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… farms. In 1881 Edith Halcombe became a member of the Auckland Society of Arts and exhibited with them until 1884. It seems likely that she lived in Auckland over this time, as she owned property there and … New Plymouth. Edith Halcombe continued as a member of the Auckland Society of Arts, and won several prizes for her oil …
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… him so exhausted that he was glad to retire from Karori to Auckland in 1960, satisfied with this major achievement. Mr … small honorarium was a valuable addition to his income. In Auckland Hayes was frustrated at not being able to continue … the recognition that had eluded him for so long. He died in Auckland on 3 September 1977, survived by his wife and …
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… community in New Zealand was formed in Newton, central Auckland, in 1947 to meet the spiritual and pastoral needs … in existing, largely Pākehā, congregations in central Auckland. As migrant numbers increased, the Catholic, … immigrants arrived. The new arrivals moved to suburban Auckland and beyond – mostly to places with a plentiful …
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Part of story: Pacific churches in New Zealand
… Still a Kiwi After 40 years living and working in the US, Auckland-born jazz musician Alan Broadbent was still … rock and experimental musical groups. These included the Auckland-based From Scratch (known for playing unique … jazz recordings from past eras, including a record of Auckland’s first jazz concert in 1950. A more recent label, …
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Part of story: Jazz and dance bands
… Enoch Bruce Levy was born on 19 February 1892 at Auckland, the sixth of eight children of William Levy, a … Zealand and left him with the family of William Mason, an Auckland nurseryman. Bruce Levy left school at 14 but later … had worked out her bond as a teacher they were married in Auckland on 21 December 1925. They set up house in …
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… after his arrival. In late 1875 or early 1876 he shifted to Auckland, where he met Henry Partridge, a businessman who … under tapu' – in a gallery above his shop in Queen Street, Auckland. In this period Lindauer was associated with the … to 62 portraits and eight other works, was loaned to the Auckland Art Gallery. Three years later Partridge gifted the …
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… North Island and was educated at Hamilton High School and Auckland University College, where he trained as a surveyor. He played rugby for the college, for Auckland, and for New Zealand Universities. He was chosen to … He married Alice Maud Richardson, a law clerk, in Auckland on 19 May 1930; they were to have two sons and a …
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… the local vicar, William Katterns. In 1890 Major moved to Auckland where he gained a first-class honours degree in natural sciences (geology) from Auckland University College and was regarded as the most … was accorded him when a Baptist minister, Joseph Kemp of Auckland, organised a series of anti-modernist meetings in …
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… was happy and secure. As a teenager she was sent to Auckland Girls' Grammar School, and then to Queen Victoria … and won a nursing bursary. She did her general training in Auckland Hospital, completing it in 1923. Initially Māori … Mangakāhia took a midwifery course at St Helens Hospital, Auckland, and in July 1929 was transferred to be a district …
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… Ōpōtiki, Tōrere and Te Kaha. Impact of trade with Auckland After 1841 Auckland, the new government town on Waitematā Harbour, … few settlers arrived, as there was plenty of land closer to Auckland. War In 1863 British forces invaded Waikato as part …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… A younger brother, James, joined the police force at Auckland in February 1895. With a better education than most … he was made sub-inspector in January 1915 and sent to Auckland. Here he developed a reputation as a disciplinarian … their own traffic inspectors. During 1928 and 1929 the Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch districts were …
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… Footballer of the Century and returned home to lead the Auckland-based Football Kingz club in the Australian … and a total of eight by 2022–23. A second New Zealand team, Auckland FC, joined the A-League for the 2024–25 season. The … After a successful playing career he began coaching Auckland club teams. Herbert coached the New Zealand team at …
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Part of story: Football
… to New Zealand, arriving in 1854. They preached in Auckland and Nelson with only modest success. By 1880 seven … labour and opened in Hamilton in 1958. In the same year the Auckland Stake (a stake is a formal branch of the church) … opened the first Seventh-day Adventist church, in Ponsonby, Auckland, in 1887. Daniells later became the world president …
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Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… Leslie Bourneman Neale was born at Devonport, Auckland, on 26 June 1886, the sixth child of Isabella Selby … ‘great men’. In retirement he and his wife settled in Auckland. He had always enjoyed fishing and gardening, and … with Methodist social services through involvement in the Auckland Methodist Central Mission’s building programme. He …
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… agreed in 1849 to provide military assistance to protect Auckland. Ngāpora was an Anglican lay preacher, and also an … Mercer), and that there were plans for a surprise attack on Auckland. In July 1863 Māori north of the Mangatawhiri River … of Grey's proclamation of 1863 expelling Māori from South Auckland, and demanded the return of all confiscated land. …
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… Diocesan High School for Girls after her family moved to Auckland. She was strongly influenced by her father, who … studied architecture and was awarded a BArch from Auckland University College in 1940. She then moved to … diploma in town planning, established at the University of Auckland in 1957. She was the first woman president of the …
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… and from the 1940s there were women’s groups in Dunedin and Auckland. In the early 1960s the Auckland Synchronised Swimming Championships began, bringing … body. A national water polo team participated in the Auckland Empire Games in 1950, but New Zealand has not yet …
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Part of story: Swimming
… Luckner During the First World War, Motuihe Island near Auckland was a prisoner-of-war camp. One inmate was a German … but some saw him as an apologist for the Nazi regime. Auckland – Motuihe Island Motuihe, 15 kilometres from Auckland, has a long history of Māori settlement and …
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Part of story: Nearshore islands
… 1946, aged 21, he enrolled at the School of Architecture, Auckland University College, as he could not think of … Wilson . He married Wilson’s sister-in-law Joan Moffatt at Auckland on 30 July 1951. After drifting away from … John Scott died on 30 July 1992 at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, following a major heart operation. His tangihanga …
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… also formed in Dunedin (1891), Blenheim (1894) and Auckland (1895). Stamp collecting was popular with children … Zealand stamp dealer, Wilcox Smith and Company, began in Auckland in 1871 and was sold to Dunedin interests in 1883. … later still held some stock. Pim & Co was established in Auckland around 1935 by Frank Walrond. In 1947 it employed …
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Part of story: Postage stamps