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… In 1886 Dudley Ward was appointed to the same position in Auckland, a position he also held in Christchurch in 1887 … in 1887 Ward spoke of the need for such a kindergarten in Auckland. She proposed engaging a teacher, who was to be … public. The Jubilee Kindergarten and Crèche was founded in Auckland in 1887, very much as a result of Ward's …
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… 1879 he arrived in New Zealand on the Fernglen. Settling in Auckland, he worked as a clerk and then as a waiter, and on … Wright, were all essential. Bishop, and the inspector at Auckland, John Cullen, thought otherwise, and the … superintendent at Dunedin, and he became superintendent at Auckland in September 1919. Following the retirement of the …
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… life Georgina Catriona Pamela Augusta Dunlop was born in Auckland on 11 October 1929, the daughter of barrister … 1948 and 1953 she was the only woman in her law class at Auckland University College. She claimed to have been … such as Marriage Guidance, Birthright and the South Auckland Lawyers’ Association. Elected as an independent to …
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… Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was born in Mount Albert, Auckland on 4 June 1932, the first of the three children of … Education and journalism In 1947, Shadbolt moved back to Auckland with his family. He finished high school at Avondale College before enrolling at Auckland University College in 1950. He did not complete a …
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… Fox in the works he painted while exploring inland Nelson; Auckland school teacher John Kinder, who documented exact … but whose paintings have a Claudian golden glow; and fellow Aucklander Alfred Sharpe, who, though profoundly deaf, spoke …
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Part of story: Painting
… in his honour. In 1924 Archey was appointed director of the Auckland Institute and Museum. He was presented with the … scientific staff on a far-northern survey in 1932. At Auckland Archey began the most important of his … general of the seventh Pacific Science Congress at Auckland and Christchurch; it owed much of its success to …
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… The family had moved to Wellington by 1902 and then to Auckland by 1912. John Barker eventually founded the Four … still weak from his illness, he moved to a job on a South Auckland farm to improve his health. Subsequently, he worked … Times as a reporter. At his father’s request he returned to Auckland in 1923, but soon moved back to Gisborne and became …
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… board of directors of the Kauri Timber Company and moved to Auckland; soon after, he became New Zealand managing … He was a board member of subsidiary companies, joined the Auckland Savage Club and was for three years president of the Auckland Club. He favoured increased tariffs to protect the …
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… 1960) in central Christchurch Te Puea marae (1965) in South Auckland Hoani Waititi marae (1980) in West Auckland Ngā Hau e Whā marae (1990) in eastern Christchurch. … John Scott (Taranaki, Te Arawa) studied architecture in Auckland in the 1940s. In the late 1950s he was commissioned …
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Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori
… such as censor’s titles. By 1924 Ted Coubray had moved to Auckland, where he married Ellen Frances (Nellie) Lindvall … heritage. Screening at three Queen Street cinemas in Auckland, the film attracted capacity audiences. The single … Coubray (née Glen), widow of his younger brother, Fred, at Auckland on 13 March 1959. The following year he became …
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… Rebuilding in Auckland and Wellington The 1970s and 1980s saw the rebuilding of large areas of Auckland and Wellington’s central business districts. The … building, preventing demolition workers from moving in. In Auckland, an equally strident campaign to save the ornate …
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Part of story: Historic places
… the leadership of Peter Tomory, from 1956 to 1964, the Auckland City Art Gallery showed contemporary New Zealand art, but it was the exception. Auckland also took the lead in touring international … was sold at auction for a then-record $4.65 million. Aucklander James Wallace’s private collection, which started …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… clashes, which became common during the 1970s. In South Auckland, for example, the Storm Troopers fought frequent … other gangs. In June 1971 there was a huge brawl in central Auckland between the Hell’s Angels, Highway 61, the … years later a member of Highway 61 was shot and killed in Auckland by Hell’s Angels. In 1979 a major riot between the …
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Part of story: Gangs
… Grabham turned his attention north, visiting Gisborne, Auckland, Coromandel, Thames, Rotorua, Napier, Palmerston … inspected institutions at Wanganui, Patea, New Plymouth and Auckland, returning through Rotorua, Gisborne and Napier. In … 1885. In February he returned to Gisborne, Coromandel, Auckland, Thames and Rotorua and in April visited …
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… Girls’ High School until 1909, when the family moved to Auckland and she attended the Ladies’ College, Remuera. On … home, she took the opportunity to train as a nurse at Auckland Hospital; she was registered in 1921 and soon … ill and she stayed to look after her. While living in Auckland she took in six pupils from Epsom Girls’ Grammar …
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… associated compilation album, featuring a variety of South Auckland-based hip hop and vocal artists, was a key … which featured both North and South island artists the Auckland hip hop and R&B compilation Pioneers of a Pacifikan … with an accompanying mixed CD – and the production of Auckland iwi station Mai FM’s mixtape series Majour f …
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Part of story: Hip hop
… formed clubs for mutual support and companionship, such as Auckland’s Cosmopolitan Club and Wellington’s Overseas Wives … ‘Supra cetera – above all others’) flourished briefly in Auckland and Wellington in the 1950s. Members, who were more … bars, and the first lesbian social club, the KG Club in Auckland, opened in 1972. Drinking and smoking were …
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Part of story: Women’s networks and clubs
… in search of better economic conditions. They arrived in Auckland on the Ellen Lewis on 11 May 1860. Rather than go … on a farm at Papakura; they were forced to return to Auckland because of the fear of war. John McLean joined the … John McLean and Sons. He married Hannah Wilson Ratcliffe at Auckland on 14 March 1882; they were to have three sons and …
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… (including City Gallery Wellington in 1980 and Artspace in Auckland in 1987) and others in small towns such as Gore … in 1984). More opened in the 21st century. In 2011 the Auckland Art Gallery was completely redeveloped, cementing … and History until the mid-1990s, when it was moved to the Auckland Art Gallery. In 1988 the Electricity Corporation (a …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… The building was demolished following the 2011 earthquake. Auckland’s Broadcasting House (1941, demolished 1990), by … House (1957). Its modernity remained striking in the 2000s. Auckland’s AMP Building (1962), by Thorpe, Cutter, Pickmere … like glass. These included the Bledisloe Building, Auckland (1959), Otago University Dentistry School, Dunedin …
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Part of story: Public, commercial and church architecture