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… in the US were shot by National Guardsmen. University of Auckland students organised a spontaneous protest. Mike Lee … visited New Zealand in 1970, protesters marched to his Auckland hotel and kept up a rowdy protest until 11.45 at … violently removed them. Culture clash Peter Calder was an Auckland student and regular protester in the early 1970s: …
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Part of story: Parades and protest marches
… as museum botanist and draughtsman. In the 1860s and 1870s Auckland, Canterbury and Otago all established provincial … appointed director of Otago museum. The first director of Auckland Museum, from 1868 to 1874, was Thomas Kirk, a … become professor of biology. The new university college of Auckland appointed a biology professor in 1883. Victoria …
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Part of story: Life sciences
… to operate, and heavy regulation by local authorities. Auckland had 190 buses running by 1921, and by 1926 there … this time, trolleybuses were introduced in Christchurch and Auckland. By the early 1950s trolleybuses were also running … and existing tramway workshops could be retained. In Auckland trolleybuses could also use the existing tramways’ …
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Part of story: Public transport
… The trend towards suburban living was challenged by two Auckland businessmen, William Stanton and Ernest Potter, who … life, blocks of flats rather than town houses took off. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch experienced a spate of … it built a number of blocks of state rental flats in inner Auckland and Wellington for those ‘who have interests other …
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Part of story: Inner-city living
… newspapers in Greymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington and Auckland, which led to his reporting from the parliamentary … press gallery for the New Zealand Times (1925–27) and the Auckland Sun (1927–30). Cronin was cable editor for the Sun …
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… (established in 1872) were large companies operating out of Auckland. By 1961 New Zealand Insurance was first, and South … – Dunedin had Speights, Wellington had McCarthys, and Auckland had Campbell, Ehrenfried, Great Northern and … Breweries, incorporating the 10 largest breweries, formed. Auckland-based Dominion Breweries emerged as the other major …
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Part of story: Large companies
… with a steadily growing reputation, and moved to Auckland. Hector Gray's racing career was marked by … in which he competed. Gray had married Ellen Mary Pitt at Auckland on 20 January 1908. They were divorced in 1929, and … 1928. Hector and Ruby Gray had no children. Hector died at Auckland on 8 March 1957, survived by his son, Joseph. …
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… Canterbury was the breeding and racing centre. Dunedin, Auckland and Hawke’s Bay were other strongholds, supported … always played a major role. The three distance cup races (Auckland, New Zealand and Wellington) were originally the … and most prestigious handicaps, although in 2017 only the Auckland Cup was still classified as Group 1. New Zealanders …
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Part of story: Horse and greyhound racing
… 1854, Harris married Jacintha Adelaide Hargraves at Auckland. She later moved back to Auckland with their two children, Harold and Bertha. Harris … committed suicide on 4 February 1872, while on a visit to Auckland. …
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… collections of historical images from the National Library, Auckland City Libraries, Puke Ariki, Christchurch City Libraries and the Hocken Library Auckland Museum’s Cenotaph database of 115,000 men and women … Zealand Electronic Text Collection and the University of Auckland Library. In addition public sites had brought …
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Part of story: Digital media and the internet
… marked the beginning of long-haul flights to New Zealand. Auckland international airport in Māngere was officially … opening of the Intercontinental and South Pacific hotels in Auckland in 1968. Hotels in other tourist centres followed. … Japanese tourists who took the ‘blue ribbon route’ from Auckland to Rotorua, Christchurch, Queenstown and Milford …
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Part of story: Tourist industry
… Several Arts in Christchurch and the New Vision Gallery in Auckland. Through the Handweavers’ Guild, founded in Auckland in 1954, she exchanged ideas and techniques with … their best work. Ida Lough exhibited widely. In 1959 the Auckland City Art Gallery showcased the work of New Zealand …
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… After a failed bid for the 1947 Cornwell Cup, held in Auckland, Mander and Tony Shields remained there to win that … The interdominion clashes between the Sydney flying 18s and Auckland 18-footers also captured Mander’s imagination, and … world 18-footer title twice: in 1952 at Suva and in 1954 at Auckland. He demonstrated his all-round mastery by winning …
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… was completed at the city’s public hospital in 1978. In Auckland, the services of the local St Helens hospital were … Princess Mary Hospital for Children was established on the Auckland Hospital site in 1918. Pressure came from … (the Starship children’s hospital) was not established in Auckland until 1991. …
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Part of story: Hospitals
… had acquired through foreclosures. The family moved to Auckland; Cecilia McCaw died the following year on 29 April. … On 2 August 1893 he married Frances Wallen Buckland at Auckland. They were to have five children. When the Assets … War he helped recruit men from the area and served on the Auckland Military Service Board. In 1917 McCaw was invited …
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… the number of bees in a hive. It was first noticed in South Auckland in 2000. Transport operators and truck drivers play … with insecticides, and at the international mail centre in Auckland sniffer dogs and X-ray screening help intercept … spraying was used against the painted apple moth in West Auckland, the Asian gypsy moth in Hamilton and the southern …
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Part of story: Biosecurity
… have occurred irregularly over a large area in the Auckland volcanic field, the latest being the formation of … 1400 CE. Past experience suggests that future eruptions in Auckland are likely to come from new vents rather than … an eruption may be only a matter of a day or two (as in Auckland) but in others (such as Taupō) it may be prolonged …
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Part of story: Volcanoes
… and displays on sexual and scatological themes’. 1 In 1912, Auckland students acquired police uniforms. They held up … street parade of graduands. Heroes’ welcome In 1940 Auckland and Wellington hosted jubilant parades to welcome … surrender of Japan (VJ Day) on 15 August 1945, although in Auckland too much celebratory booze led to bottle throwing …
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Part of story: Parades and protest marches
… year. In 2018 most people of French ethnicity lived in Auckland (42%), Wellington (15%) and Canterbury (10%). The … sank the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior when it docked in Auckland in 1985, killing one crew member. French people … – Richmond Road, Birkdale North, Kowhai Intermediate (Auckland), Ridgway (Wellington) and Burnside (Christchurch) …
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Part of story: French
… parks, starving the centre of people and workers. In Auckland continued suburban sprawl and low investment in … also saw the creation of new regional or master plans. Auckland’s Regional Growth Strategy was adopted by all its … included a new town for 40,000 people at Flat Bush, South Auckland. While its plan showcased urban design principles, …
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Part of story: City planning