerk in the Bank of New South Wales in Auckland. Because of gambling debts he absconded to San … he was apprenticed as a draughtsman to John Anderson, an Auckland architect; his duties came to include rent …
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… opened a branch in Invercargill. While holidaying in Auckland in 1916, James decided to tender for building the … known as Fletcher Construction, was firmly established in Auckland and Wellington. The energetic young migrant soon … through the hard times. In this period, the firm built Auckland’s Civic Theatre (1929), the Dominion Museum (1934) …
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… Waiwhetū Māori. In 1888 an exhibition match was played in Auckland between the Chicago White Stockings and All … emerged, although North Shore played several games against Auckland. Baseball became a winter sport for cricketers in … the South Pacific. American visitors Baseball was played in Auckland and Wellington before and after the First World …
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Part of story: Softball and baseball
… prompted Crawford's emigration. He left Ireland for Auckland on the Statesman on 17 December 1863, arriving on 6 May 1864. He was just 20 years old when he landed in Auckland, in his own words 'full of life, longing to see the … Franklin, an Irish-born woman whom he had first met in Auckland. They were married at Onehunga on 19 September 1868 …
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… Hayward’s Picture Enterprises and set up a theatre in Auckland. The family then moved to Waihi, where they started … on Rudd's new selection (released in 1921). Back in Auckland in 1922 he worked on Harrington Reynolds’s The … of Dunedin . His first sound feature film, made using an Auckland-built camera, was On the Friendly Road (1936), …
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… founding secretary of the Wellington Aero Club. When the Auckland Aero Club raised an impressive £12,093 in a … McArthur to organise a lottery, promising him a bonus if Auckland's total was exceeded. To promote the lottery, … had organised his first national lottery. He had been its Auckland director for more than half that time and was the …
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… years, played in the First XV, and was selected for the Auckland secondary schools representative team in 1941. In 1943 he joined the Native Department in Auckland, working as a cadet adjusting land titles and with … Economic Advancement Act 1945. Brownie Pūriri returned to Auckland about 1957 as district welfare officer for the …
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… Dixieland, complete with a sprung dance floor, opened in Auckland. Operating on the corner of Queen and Waverley … In 1926 Truth talked of ‘an orgy of jazz and fizz’ at Auckland’s Point Chevalier Dixieland cabaret, and of drunken … servicemen disembarked from troopships in Wellington and Auckland in their tens of thousands. For two intense years, …
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Part of story: Nightclubs
… first quasi-interprovincial match occurred when combined Auckland clubs (then including Hamilton) played combined … with their own trophies, such as: the Coronation Shield (Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Counties, King Country, Northland, … Presented by the governor, Lord Ranfurly, in 1902 to Auckland as the province with the best record, the shield …
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Part of story: Rugby union
… the rank of acting commander in 1946 and served ashore in Auckland. Confirmed in that rank in 1947, he was posted to … three years. He was then appointed naval officer in charge, Auckland, and received the rank of commodore in 1957. In … Kenny), a divorcee from Melbourne with a young daughter, in Auckland on 1 June 1939. With the outbreak of war shortly …
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… suspicion from the police. Flint gave up and departed for Auckland. A club called the Auckland Sun Group, formed in January 1938, went into recess … the property that would become the club grounds for the Auckland Sun Group, a 1.6-hectare piece of bush with a …
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Part of story: Naturism
… Valley (North Canterbury) and Wairau Bar. Gilbert Archey, Auckland Museum director from 1924, was a zoologist, but … art. Research and education During the 1920s and 1930s Auckland Museum employed a range of biological researchers … responding to local pressures and international trends. The Auckland War Memorial Museum reopened in 1929, in a grand …
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Part of story: Museums
… North until April 1942, when he became head of the CIB in Auckland. In 1947 he headed the investigation into the death … work of a high standard. He was a foundation member of the Auckland Police Highland Pipe Band and later served as … the early 1950s he hosted the weekly Scottish programme on Auckland’s 1YA radio station. In his last five years Fell …
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… ordered to New Zealand and Gold and his family arrived at Auckland on 4 January 1847. He soon afterwards commanded a … The paintings are largely of scenes around Wellington, Auckland and New Plymouth. On 1 November 1858, at Auckland, Gold assumed by seniority command of the military …
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… William Australia Graham was born at Auckland, New Zealand (according to tradition, in a tent), … 1854. Trained as a surveyor, Graham worked in many parts of Auckland province, and in the mid 1860s was involved in the … of the Waikato region through his membership of the Auckland Provincial Council from 1873 to 1876, and …
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… sailed for New Zealand in the Louisa Campbell , arriving at Auckland on 20 May 1842. In March 1843 Margaret and George … Kissling became seriously ill and the family returned to Auckland, accompanied by 20 young Māori, 14 female and 6 … Washing Establishment, which took in laundry from Auckland settlers. In December 1850 a new building for the …
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… to emigrate. Martin and Emily and their children arrived at Auckland on the Lord Burleigh on 22 March 1860. With them … to benefit his compatriots. He received permission from the Auckland provincial government to organise a Bohemian … Michael Krippner, another of Martin's brothers, arrived at Auckland on the War Spirit. They were taken by cutter to the …
Type: Biography