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… Park or Latimer Square in Christchurch, and the Domain in Auckland. Caledonian (Scottish) societies in some … representatives of the city and other sports. Eden Park, Auckland In 1902 the Kingsland Cricket Club took out a lease … Cricket Club bought the land, and in 1910 sold it to the Auckland Cricket Association, which had been looking for a …
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Part of story: Sports venues
… – twice with Waihīrere Māori Club and four times with the Auckland-based multi-tribal group Te Waka Huia. Their groups … income for members, Te Waka Huia gave paid performances at Auckland War Memorial Museum for 14 years. Pan-tribal kapa … o te Rangi and Ngāti Pāhauwera set up Te Rōpū Manutaki in Auckland. Kīngi Īhaka of Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa formed the …
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Part of story: Kapa Haka
… this property and later bought a dairy farm at Northcote, Auckland, in 1908. From that year, Weeks worked as a … and began night-class study at the Elam School of Art in Auckland under Archibald Nicoll , Alice Whyte and Edward … some contemporaries, he was an important exhibitor in the Auckland City Art Gallery's 'Object and Image' show in the …
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… after he finished his schooling. In 1961, Athfield moved to Auckland to complete three years of the four-year Diploma in Architecture at the University of Auckland; he had been excused from the first year as a … for the firm in Christchurch. During his three years in Auckland, Athfield met Nancy Clare Cookson who taught art …
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… stopped initially at Sydney, but followed her parents to Auckland after failing to find theatre work in Australia. … career Raymond found few theatre opportunities in Auckland, although she obtained some solo cabaret work at … unsuccessful, but she accepted a receptionist’s position at Auckland’s 1ZB station to increase her chances of securing …
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… the country. As proximity to the market is vital, Auckland has large quarries in suburban areas. Quarry … quickly after a flood. Environmental issues In the 2000s Auckland, with an expanding population, faced a shortage of …
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Part of story: Rock, limestone and clay
… Bain lived in Christchurch until around 1899 then moved to Auckland, but by 1902 she was living in Taranaki, where she … Service: a New Zealand story. On her return she lived in Auckland until she died there aged 95 on 26 January 1944. A …
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… been educated at the Church of England Grammar School in Auckland by John Kinder , an artist and photographer; and … April 1912. These and other submissions were printed in the Auckland Weekly News. She also produced and sold a number of …
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… or more. In 2006 there was one car for every 1.5 people in Auckland, and 17% of Auckland households had three cars or more. Most people were …
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Part of story: Cars and the motor industry
… Nothing came of the reports for decades. Then in 1852 some Aucklanders offered a reward of £100 for the discovery of a payable goldfield near Auckland. When the reward was increased to £500, Charles …
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Part of story: Gold and gold mining
… Making Daddy One woman remembered that her grandfather, Auckland grocer Fred Hutchinson, used to import his own … campaign for better maternity care and was elected to the Auckland Hospital Board.’ 2 The rhythm method From the 1930s …
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Part of story: Contraception and sterilisation
… Australian migrants as their farming industries expanded. Auckland, freer of Wakefield’s prejudices, drew more … Australians than other regions did. In the early 1850s, Auckland was ‘a mere section of the town of Sydney …
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Part of story: Australians
… and fish shops became popular family businesses in Auckland and Wellington. Many Dalmatians still worked in … farms with vineyards and orchards also emerged in west Auckland. Today the founders’ names read like a who’s who of …
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Part of story: Dalmatians
… of flax, pigs, kumara, maize and wheat to Kororāreka and Auckland, and sending produce to New South Wales, Australia. … 'fully occupied in growing wheat and salting pork for the Auckland market'. Ruawahine moved easily in both Māori and …
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… 1980. New Zealand wine also went out to the world: in 1963 Auckland firm Corbans made the first major export of New … learned more about matching grapes to local conditions. The Auckland area lost its dominance to Gisborne and Hawke’s …
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Part of story: Wine
… and his father as manager of a coal company. He arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife and three young … by fire, as were – in the same week – the ship City of Auckland and a kerosene store. An anonymous writer to the …
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… of her early life. She lived in Dunedin before moving to Auckland, and it is said that she worked in hotels before … were to have five children. In 1927 the family moved from Auckland to Bidwill Street, Wellington. Clara Hallam bought …
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… represented Rotorua at hockey and in 1925 her team won the Auckland Provincial Cup. She was also a keen basketball and … War. In 1941 she sang at the opening of the 1ZB building in Auckland, and in 1949 at the 1YZ radio station in Rotorua. …
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… support. Alternative Cinema Alternative Cinema, an Auckland film-makers’ co-operative (1972–86), offered a … funding for the arts) funded The Moving Image Centre in Auckland (1993–2011). The centre offered staff, space and …
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Part of story: Experimental film
… tours. They suffered their first loss in New Zealand to Auckland in 1920 and were beaten, two tests to one, in the … nation. The 1971 Grand Slam Kiwis beat Australia 24–3 in Auckland as a prelude to winning away series against Great …
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Part of story: Rugby league