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… Taua confronted engineering students at the University of Auckland who were preparing to perform a mock haka. The … Te Ata Tino Toa, attempted to have the flag flown on the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Waitangi Day. After a series of …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
… increased to only 350 hectares, half of which were in the Auckland region. The vast majority – 87% – went into making … 1,500 hectares were planted in wine grapes. Most was in Auckland, Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne, with only 2.8 hectares …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… women break out of prostitution. Most Thais have settled in Auckland and Wellington. In 2018 over 80% lived in the North Island; just under half were in Auckland, with its warmer climate and greater employment …
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Part of story: Thais
… collections of fossil and present-day shells are held by Auckland Museum, Wellington’s Museum of New Zealand Te Papa … There are three shell clubs in New Zealand – at Whangārei, Auckland and Wellington – where enthusiasts identify shells …
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Part of story: Shellfish
… soon employing 20 machinists to make dresses for leading Auckland department stores such as Milne & Choyce and Smith … in provincial matches. Allen performed well as captain of Auckland, and was the obvious choice to captain the All … in total for New Zealand – all as captain – and 21 for Auckland, as well as captaining the North Island team in the …
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… find paid work during the depression, and did not enrol at Auckland University College until 1935. Despite the … of education to young people, in 1942 and 1943 he attended Auckland Training College; there he became president of the … master, and later first assistant, at Wesley College, Auckland, and at the end of that year gained a diploma of …
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… manuscripts of Māori traditions. When the family moved to Auckland in 1851 White became Grey's secretary and … March of the same year he married Mary Elizabeth Bagnall in Auckland; there were eight children of the marriage. During …
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… was dominated by competition between Māori living on the Auckland isthmus and European authorities for ownership of … remained until he was 18. He then studied engineering at an Auckland college until he was 22. Rēweti was soon looking … private purchase of part of Ōrākei. At about this time the Auckland City Council became interested in acquiring Ōrākei …
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… 51,951 Major regional locations Bay of Plenty: 21,846 Auckland: 9,975 …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… he set up in practice as a lawyer. On 27 December 1912, at Auckland, he married Dulcia Martina Rockell; they were to … seat. By the 1920s he was an influential member of the Auckland Labour Representation Committee and in 1922 and … Melville . He was to represent the seat and its successors (Auckland Suburbs, Waitākere and New Lynn) for 40 years. For …
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… A year later the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Auckland was set up. It printed a pamphlet on farming prospects in Auckland, and held its first show at the Exchange Hotel in … two months later. However, shows were not held regularly in Auckland until the 1870s, and the Auckland Agricultural and …
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Part of story: Shows and field days
… New Zealand were spent working for relatives in Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Hamilton and Dannevirke. In 1910 he moved … with relatives in China, Ng She followed; she arrived in Auckland where, in a registrar’s office on the wharf, a … formed in the early 1950s and concerned with property in Auckland. During his later years he owned so much land in …
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… established in existing church buildings, particularly on Auckland’s North Shore. Some churches serve as community … Pomnyun in November 2014 at North Harbour Stadium, Albany, Auckland. Familiar foods Since the 1990s Korean restaurants … New Zealand Times and Korea Town have been circulating in Auckland since the 1990s. They are now also accessible …
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Part of story: Koreans
… married Matilda Hannah Fawkes in 1849 at Port Ross in the Auckland Islands. He plied his own schooner, Sea Breeze , between Auckland, Rarotonga and Norfolk Island, and later commanded … a set of school books and educated himself. George went to Auckland Grammar School, but also sailed with his father, …
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… library, after a re-design by architect Ian Athfield. In Auckland, Farmers’ flagship Hobson Street store became a … stores remained in the main centres – Smith & Caughey in Auckland, Kirkcaldie & Stains in Wellington, Ballantynes in … of the Warehouse’s massive discount stores in Takapuna, Auckland, in 1982. A great-grandson of Auckland department …
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Part of story: Department stores and shopping malls
… Association (AA) established its first New Zealand clubs in Auckland and Canterbury in 1903. By 1905 clubs had also been … to achieve long-distance runs between towns and cities. Auckland AA organised the first major reliability trial in … was won by a Darracq, followed by a Rover and a Cadillac. Auckland AA also ran a trial from Auckland to Wellington in …
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Part of story: Motor sport
… spender William Brown, whose fight to be superintendent of Auckland Province in 1853 failed, is said to have spent … Len Brown, who won the contest to be first mayor of the Auckland ‘super city’ in 2010, spent $390,761. The totals … per voter. Len Brown spent 86 cents for each of 455,650 Aucklanders who turned out on the day. William Brown spent …
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Part of story: Elections and campaigns
… James Healy was born at Devonport, Auckland, on 10 September 1910, the son of Sarah Roulston … and Survey, and in his spare time he studied geology at Auckland University College. He graduated BSc in 1933 and … eruption at Ruapehu. The Pacific Science Congress held in Auckland and Christchurch in 1949 gave Healy his first taste …
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… and later moved north when his father became manager at Auckland in 1924. Michael enrolled for a BSc at Auckland University College in 1926; he failed all his … including The Elms mission station. Specimens held by the Auckland Institute and Museum and the DSIR’s Botany Division …
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… gift, but a fearless commitment to his poetic vocation. Auckland and Wellington Baxter was among a group of younger … of Peter Bland have also lasted well. The younger poets in Auckland were seen to be closer to Curnow, and tensions between Auckland and Wellington were evident through the 1950s and …
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Part of story: Poetry