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… earthquake engineering techniques. Engineering schools at Auckland and Canterbury universities have undertaken … yacht design and building industry that flourished in West Auckland in the 20th century. Urban engineering Urban … continued as New Zealand’s towns and cities expanded. In Auckland the Grafton bridge was built in 1910 – a 97.6 metre …
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Part of story: Engineering
… William Mackenzie Fraser was born at Auckland on 6 April 1878, the son of Simon Fraser, a farmer, … mother in Nova Scotia. The family lived at Point Chevalier, Auckland, until about 1890. They then settled at … William Fraser was married twice. On 31 January 1907, in Auckland, he married Caroline Featherstone Griffin, the …
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… schools and other institutions from the 19th century. The Auckland Gymnastic Association was formed in 1948, and … Glasgow Commonwealth Games for the floor exercise. In 2004 Aucklander Angela McMillan won the Aerobic Gymnastics World …
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Part of story: Indoor sports
… Institute. Medical Research Foundations In 1955 a group of Auckland doctors and businessmen, guided by Douglas Robb, … some research funding away from Dunedin. They founded the Auckland Medical Research Foundation (MRF). Wellington and … The Liggins Institute was set up at the University of Auckland in 2001 as a centre for research into developmental …
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Part of story: Medical research
… (Pirongia), Te Awamutu and Hautapu. Maclaurin attended Auckland College and Grammar School and then, having won a university Junior Scholarship, went to Auckland University College. He was regarded as one of the … the college's professorial board. On 27 December 1904, at Auckland, Maclaurin married Margaret Alice Pairman Young. …
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… Mersey from Gravesend, London, on 1 August; they arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, on 26 November. The Milnes found a … customers. Early in 1867, despite the economic recession in Auckland, Mary Jane bought into a business with her sister, … ensured that some of the finest goods were imported into Auckland from European markets. Mary Jane Milne's early …
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… Zealand region, with 70,000–80,000 breeding pairs on the Auckland Islands. Another 20 pairs breed on Bollons Island … may be affecting the population of shy albatrosses on the Auckland Islands. A decline in numbers of grey-headed … albatrosses ( Phoebetria palpebrata ) breed on Campbell, Auckland and the Antipodes Islands, but little is known …
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Part of story: Albatrosses
… decided in 1924 to form their own theological college in Auckland, North was appointed as the first principal. He … the churches and people of New Zealand'. John North died in Auckland on 14 July 1950; Cecilia North had died in 1947. … were interred in the grounds of the theological college in Auckland. In 1954 a new accommodation block at the college …
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… picketed abortion clinics (the first of which opened in Auckland in 1974), praying, singing and telling women going … alone. There were also many short-lived groups, like the Auckland Anti-Hospitals Amendment Bill Committee, which supported the Auckland Medical Aid Centre, an abortion clinic, and the …
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Part of story: Abortion
… Fortune in Dunedin, were established in the 1970s. With the Auckland Theatre Company, these are the main professional … Tempo – New Zealand’s Festival of Dance takes place in Auckland. Dance is taught at several institutions – notably … (Poverty Bay), and the multi-tribe Te Waka Huia from Auckland. Kapa haka is promoted and taught by experts such …
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Part of story: Creative life
… was not yet a criminal offence in New Zealand, was rampant. Auckland high-rise In March 1986, reflecting the confidence of a bull market, the Auckland exchange moved to new state-of-the-art premises on … the fact that more business was now conducted through Auckland as the country’s leading financial centre. ‘No …
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Part of story: Stock market
… Instead it headed south and hid in Carnley Harbour on Auckland Island for five weeks while the crew cut down rātā … stations – at Port Ross and Carnley Harbour in the Auckland Islands and Perseverance Harbour on Campbell … Meteorological station Both coast-watching stations on the Auckland Islands had closed by June 1945, but the weather …
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Part of story: Subantarctic islands
… Zealand life also received more recognition. Multi-cultural Auckland In 2017 Auckland held the following cultural festivals: Tāmaki … events are now not only part of the annual calendar in Auckland, but also in other cities around the country. …
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Part of story: Ethnic inequalities
… the Bay of Islands in 1835, with the first race meeting in Auckland in 1840 under the direction of Lieutenant-Governor … hammer throwing, caber tossing and a ‘sword dance’. In Auckland in the 1840s the anniversary was marked by horse … men. Other cricket and racing clubs were established in Auckland, Whanganui and Wellington throughout the 1840s and …
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Part of story: Sport and society
… and plum. Oak jam was founded by Thompson and Hills in Auckland in 1897. James Wattie began his successful food … in 1930. In the early 2000s Sanitarium had factories in Auckland and Christchurch. Its nationally owned businesses … early 2000s employed 150 staff at its factory in Māngere, Auckland. …
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Part of story: Food and beverage manufacturing
… biggest impact was the building of urban motorways through Auckland and Wellington in the 1960s and 1970s. Their aim … some historic communities – areas of Newton and Grafton in Auckland, and Thorndon in Wellington. By the early 2000s central Auckland was almost entirely encircled or crossed by …
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Part of story: Streets and lighting
… A 2006 survey showed numbers actually declined in Auckland and Wellington. In the same year Christchurch … the 1990s. By 2007 there were 2,000 street gang members in Auckland alone. These gangs particularly appealed to Māori … there were between 250 and 400 homeless people in central Auckland alone. …
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Part of story: Street life
… Lebanese would often gather to enjoy traditional meals. Auckland Lebanese Some Lebanese settled in Auckland as early as 1890. They blended into the community, … with their tradition and culture. In Henderson, west Auckland, early Lebanese settler Assid Corban and his family …
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Part of story: Middle Eastern peoples
… Smith’s. In 1867 Mary Jane and Charlotte Milne started the Auckland millinery and drapery shop that later became Milne … Invercargill, Hay’s in Christchurch and Milne & Choyce in Auckland began as family businesses. Others, including … branches in other cities. The Farmers’ Trading Company in Auckland had its genesis as Laidlaw Leeds, a mail-order firm …
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Part of story: Department stores and shopping malls
… roots. Another, Te Waka Huia, was formed in 1986 in Auckland to provide an opportunity for Māori to meet and … the modern Māori protest movement. At the forefront was an Auckland-based action group called Ngā Tamatoa. It sought … groups in the cities. They are known as Te Tira Hou in Auckland, Te Hono-a-te-kiore in Hamilton and Tūhoe-ki-Pōneke …
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Part of story: Urban Māori