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… first cities were settled before streets were formed. In Auckland and Wellington colonists used the foreshore and … Māori often congregated in particular areas (such as Auckland’s Fort Street) to trade and chat. However, their …
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Part of story: Street life
… but was sentenced to 18 months’ probation. He then moved to Auckland, where he met Joan Beryl Marchand. They were … and sent back to New Zealand to serve his time at Auckland’s Mount Eden prison. He continued to proclaim his … prison and discharged from the army. On the same day, at Auckland, he married a close friend of his late wife, …
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… the training. She persevered and completed the course. In Auckland from 2 March 1944, Nora found her first duties as … Association meeting. They were married on 8 June 1948 at Auckland. No children were born of the marriage, and Nora … of her fellow officers by her involvement in setting up the Auckland ex-police officers’ club, and serving as secretary …
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… the 1990s and 2000s children’s folk festivals were held in Auckland. Loosening boundaries By the 2000s different types … Ten years later his Birth of dance was performed at the Auckland Arts Festival. It included Balinese and … mixed Pacific, Asian and contemporary dance in the country. Auckland’s annual Tempo Festival, held since 2004, included …
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Part of story: Cultural dance
… sailed to New Zealand in the Lutterworth and began work in Auckland as a fitter and turner with Fraser and Tinne. Two … August 1903, taking up a position as proofreader with the Auckland Star . He built a house and established a fernery …
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… emerged from the 1860s. Public schools were set up by the Auckland Education Board in the bigger towns from 1877. … arm, Waikato Link. A branch of the University of Auckland opened in Hamilton in 1960, becoming the University … districts were defined in 1885, Waikato was divided between Auckland and Thames. After local activism, a Waikato …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… William, Alec and Thomas; Alec died in 1857. She arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, in July 1859 on the Whirlwind , with … involved in house-building and property speculation in Auckland until his death on 12 March 1883. The marriage was … on the voyage. Leaving William in England, she returned to Auckland in February 1865 at her husband's request. He was …
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… father, who was skilled in both crafts. In 1910 he moved to Auckland where he was employed at Charles Bailey's boat yard … years because of the First World War. On 29 August 1916 at Auckland, Hadfield married Sereta (Sarita) May Coyle, a … he embarked on active service with the 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment. In 1917 he was wounded at …
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… migrated to New Zealand on the Ironsides , disembarking in Auckland on 25 August 1864. Four sons accompanied them and … a strong lure; most of the 3,000 Albertlanders remained in Auckland when they learned that their 40 acre grants were on … collapse. About this time Charles suggested they return to Auckland. 'No,' said Mary, 'we've come this far and we'd …
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… or early the following year, Richard Hellaby moved on to Auckland where, he had heard, there were opportunities for … short his schooldays, failed him and he died suddenly in Auckland on 20 June 1902. He and his wife had been poised to … outgoing. He acted as a judge of fat stock and sheep at the Auckland agricultural shows, and always drove fine horses in …
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… the government minister George Fowlds proposed demolishing Auckland’s Government House (1854) for a new university. … the petition showed it was ‘ridiculous to say the people of Auckland were not genuine in their desire to prevent the … (1841), the former home of John Logan Campbell, one of Auckland’s founding fathers, which was relocated to Cornwall …
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Part of story: Historic places
… were to have two daughters. Lopdell was vice principal of Auckland Training College from 1929 to 1935. His work there … during the depression, and Lopdell was seconded to the Auckland primary school inspectorate. In 1936 he was … was appointed to the new position of superintendent of the Auckland region of the Department of Education. This senior …
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… accord in search of work. Politics and poetry Moving to Auckland from the far north, Hone Tuwhare – later an … unions did not keep records of their Māori members, but the Auckland Labourers’ Union estimated that it had 1,000 Māori … Zealand. Nonetheless, enough Māori joined the union in Auckland for a Māori Watersiders’ Union Association to be …
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Part of story: Ngā uniana – Māori and the union movement
… Rowland Oswald Colin Marks was born in Newton, Auckland, on 4 February 1893, the son of John Marks, a … Cleary, a teacher. Usually known as Roly, he attended Auckland Grammar School from 1906 to 1911. Studies at Auckland University College were interrupted by the First …
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… field'. In retirement the Monteiths moved to Mount Eden, Auckland. Alec retained an interest in union and community affairs, serving as secretary of the Auckland Fire Brigades Employees' Union and as chairman of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board from 1954 to 1956. Eva …
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… some Ngāpuhi that the moving of the capital from the Bay to Auckland had hurt them economically, and that the Crown was … March, 162 officers and men of the 58th Regiment arrived in Auckland. By mid-April a further 300 men had arrived, and an Auckland volunteer militia had been established. On 27 April …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… She was a dancer and lead choreographer for the Auckland-based all-female dance group ReQuest, who won gold … Zealand. It runs a wide range of programs, including two Auckland-based annual events – a Pacific Dance Fono and a … Makerita Urale (Samoan) in Wellington, Pacific Theatre in Auckland and Pacific Underground (established in 1993) in …
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Part of story: Pacific arts in New Zealand
… Pāpāhia was admitted to deacon's orders by the bishop of Auckland, W. G. Cowie . At 3 p.m. that day he preached his … priesthood by Bishop Cowie at St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland. He was to be based at Waipārera, his home parish, … bishop's chaplain at the consecration of the new bishop of Auckland, Dr M. R. Neligan, at St Mary's Cathedral. Pāpāhia …
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… in Nelson province in 1929, the Philpotts moved to Auckland for the sake of Clara's health. Alfred soon became honorary entomologist at the Auckland War Memorial Museum and set to work describing … president of the Southland Naturalists' Society. He died at Auckland on 24 July 1930, survived by his wife. His main …
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… four children. With the precipitate enforced departure from Auckland University College of Professor J. P. Grossmann in … by two considerations. First, the then deeply conservative Auckland University College Council considered the two local … complaint. Yet his death when it came on 11 April 1963 at Auckland after a bout of pneumonia was sudden. He was …
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