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… all British migrants to New Zealand between 1840 and 1852. Auckland Two groups of Scots came to Auckland in the early 1840s. In 1841 the Scottish … on the Duchess of Argyll and the Jane Gifford . In Auckland, unlike other early provinces, the Scottish were …
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Part of story: Scots
… able to fulfil the role of a major research observatory. Auckland Observatory The Auckland Observatory on One Tree Hill opened in 1967 and has … of variable stars. The observatory is part of the Auckland Stardome, which features a Zeiss Planetarium, …
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Part of story: Astronomy – overview
… for a fee. Dead thrushes, live monkeys On 1 May 1869, the Auckland newspaper the Daily Southern Cross reported: ‘The … a number of monkeys and Java sparrows consigned to the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. A number of thrushes were … hedgehogs, ferrets, stoats, weasels and shags. In 1917 the Auckland society had to stop paying out the hawk bounty, or …
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Part of story: Acclimatisation
… to their classification as ‘noxious fish’, except in the Auckland/Waikato fish and game region, where they are … for anglers. Orfe possibly occur in a single lake near Auckland, although it is uncertain if they are still present. Gudgeon became established in another Auckland pond. Once discovered, attempts were made to …
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Part of story: Coarse fish
… ‘mechanics’ (a general term for users of tools) arrived in Auckland with Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson from the … Four land-speculation companies were registered in Auckland between 1908 and 1919, with 14 more between 1922 … Bolshevik in his ideas and a menace to the community.’ In Auckland, during the 1920s suburban housing boom, many small …
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Part of story: Building and construction industry
… his allegiance to Mr. Fox'. In 1873 Luckie moved to Auckland to become editor of the Daily Southern Cross , and … to publish an article which purported to describe a raid on Auckland by a Russian warship. This hoax was believed by a considerable part of Auckland's population. (Luckie republished the article, with …
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… all over the world, but by 1938 the couple were living in Auckland. He developed rapidly into a talented professional … married Effie Jay (formerly Jacobs), a gown designer, at Auckland. McConachy played his last tournament in 1972 but, … for three more years. He died at his home in Greenlane, Auckland, on 12 April 1980, just three days short of his …
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… most of them in distinct suburban concentrations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Auckland groups were evident in Ōtāhuhu, Papatoetoe, … more were establishing themselves in other parts of Auckland. …
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Part of story: Vietnamese
… missionaries stationed at Te Kōpua, Waipā, south of Auckland. A brother, Joseph, and two other sisters, … on an inland mission station five or six days' journey from Auckland. They also illustrate the experience of an … She married another Wesleyan minister, John Warren, at Auckland on 3 April 1878. Her second husband died in 1883 …
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… is used for steel production at Glenbrook, south of Auckland, and exported to Asia. Ironsand deposits, with … 10% titanomagnetite, occur on the inner shelf offshore from Auckland, and in the northern and southern Taranaki bights. … deposits are an important resource in the Northland and Auckland regions, where the price has risen because of …
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Part of story: Marine minerals
… New Zealand by 1922, this time settling with her family in Auckland. Alfred Reeves continued to practise as a dental … community and exhibited her work widely. A member of the Auckland Lyceum Club from 1922, Reeve was convener of the … Circle in 1923, and she was also a working member of the Auckland Society of Arts. Examples of her jewellery, which …
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… experience. Social life The annual Big Gay Out in Auckland’s Coyle Park, with performers, dancing, food … – the Hero and Devotion parties and festivals held in Auckland and Wellington from the 1990s onwards. Drag … New Zealand feel freer to express their sexuality. In 2010 Auckland’s Long Yang Club was a cross-cultural place for …
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Part of story: Gay men’s lives
… burglaries. Widespread horror at a violent sexual attack in Auckland in 1983 led to an expanded scheme, Neighbourhood … Support. In 1985 Citizens Against Violence was formed in Auckland, and circulated a petition calling for increased … for violent crime. That year the Salvation Army in Auckland began a victim support service, and a …
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Part of story: Victims of crime
… to play at an early age. By 1887 the family had moved to Auckland where Eileen later joined her mother in becoming a member of the Auckland Ladies' Golf Club. She won the club championship in … to continue driving until she died. At St Paul's Church, Auckland, on 12 December 1905, aged 21, she married …
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… Ormond Edward Burton was born in Auckland on 16 January 1893, the son of Mary Alice Beatrice … awarded a Rawlings Scholarship, which enabled him to attend Auckland Grammar School. But it was religious instruction, … Christ. He would never waver in this belief. Burton entered Auckland Training College straight from school and while …
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… 1847 he applied for a post with the colonial government at Auckland. In August 1848 he was appointed a draughtsman in … Letitia Churton, daughter of a leading local clergyman, at Auckland. There were to be no children of the marriage, …
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… provinces they made up less than 10% of the population. Auckland continued to draw a smaller proportion of its … ensured that considerable numbers of Scots came to Auckland as land grant immigrants between 1858 and 1862. …
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Part of story: Scots
… make this journey by ship came in the late 1970s. In 1966 Auckland’s international airport at Mangere opened and the … a group of 87 European immigrants took eight days to reach Auckland, with stops at Damascus, Karachi, Singapore, Darwin …
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Part of story: The voyage out
… 2013 population: 927 Island lying 90 km north-east of Auckland. Great Barrier is the largest of the North Island’s … km north-east of Cape Rodney, 90 kilometres north-east of Auckland. Its cone (formed 1–1.5 million years ago) rises …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… and Haare Williams (Ngāi Tūhoe and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) in Auckland, and Whai Ngata (Ngāti Porou) and Hāmuera Mitchell … to contemporary gangs. His coverage of the occupation of Auckland’s Takaparawhā (Bastion Point) in the late 1970s and …
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Part of story: Māori radio – reo irirangi