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… Hamilton in 1997. Seven more gurudwaras were set up in the Auckland area, and others in Tauranga, Te Puke, Hastings, … Granth Sahib in the Hindu Heritage Centre in Māngere, South Auckland. There is a New Zealand Sikh Women's Association in Auckland and a Sikh Centre in Manukau promoting greater …
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Part of story: Diverse religions
… Timber Company’s mill on Great Barrier before moving to Auckland, where he found work as a seaman. In December 1914 Paul Silva enlisted as a private in the Auckland Battalion, New Zealand Infantry Brigade. He arrived … early 1930s Paul Silva apparently took up farming in south Auckland. During the Second World War he was manpowered to …
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… main university schools for vocal and opera studies were Auckland University and the New Zealand School of Music in … experiences, with premieres of New Zealand works at Otago, Auckland and Victoria universities in the 1980s. The … the school was producing an opera every alternate year. In Auckland a similar role was filled by Opera Factory, run by …
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Part of story: Opera and musical theatre
… apartment block – Courtville – was built in central Auckland. During the 1940s and 1950s the state built several high-rise blocks of flats in Auckland and Wellington for childless couples and single … spurt of apartment building. These mainly arose in downtown Auckland and Wellington, but some also went up in smaller …
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Part of story: City history and people
… off our boots.’ 2 During their 20-month sojourn on the Auckland Islands, two of the Grafton ’s crew wrote journals … across exposed water, to the provision depot on the main Auckland Island. The Dundonald men on Disappointment Island … a coracle of hebe branches and canvas to sail to the Auckland Island mainland. Rescue Except for the Grafton …
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Part of story: Castaways
… from 2,700 to 7,000 in the decade after deregulation. In Auckland they grew by about 15% a year. But customer numbers … in the commercial vehicle industry overall. In 2006 a large Auckland taxi company had its licence revoked for breaches … a taxi at night while teaching ballet during the day in Auckland in the early 1950s. The same was true in the 2000s. …
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Part of story: Taxis and cabs
… autumn and winter of 1858 he attended St Stephen's School, Auckland, to prepare for ordination. He took first place in … took charge of the station from Chapman, who was moving to Auckland. At Tauranga, on 3 November 1861, Īhāia was … in 1889 and, after serving at St Stephen's College, Auckland, had retired by 1892. He moved to Kaikohe, where he …
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… Park. The 360-degree views from the summit take in the Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. One story says … so he could ship the produce of his Matamata estate to Auckland. From the 1880s boats brought visitors from Auckland up the river to ‘take the waters’ at Te Aroha. The …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… the great meeting house of the Parehauraki people, to the Auckland Museum in an attempt to preserve it. Tukumana … keen to sell the house and agreed to the proposal of the Auckland ethnologist George Graham that Hotunui be shifted … Kelly . Tukumana married Edith Bennett on 5 March 1915 at Auckland. They had no children but fostered many; some lived …
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… quiz kids and Lux money go round Phil Shone, who was 1ZB Auckland’s Breakfast host from 1939 to 1959 Grace Green, … are coming!’ Phil Shone, a 1ZB breakfast show host, brought Auckland to a standstill on April Fools’ Day (1 April) in … swarm of wasps that was supposedly descending on Auckland. The National Broadcasting Service From the 1930s …
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Part of story: Radio
… his chaplaincy at Mt Eden Prison with his work for the Auckland Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society, was dismissed as … programmes had waned. NZPARS was criticised by the Auckland Māori Council for being monocultural in structure, … groups, such as PARS Inc. which is based in Mt Eden, Auckland, continued to offer rehabilitation services. Their …
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Part of story: Prisoner support and advocacy
… Queen City versus Queenstown In the early 2000s the Auckland property market, which previously had the highest … it was surpassed by the Queenstown Lakes district) the Auckland area was the most expensive housing market in the … projections, people are likely to continue moving to Auckland and the Bay of Plenty, and away from Southland and …
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Part of story: Real estate
… in January 1840, New Plymouth in January 1841, and Auckland and Nelson later the same year. Basic chapels were … tribe, Te Uri-o-Hau. However Albertland never rivalled Auckland, as its backers had promised. There was no road to … were difficult. Many intending Albertlanders remained in Auckland instead and most others drifted away, leaving only …
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Part of story: Methodist Church
… of a New Zealand landscape, was first contested at the Auckland City Gallery in 1956, and thereafter was an annual … Erika and Robin Congreve and Dame Jenny Gibbs, working with Auckland Art Gallery. The Walters Prize, awarded every two … In the 2010s the competition was held every two years. Auckland bass-baritone Joel Amosa, the 2018 winner, won …
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Part of story: Awards and prizes
… and did not pursue his legal studies. After a brief stay in Auckland, he moved north to Mangonui, where he opened a … early years stock from the station was driven overland to Auckland. Stock and gum were later shipped directly from … 1900, sensing that his death was near, he set out for Auckland so that his body could be interred in the Jewish …
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… census: 4,644 2013 census: 3,063 Major regional locations Auckland: 588 Wellington: 453 Taranaki: 357 …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… census: 4,644 2013 census: 3,063 Major regional locations Auckland: 588 Wellington: 453 Taranaki: 357 …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Taranaki
… and inland waterways. Early settler records describe the Auckland waterfront of the mid-1800s as crowded with these …
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Part of story: Waka – canoes
… who purchased land at Waiwera, 48 kilometres north of Auckland, in 1845. The area was known to Māori as Te Rata … Waiwera spa, and it became very popular with visitors from Auckland. Racial distinctions Māori were pressured to …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… set up the National Ambulance Officers’ Training School in Auckland in 1978. The school had its government funding cut … a Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic), offered at the Auckland University of Technology and Whitireia Community …
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Part of story: Ambulance services