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… as early as 1874. Regular play began about 1900 when the Auckland Badminton Club was formed. In 1925 the Auckland, Whanganui and Napier clubs combined to form the …
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Part of story: Indoor sports
… land grants from confiscated Maori land. Bodell reached Auckland on the Star of India in September 1863. After arriving at the war zone south of Auckland Bodell continued his drinking and was reduced in …
Type: Biography
… Zealand. In the 2010s more than 50 groups, mostly in the Auckland region, offered different Buddhist traditions at … on Buddhism brought leading teachers and scholars to Auckland under the auspices of the New Zealand Buddhist …
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Part of story: Diverse religions
… ministered amongst Māori Catholic communities in the Auckland diocese. This, along with Suzanne Aubert’s (Sister … the races. New urban marae such as Te Ūnga Waka in Epsom, Auckland, became centres for the many Catholic Māori …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… The Sisters of Mercy, a Catholic order, ran an orphanage in Auckland from the early 1850s. The Canterbury Orphan Asylum, … in 1862; the Parnell Orphan Home (Anglican) opened in Auckland in 1866. The Otago Benevolent Institution (which …
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Part of story: Children’s homes and fostering
… products. For example Unity Books in Wellington and Auckland offers rarer, less popular titles than the large … late 1990s and 2000s many apartments were built in downtown Auckland and Wellington, and more people were living in city …
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Part of story: Shops
… Bounty Islands, with a few isolated pairs breeding on the Auckland Islands. A relatively solid medium-sized penguin at … rockhopper penguins breed on the subantarctic Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes island groups. …
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Part of story: Penguins
… had plans to establish a whaling base and settlement in the Auckland Islands. Reluctantly in 1849 Sarah sailed with … Sarah's fourth child had been born at Port Ross on the Auckland Islands the previous year. In Wellington the Cripps …
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… closing. In 1997 Ford and Mazda stopped assembling cars in Auckland, and in 1998 so did the other remaining producers: … in tariffs on imported vehicles. Jobs were lost in South Auckland and Masterton when automotive-wiring manufacturers …
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Part of story: Cars and the motor industry
… In 2013 the competition calendar included races in Auckland, Wellington, Rotorua, Ashburton, and Lake Pegasus, … Top-ranked crews include Christchurch-based Tu Meke and Auckland-based HCWS. New Zealand teams also compete …
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Part of story: Minor outdoor sports
… 1870, followed by Christchurch (1882), Wellington (1886), Auckland (1889) and Whanganui (1892) – saw the introduction … Herbert Vaile. Evelyn Vaile was the daughter of a wealthy Auckland land developer and an active furniture carver …
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Part of story: Crafts and applied arts
… a ‘dry port’ or ‘metroport’ in Manukau City (south Auckland). Here, cargo such as NZ Steel containers are … of lower port fees. In the 2010s Tauranga took over from Auckland as New Zealand’s busiest port. Challenges for …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… Urban authorities Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust in West Auckland, founded in 1984, is one of a number of … Others include the Manukau Urban Māori Authority in South Auckland, Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa Trust in Hamilton, Te …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations
… The Ranfurly War Veterans’ Home duly opened in Onehunga, Auckland, in December 1903. Ranfurly’s suggestion that the … local memorials was not followed outside the main centres. Auckland and Wellington had no South African War memorial, …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… MOA project began at Mt John in 1995, mainly supported by Auckland, Canterbury and Victoria universities in New … group of astronomers, including MOA researchers and two Auckland amateur astronomers, confirmed the value of …
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Part of story: Astronomy – overview
… of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty, Antipodes and Auckland islands, and Campbell Island) scattered over the ocean south of New Zealand. The Auckland Islands and Campbell Island are remnants of ancient …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… other ships carrying refugees from Kororareka sailed for Auckland after Phillpotts had decided that no useful purpose … at Kororareka, and to fight a duel with the owner of the Auckland Times. He was renowned for his courage, and was …
Type: Biography
… In 2004 the Labour-led government (which had already bought Auckland’s suburban rail system in 2001) repurchased the … Commuter traffic has surged in Wellington and especially Auckland (where a major upgrade programme was undertaken in …
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Part of story: Railways
… care in a family home. These residences are in South Auckland, Lower Hutt, Christchurch and Dunedin. Younger … justice residence sentence by the Youth Court. These are in Auckland, Rotorua, Palmerston North and Christchurch. In …
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Part of story: Children’s homes and fostering
… 2012 there were about 30 commercial alleys, with eight in Auckland, five in the Wellington urban area, three in … have been held subsequently and the sixth will be held in Auckland in February 2013. New Zealand’s best result was a …
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Part of story: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin