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… Island tour, only to be wrecked by a Wellington storm. Auckland citizens, however, were not denied the spectacle of … gave New Zealand’s aviation leaders an added purpose. In Auckland the Walsh brothers, Vivian and Leo, established the …
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Part of story: Aviation
… Church opened a large school for Māori at Three Kings in Auckland, where girls learned domestic duties and boys were … and funding by establishing a Native Institution in Auckland, where Māori ministers could be trained to preach …
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Part of story: Methodist Church
… from the subtropical Kermadec Islands to the subantarctic Auckland islands, 500 kilometres south of the mainland. Of … Island, on Stewart Island, and on the coastal edge of the Auckland Islands. In the North Island, it grows on the high …
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Part of story: Tall broadleaf trees
… in New Zealand agriculture. In 2007 and 2008 a South Auckland company imported 65 river buffaloes from an … on the West Coast and in Nelson, with a few in Waikato and Auckland. Advantages of water buffaloes Water buffaloes can …
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Part of story: Exotic farm animals
… to attend St Peter’s Māori College (Hato Petera) on Auckland’s North Shore for three years, followed by two years at Auckland Teachers’ College (1950–51). He spent a further … Hokianga’, was selected for a contemporary group show at Auckland City Art Gallery, making him the first modernist …
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… and a major argument with his mother, Davey moved to Auckland to board at the YMCA hostel. There he began a … city and read the classics of European literature in the Auckland Public Library. After practising as a solicitor in Auckland for less than a year, Davey discovered in himself …
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… was sent to relieve at the most important district covering Auckland, Waikato, the Bay of Islands and other northern … inspector to clean up 'a state of great disorganization' in Auckland. They were prepared to overlook serious … a system of espionage run by his favourites within the Auckland district police and by civilian observers. Many …
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… for him and his family, attached to his own house in Auckland. Te Rangikāheke wrote of Grey's kindness and … nearly 800 pages. Almost all are in the Grey Collection in Auckland Public Library. They were written, in a neat, clear … After Grey's departure in 1853 Te Rangikāheke remained in Auckland for most of the decade, moving frequently from one …
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… the North Island, using Kororāreka as his base. He visited Auckland many times, consecrating St Patrick's Church on 19 … control of the northern diocese, which was centred on Auckland. Viard was to be vicar apostolic or administrator … for the rest of their lives. When Pompallier returned to Auckland in April 1850, Viard set sail for Wellington. With …
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… in population and compact in size. As late as the 1880s, Auckland was limited to an area stretching about 2 …
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Part of story: Public transport
… Richmond; and Arthur and Harry Atkinson. After arriving in Auckland on 25 May 1853, Arthur Atkinson travelled on to New … ill health forced first Maria and then Arthur to leave for Auckland. There, in May 1861, Arthur commenced work as a … at regular meetings in his house with two Māori living in Auckland – Wirihana Mātene and Rāwiri Taiwhanga . If there …
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… family name (John had only daughters). Nikola arrived in Auckland on 8 June 1937, and began learning English and … brother Ivan standing in for the groom. Zuva arrived in Auckland in July 1939 and settled with Nikola on the Te Hana … (cellar) in 1945; many of their earliest customers were Aucklanders who visited the vineyard with fill-your-own …
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… His request for a command went unheeded until Lord Auckland became first lord commissioner of the Admiralty. In … there. The town was named after Hobson's patron, Lord Auckland. In October the first 40 immigrants arrived, from … in the brig Victoria. Compared with Port Nicholson, Auckland was sparsely populated, labour was in short supply, …
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… interest in te ao Māori Margaret Rose Orbell was born in Auckland on 17 July 1934, the oldest daughter of Reginald … pā site. Margaret’s childhood experiences of exploring Auckland’s historic pā sites with her parents triggered an …
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… Penfold) were selected to continue their education in Auckland. Mira remembered leaving home with little more than … that she would reach great educational heights. In Auckland, Mira was subjected to racism for the first time in … She attended Queen Victoria Māori Girls’ College and Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, followed by one year at …
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… New Zealand’s most eminent classics scholar. He studied at Auckland and Victoria universities before leaving for the … Edward Blaiklock, who began teaching at the University of Auckland in 1927. He was appointed professor in 1947. … Blaiklock gained public recognition for his columns in Auckland newspapers under the pen-name ‘Grammaticus’. George …
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Part of story: Classical and foreign-language studies
… AIDS Support Network was set up in 1984 by Bruce Burnett in Auckland, and by Bill Logan and Phil Parkinson in … was founded in 1990. In 1992 Body Positive was set up in Auckland as a peer support group for people with HIV. New … including New Zealand AIDS Foundation clinics in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. HIV/AIDS and …
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Part of story: Sexual health
… views. Group effort Walter Brodie, an early resident of Auckland, described Māori reading the first Māori-language … Wellington were startled by the paper’s ‘virulent abuse of Auckland and the Governor, combined with slavish reverence … appeared, they each formed their own local papers, such as Auckland’s Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist in 1841, …
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Part of story: Newspapers
… to New Zealand with him and her daughter. They arrived at Auckland on the Ida Zeigler in late October 1866. The family … delivered a short series of well-attended lectures at the Auckland Opera House. A newspaper report of her first … An outcome of the lecture series was the establishment in Auckland of the Society for Spiritual Progress. In the …
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… a wide range of popular material culture; for example Auckland Museum acquired a ‘pocket collection,’ comprising … The nature of taonga Paul Tapsell, former Māori director of Auckland War Memorial Museum, said that taonga ‘can be … around their collection strengths. This can be seen in: Auckland War Memorial Museum’s galleries on New Zealand’s …
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Part of story: Museums