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… in Scotland he received a call to become minister at the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle. After arriving in New Zealand … the interdenominational mid-week Bible study meeting in Auckland, which was attracting 500 people by November 1920. … A. Major by defending the Bible at a demonstration in the Auckland Town Hall, attended by 3,000 people. Kemp was a …
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… Ladd was born on 27 October 1908 at Warkworth, north of Auckland, the eldest child of Thomas Joseph Frederick James … an Irish waitress, who married in 1911. After periods in Auckland and Wellington, the family shifted to Hamilton in … amphibious airline, Tourist Air Travel, at Mechanics Bay, Auckland. His 13 years there made him a household name in …
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… was dispatched to New Zealand where, as manager of the Auckland branch and inspector for the Wales throughout the … over those Oriental accounts he regarded as sound. One Auckland account is said to have troubled him greatly: that … On 29 July 1861 the Bank of New Zealand was incorporated in Auckland with Russell as a director. Murdoch continued to …
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… secured a clerical position in the Native Department in Auckland. On 4 October 1942, at Ōrākei, he married Raiha … with regard to wages and social security benefits. As an Auckland-based Māori MP he also immediately became involved … freezing workers at Moerewa and urban Māori at Panmure, in Auckland, but he failed to save the Māngere Māori Workers’ …
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… the New Zealand Company settlers at Petone? Or was it, as Aucklanders believed, 29 January, when the ship carrying … on 12 February. The governor, Lord Onslow, supported the Aucklanders and proclaimed 29 January a public holiday …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… began nursing training at St Helens maternity hospital in Auckland in 1927. She later undertook general nursing … 1936 René Shadbolt was head sister of the casualty ward at Auckland Hospital. She gave active expression to her … in January 1939, Sharples having returned earlier. In Auckland there was a rousing mayoral reception. Attempts to …
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… rapport, and FitzRoy offered Sinclair a free passage to Auckland. They arrived there on 23 December 1843. On 6 … governors and settlers which dominated politics in early Auckland. He established a reputation for being 'honest, … who became the nucleus of an efficient public service. In Auckland Sinclair also devoted himself to business …
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… the New Zealand Police Force in 1899 and was appointed to Auckland. During five years with the wharf police he rescued … the detective branch in 1907 and married Winifred Leydon at Auckland on 3 June the following year. He reverted to the … the force, he was responsible for the establishment in Auckland of the first police gymnasium in the country. He …
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… confined to areas within or beyond the belt. The 1949 Auckland Development Plan adopted this measure, although a … functionally arranged buildings. Similarly in 1950 the Auckland City Council proposed replacing the slum-like … plan was deemed too radical, and only a fraction of the Auckland scheme came to pass. Councils more often used …
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Part of story: City planning
… in New Zealand. The 1962 Primitive Sculpture exhibition at Auckland Museum was described by Paula Beadle, director of … becoming the first artist of Pacific heritage collected by Auckland Art Gallery, and Tangata the first artist of … and set up the Tautai Art Gallery in Karangahape Road, Auckland, as a space for artists of Pacific heritage to …
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Part of story: Pacific arts in New Zealand
… public art galleries. An art society was founded in Auckland in 1869. Group exhibitions were organised in … Alfred Sharpe praised the art collection of the Auckland Museum, hailing the ‘public art treasures’ of the … old-master paintings formed the cornerstone of the Auckland Art Gallery, the first permanent art gallery …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… controlled flight is credited to Vivian Walsh at Papakura, Auckland, in February 1911. Private enterprises, like Henry … later Union Airways had services connecting Dunedin and Auckland. International connections In 1928 Charles … A flying boat service between the United States and Auckland was operated briefly by Pan-American Airways in …
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Part of story: Transport – overview
… Zealand's population was Asian. Community concern In 1993 Auckland community newspapers published articles by … and housing In 2015, as house prices rose steeply in Auckland as a consequence of rising demand and limited … was that Chinese buyers were driving up the cost of Auckland homes. The Labour Party was criticised for using …
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Part of story: Ethnic and religious intolerance
… on his return to New Zealand. Barsanti arrived in Auckland on 30 December 1860 on the General Teste. Within … to work with the Franciscans in the Māori mission in North Auckland. Barsanti claimed that this was tantamount to … permission he moved the group to a rented house in central Auckland. When Barsanti was told by James McDonald , the …
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… Agricultural College. On 3 July 1912, at Takapuna, Auckland, he married Constance Ella Lorie. They were to have … Gorge. In 1914 Bartrum was appointed lecturer in geology at Auckland University College (he was made full professor in … localised features, and his comprehensive knowledge of Auckland and Northland geology was never synthesised in …
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… on the Dunedin and Diomede , both of which sailed from Auckland later that day. Arriving at Napier the next … the navy's assistance when serious rioting broke out in Auckland on the nights of 14 and 15 April 1932. Amid … and looting, Blake provided men from the Philomel and the Auckland division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve to …
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… Australian women recruited to join the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland. While still a novice, she began teaching at Thames … and at the school attached to St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland. She studied for her teacher's certification and … to complete their Australian registration, then returned to Auckland where Gonzaga took up the post of the Mater's …
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… opened. New town halls were built in Wellington (1904) and Auckland (1911), and Dunedin’s finally opened in 1930. The … nights – especially in dazzling ‘picture palaces’ like Auckland’s Civic. Formal balls became less popular – … of ragtime and jazz led to cabarets in the cities. In 1922 Auckland’s Dixieland cabaret was established, while …
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Part of story: Culture and recreation in the city
… torn black clothes, spiky hair and facial piercing. West Auckland and Hutt Valley ‘bogans’ sport black jeans, … and affected depressed, world-weary attitudes. City images Auckland, with its warm climate, is known for its casual … fashion label Versace closed its only New Zealand store in Auckland in 2005, its manager blamed the casual style …
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Part of story: City styles
… but little thought was given to keeping it. In 1885 Auckland’s Anglican St Paul’s Church was demolished because … in sentiment was highlighted in 1898 when the gatehouse of Auckland’s Government House was razed so a more ornamental … townspeople in case the 1840s northern wars spread to Auckland. A local newspaper attacked the demolition because …
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Part of story: Historic places