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… were usually required to live on the land and improve it. Auckland From 1858, Auckland province encouraged immigration by granting … There were similar grants in Taranaki. From 1870, Auckland allowed settlers to select 50–75 acres (20–30 …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… in rubbish tips. They feed mainly at dawn and dusk. Auckland Island rail The Auckland Island rail ( Dryolimnas muelleri ) is much smaller … than the banded rail. It is endemic to the subantarctic Auckland Islands, where it lives only on two predator-free …
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Part of story: Wetland birds
… for people to pause or sit. The mall’s popularity inspired Auckland’s Vulcan Lane and Cashel Street Mall in … on city streets, day and night. In the early 2000s on Auckland’s Ponsonby Road, Wellington’s Courtenay Place, and … adding vitality, busy streets are safer. In 2007 and 2008 Auckland’s Queen Street and Wellington’s Lambton Quay were …
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Part of story: Street life
… The Grey Collection of Auckland City Libraries, the Hocken Library and the … a substantial collection of books and manuscripts to the Auckland Library. The existing library building was in poor … eventually numbered 14,000 items. Grey’s donations made the Auckland Library one of the best in the southern hemisphere. …
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Part of story: Libraries
… tutor-organiser for the WEA with a position on the staff of Auckland University College. There he was responsible for … was appointed director of the WEA tutorial classes in the Auckland district. Over the following 10 years, despite … education to people in the towns and rural districts of the Auckland province. He was first and foremost a teacher, …
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… at Opua in the Bay of Islands, and became a member and Auckland sub-provincial secretary of the New Zealand … one of the leaders of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (Auckland Province), the organisation most influenced by … book by a fireplace'. Harold Rushworth died at Castor Bay, Auckland, on 25 April 1950, a year after he had been elected …
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… with the government. They were arrested, and gaoled at Auckland, Nelson and Wellington. In October 1890, on his … and he served a term of 12 months' imprisonment at Auckland. In October 1897 he set fire to a store in Te Kūiti … 1899 after falling ill while serving his prison sentence at Auckland Lunatic Asylum. He had married Te Kaama Totorewa, …
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… lives. Every centre developed its own webs of commerce: Auckland’s craft traded to the north, around the Hauraki … a few friends who split the shares. An early exception was Auckland partnership Henderson and Macfarlane, whose … potatoes, vegetables, livestock and poultry for sale in Auckland. Next came the so-called ‘schooner mania’, when …
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Part of story: Shipping
… making and communication Allison Dobbie, General Manager, Auckland Libraries Dr Geoff Hicks, Manager Science and … the Department of Film, TV and Media Studies, University of Auckland Eric Pawson, Professor of Geography, University of … Ranginui Walker, Emeritus Professor of Māori, University of Auckland Dr Lydia Wevers, Director of the Stout Research …
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… prolific author. He later set up a geography department at Auckland University College, being appointed to its newly … went. They had three children together. The family moved to Auckland in 1946, when Cumberland was appointed senior … lecturer in charge of the new Department of Geography at Auckland University College. Awarded the inaugural …
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… advertisements. Born on 16 May 1935 in Papatoetoe, Auckland, John Barrie Crump was the second of six children … Barry, as he was known, went to several schools in South Auckland. He later claimed that he was not interested in … age of 22, Crump married Martina (Tina) Beatrice Anso in Auckland. The couple had two sons but the marriage was …
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… of the United States in Canadian politics. They settled in Auckland and opened the Crescent Fish Mart in Grey Lynn in … were among the few domiciliary midwives practising in Auckland. Their practice ranged from Albany to Papatoetoe. … China Friendship Society, for which she ran a seminar in Auckland in 1974, and was involved in three tours of China. …
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… School. In 1943 she completed a teaching qualification at Auckland Training College, followed by a speech therapy … building a new life for herself. At first she was based at Auckland Hospital where, despite her progress, a doctor told … family-owned spa hotel, Opie moved to Helensville, north of Auckland. She enrolled at Auckland University College and in …
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… art, then spent three years travelling, finally arriving in Auckland in 1845. His first New Zealand ventures were … from 1853 to 1870. He did not stand for the first Auckland Provincial Council in 1853, but using the newspaper … . He represented the Bay of Islands (1855–57), the City of Auckland (1859–61), Newton (1861–65) and the Bay of Islands …
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… April 1842 and Mary Martin sailed as soon as she could for Auckland, on the Bristolian , arriving on 30 May. As a … families. Bishop Selwyn stayed there on his visits to Auckland from Waimate North in the early 1840s; and Sarah … was avid for experience and made three long trips out of Auckland, to Waimate North in 1844, to Tauranga in 1846 and …
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… local primary school, he went on to secure a scholarship to Auckland Grammar School, which he attended in 1904–5. After … Emma's death on 20 April 1923 Parore moved to Devonport, Auckland. There on 15 November 1924 he married Marjorie … their long battle for compensation for land at Orakei, in Auckland. Parore appeared on their behalf in the Native Land …
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… 16- or 24-track facilities – Marmalade in Wellington, and Auckland’s Stebbings, Mandrill and Mascot – survived by … at cheap rates. However, the most successful acts, such as Auckland rockers Hello Sailor, recorded at overseas studios … was set up by broadcaster Bryan Staff in 1979, and recorded Auckland-based bands such as Toy Love and the Swingers. Mike …
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Part of story: Recording companies and studios
… in a name? Flora MacKenzie , who ran a sex business in Auckland for over 30 years, did not like the words ‘brothel’ … was charged six times with keeping a brothel in Ponsonby, Auckland. This changed in the 1960s and 1970s as sexuality … were a small but visible group of sex workers. Working in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, they waited for …
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Part of story: Sex work
… of the Māori Battalion’s A Company, made up of troops from Auckland and Northland, decided to marry a young nurse from … became head of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland. He was a leading spokesperson for Māori rights … and political representation. Walker was the University of Auckland’s first Māori Pro-Vice Chancellor before his …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… beautiful to watch. In 1952 the Bellwoods moved to Auckland, where Jim taught physical education at Avondale … High School. In 1958 Emilie established the Gymnos Club in Auckland, and in 1968 she joined Jim in teaching at Mount … Association in 1949, and then similar organisations in Auckland, the New Hebrides, Western Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. …
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