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… to New Zealand, where he entered consultant practice in Auckland. He enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, and on … text. On demobilisation Sayers resumed his practice in Auckland, but also was recognised as a brilliant clinical teacher and soon became sub-dean of the Auckland Branch Faculty, responsible for the teaching of …
Type: Biography
… bushman at Mamaku, north-west of Rotorua. On 3 June 1948 in Auckland he married Lilas May Beazley; they were to have a large family. He then worked as a drainlayer in Auckland for nearly three decades. Shelford had a slight … dancer. In later life he did volunteer work for the Auckland Māori Catholic centre, Te Ūnga Waka, and was …
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… YWCA when she took over the general secretaryship of the Auckland association from Elsie Griffin in 1924. Enlisting … established two major sporting associations for women: the Auckland Inter-House Sports Association, which provided … for clothing factory and drapery workers, and the Auckland Girls’ Athletic Association, for young women in …
Type: Biography
… the country by 1895. They included Hamilton (1881), Auckland (1888), Ashburton and Gisborne (1891), Whangārei … over the decision to site the national headquarters in Auckland, the home of NZASA instigator Roland St Clair. In … were successful in having the headquarters shifted south. Auckland’s administrators, led by St Clair, were so incensed …
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Part of story: Swimming
… about particular tribal knowledge. Developments at the Auckland Museum Auckland War Memorial Museum also had a Māori specialist … accommodate its treaty partners at the governance table. Auckland Museum’s restructuring in 2008 included the …
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Part of story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga
… The largest prefabricated dwelling was Government House in Auckland. The single-storey structure comprised a suite of … living quarters. Erected in the government precinct above Auckland in late 1840, the building was consumed by fire in … roof. A cosy home After weeks of living in a tent in Auckland’s Official Bay, New Zealand’s first surveyor …
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Part of story: Housing
… the Empire’s battles were recalled in such place names as Auckland, Eden, Rodney, Raglan, Clive, Napier, Hastings, … Victoria was briefly the name for Waitangi. Today both Auckland and Wellington have Mt Victorias, and there is a … River. Balmoral and Sandringham, both royal residences, are Auckland suburbs. Strathmore, a Wellington suburb, is …
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Part of story: Place names
… followed by Christchurch (1882), Wellington (1886), Auckland (1889) and Whanganui (1892). Auckland’s art school was known as Elam (after its founder, … described ‘a measure of indifference’ in the University of Auckland’s attitude to the art school. ‘I discern still, …
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Part of story: Arts education and training
… loss. A period of unprofitable farming on the outskirts of Auckland and in the north followed before the family settled in central Auckland in 1892. Wilding opened a broker's office in Queen … offenders was introduced – a major achievement for the Auckland society. Wilding led moral campaigns to get young …
Type: Biography
… became central meeting places for young working women. The Auckland branch, for example, ran lunch and thrift clubs for … employment issues among their demands. Some, like the Auckland Women’s Liberal League (formed in 1895), were …
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Part of story: Women’s labour organisations
… 's commodore, Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, to visit Auckland, New Zealand, to allow scientific examination of the North Island volcanic regions. The Novara arrived in Auckland on 22 December 1858, and Hochstetter soon met … all his New Zealand journeys. The provincial government of Auckland asked Hochstetter to examine the Drury coalfield, …
Type: Biography
… also the first minister to conduct a Christian service in Auckland, in 1840. At Maraetai Maunsell gained 32 Māori … her husband, George Panton, Beatrice Panton had arrived in Auckland in 1849 with her brother, a Presbyterian minister. … of the younger Maunsell children. On 30 September 1852, at Auckland, Robert Maunsell and Beatrice Panton were married. …
Type: Biography
… to dig gum and cut firewood and kauri timber for sale in Auckland. After the death of Rāhui's father, Te Kiri, … was delivered, Andreas Reischek read a paper to the Auckland Institute on the birds of Little Barrier Island. … others were paid into the office of the public trustee in Auckland, but Tenetahi, Rāhui and their daughter refused to …
Type: Biography
… 2013 census: 35,877 Major regional locations Waikato: 8,043 Auckland: 5,991 Bay of Plenty: 5,475 Manawatū–Whanganui: …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… Bill Wilson was a key figure in Group Architects, an Auckland collective instrumental in developing a modern … him to enrol in the Bachelor of Architecture programme at Auckland University College. He was six or seven years older … kindergartens that resemble big Group houses, and the Auckland Engineers’ Union building (1965–68) was the best of …
Type: Biography
… or astroparticle physics. Four other universities (Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Massey and Victoria) have …
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Part of story: Astronomy – overview
… representing single-member wards. The first mayor of the Auckland ‘super city’, Len Brown, was elected in 2010 by … by the results in the Eden-Albert ward in the 2004 Auckland City Council elections. The three candidates …
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Part of story: Electoral systems
… – on the western side of the Firth of Thames, and in Auckland Waihāhā – in Auckland. The name Rangiātea has been given to various …
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Part of story: Hawaiki
… plied by oxen and carts laden with produce for sale in Auckland. Morgan also helped lay out bridle tracks and organise mail delivery from Auckland to Napier and New Plymouth via Ōtāwhao, where he … about Māori activity to government officials in Auckland, and urged the government to buy land in the …
Type: Biography
… Open-heart surgery Douglas Robb , surgeon-in-charge at Auckland’s Green Lane Hospital, recruited Brian … imported from Britain at a cost of £3,000, paid for by the Auckland Hospital Board after urging by Barratt-Boyes. When … technician, and the skill of Alfred Melville of the Auckland Industrial Development Laboratory, the necessary …
Type: Biography