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… leading part in modernising the physical infrastructure of Auckland. Walter was born at Kingston, Surrey, England on 8 … engineer at Sudbury in Suffolk before being appointed Auckland city engineer in 1906. Bush was just 30 years of … into a civic centre. In 1926 he was appointed to Auckland's Civic Centre Commission, and the following year …
Type: Biography
… photographic firm of Meade Brothers. In 1855 he arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, where he opened a studio in Shortland … Crombie claimed that during his first 15 months in Auckland he took over 1,000 portraits. From September 1856 … Nelson and Napier newspapers. In 1859, after his return to Auckland, he moved his premises to Queen Street, and …
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… Ellen Elizabeth Aley was born in Auckland on 13 September 1869 to Ellen Beck and her husband, … married James Ferner, a bill poster, on 13 October 1890 in Auckland. The couple were to have four children, one of whom … and photographic artist of children: her entry in the Auckland Exhibition in 1914 won a gold medal for …
Type: Biography
… The couple embarked on the Cornubia , arriving at Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 April 1855. They immediately … In 1856 George, Christina and their first child shifted to Auckland where George became the engineer at the Wharf Flour … boilers – the first of their kind to be built in Auckland – for the locally built steamers Southern Cross and …
Type: Biography
… It is to Henry Shaw that Auckland City Library owes the distinction of holding more … dislike for the harsh conditions led to a quick move to Auckland. Shaw was educated in Auckland, and was employed by a number of Auckland …
Type: Biography
… Until the 1950s New Zealand’s four main centres – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin – were of … Kipling’s cliché In 1891 Rudyard Kipling famously called Auckland ‘last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite apart’ – a … but was repeated so often it became hackneyed. 1 Auckland Auckland’s prize asset has always been its site. Māori were …
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Part of story: City images
… it became clear that the capital would be transferred to Auckland, he decided to establish a business there. In 1841 … property owner in the city. After the reclamation of the Auckland foreshore, which was begun in 1859, Nathan leased … regarded as a businessman and was a benefactor of many Auckland societies and institutions. He was a founder member …
Type: Biography
… arboretum, a subtropical garden and a conservatory complex. Auckland Botanic Gardens Located on 64 hectares of rolling land in South Auckland, the Auckland Botanic Gardens were opened in 1982. Unlike other …
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Part of story: Public gardens
… and rose to captain, commanding the No 6 Company of the Auckland Volunteer Rifles in Waikato in 1863. He became … Clark was prominent in the civic and commercial life of Auckland. In the late 1860s, when the war in Waikato had depressed economic activity in the Auckland province, he encouraged the local flax industry, …
Type: Biography
… Roy Keith Binney was born at Auckland on 13 April 1885, the 10th and youngest child of … Mary Mather. The Binney family was of some standing in Auckland where the auctioneering firm of G. W. Binney and … in wool, hides and kauri gum. Roy attended King's College, Auckland, from 1899 to 1903, where he played in the First …
Type: Biography
… 1850 when she became a music teacher at Wesley College, Auckland. On 28 April 1857, at the Wesleyan chapel, High Street, Auckland, she married the missionary William Gittos, nephew … suffered severely from loneliness. Essential supplies from Auckland were often delayed – once for six months. To …
Type: Biography
… of Whangaparāoa and Mahurangi. A city on two harbours Auckland sprawls over an isthmus between two harbours: the Manukau and the Waitematā (also known as Auckland Harbour). Urban Auckland has hundreds of kilometres … intricate network of bays, inlets and creeks mean that most Aucklanders live within 5 kilometres of the sea. Salt water …
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Part of story: Auckland region
… and Henry Heap emigrated to New Zealand. They settled in Auckland where Henry became an orchardist. In New Zealand … to establish a physical training college for women in Auckland, but the scheme came to nothing and Heap pursued … of physical training at the Diocesan High School for Girls, Auckland, and in 1909 she was appointed visiting drill …
Type: Biography
… engineering apprenticeship, training in Wellington and Auckland. Judson was 5 feet 6½ inches tall and of slight … daughter. When war broke out in 1914 Judson was working in Auckland as a boilermaker. He enlisted in the New Zealand … 1916, serving with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade and the Auckland Infantry Regiment in France. He received severe …
Type: Biography
… inviting Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson to live in Auckland, hoping that he would protect the land and its … the relocation of the capital from the Bay of Islands to Auckland meant there was extra pressure for land. Ngāti … much of Auckland. At one of the most poignant events in Auckland’s recent history, over 15,000 people gathered at …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… Kellerberrin, Western Australia. Prior to their arrival in Auckland in 1941, the couple had a son and spent several … to 20 years she worked full time for the CPNZ, and was the Auckland district secretary during the Second World War. In … committee, and she was also a founder member of the Auckland section of the Women’s Charter Movement. In the …
Type: Biography
… Richard Atkinson Abbott was born on 6 January 1883 in Auckland, the son of Samuel Litton Abbott, a farmer, and his … sent home to Adah Kathleen Hume, whom he married in Auckland on 9 May 1911. On his return to New Zealand, Abbott … the partnership won an important competition for the new Auckland Grammar School. Their winning design was in the …
Type: Biography
… Alice Henrietta Gertrude Basten was born in Auckland on 24 January 1876, one of five children of Rachel … closed his Coromandel office in 1904 Alice returned home to Auckland, where she worked as a secretary. By 1910 she and … politics is apparent in her membership of the Civic League, Auckland, founded in 1913, and the Auckland Women's Club, …
Type: Biography
… and his wife, Mary Dunlop McKerrow. The family moved to Auckland when Keith was still young. He was educated at King's College, Auckland; Rose Hill, England; and Wanganui Collegiate … to the First World War he was employed as a bank clerk in Auckland. Although Keith Caldwell had obtained a commission …
Type: Biography
… Rua Isobel Gardner was born at Devonport, Auckland, on 13 March 1901, the child of Scottish parents … and her husband, Robert Gardner, a banker. She attended Auckland Girls’ Grammar School (1915–19), where she excelled … honest. In disgust they killed their daughters at birth. Aucklanders allow them to grow up if they can under vastly …
Type: Biography