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… into the forces. Cricket under fire Arthur Morrow of the Auckland Rifle Volunteers wrote this account of a skirmish … stages of the Waikato war at Wairoa (Clevedon), south of Auckland, in September 1863: ‘On the morning of the 15th, … games. During the New Zealand wars British regiments in Auckland, Wellington and elsewhere in the North Island …
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Part of story: Military and sport
… Susan Jordan founded Movement Theatre at the University of Auckland in 1976 (the company lasted only a few years). … and McCulloch had been students of the Van Zon School in Auckland. O’Reilly was a graduate of the National School of … 1968, and Dunningham, Baldwin and Northcott trained at the Auckland-based New Zealand Dance Centre. Expanding dance …
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Part of story: Contemporary dance
… James Rutherford, professor of history at the University of Auckland, wrote in March 1939, ‘we are all tremendously busy … orchestra, which put on concerts with choral societies in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin a centennial … the cancellation of only a few events, other than the major Auckland celebrations. Memories of conflict were avoided. As …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… he went to school in Akaroa and Hamilton. He then attended Auckland Training College, where he specialised in … worked as librarian and science tutor, and took classes at Auckland University College. He graduated MA in 1912 and … administration in Western Samoa. On 30 October 1919, in Auckland, he married Elizabeth Nutter (née Miller). In …
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… to detail. Based on evidence gathered on visits to Auckland, Napier, Christchurch and Dunedin, as well as in … and her husband retired to Whakatāne and later to Auckland. Two of their children had already embarked on … died in 1944. Daisy survived him for 12 years, dying at Auckland on 1 August 1956. …
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… housing blocks to be built by the government in Auckland and Wellington. A personality clash with Wilson led … suburbs of the Hutt Valley (Naenae, Epuni and Taitā) and Auckland (Mount Roskill and Tāmaki). Less tangible than his … for the chair of design in the School of Architecture at Auckland University College. He was turned down, seemingly …
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… Te Wana or Te Whai) and Hirini Pākia. The party sailed from Auckland on the Ida Ziegler on 5 February 1863. During the … class with the Queen paying their fares, and arrived in Auckland on 7 May 1864. Hāre is thought to have died in … of Northland tribes. Albert attended St Stephen's school in Auckland. The Queen had wanted him to join the Royal Navy, …
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… in early 1939, Woolf Fisher and Maurice Paykel approached Auckland manufacturers to see what could be done. Mason and … or near new housing areas in the Hutt Valley, Porirua and Auckland. Manufacturers of corrugated cardboard, motor bodies, joinery and toys leased areas in Tāmaki, Auckland; steel fabricating and galvanising workshops, …
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Part of story: Government and industrial development
… 1981 about 50,000 people joined an anti-union march down Auckland’s Queen Street. The ‘Kiwis Care’ march was … test on 12 September, three protest marches converged on Auckland’s Eden Park. The game went ahead but ‘all hell … marches Anti-globalisation movements organised marches in Auckland to protest against meetings of the Asian …
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Part of story: Parades and protest marches
… Los Angeles in 1954. The New Zealand church established in Auckland the following year is thought to have been the … members from Porirua, near Wellington, and Ponsonby, Auckland. A global Rastafari organisation, the Twelve Tribes … with a shared spiritual outlook such as Centrepoint in Auckland. New religious movements that flourished included …
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Part of story: Diverse religions
… 1 General Reconnaissance Squadron, stationed at Whenuapai, Auckland, with Roberts in command. With war in the Pacific … manager of Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL), based in Auckland. Formed in 1940 by the New Zealand, Australian and … governments, TEAL flew two Short S-30 flying boats between Auckland and Sydney, and after 1941 provided New Zealand’s …
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… shook more than 3,000 hands at a single civic reception in Auckland. By the time he left New Zealand, the prince was … arranging an itinerary that included 50 towns between Auckland and Invercargill. The prince attracted very large … enthusiastic. The young queen’s first appearance – in Auckland – met with ‘wave after wave of cheering’ and ‘roars …
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Part of story: Royal family
… a Rotary meeting, led to the first clubs in Wellington and Auckland in 1921. By 1930 there were 23 clubs in the larger … women. Lions Lions began in Chicago in 1917, and reached Auckland in 1955. They grew fast in the 1960s and 1970s, … in 1915, and began in New Zealand as an off-shoot of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. There were five chapters and …
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Part of story: Men’s clubs
… gifted, was visiting Christchurch. They were married in the Auckland Registrar’s Office on 24 December 1941 and settled in Auckland, where Frank achieved renown for his photography … universe. After Helen Shaw’s death on 13 June 1985, in Auckland, Frank Hofmann devoted himself to publishing her …
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… Crofton died in November 1918. Bathie and Graham shifted to Auckland in 1919 so he could stay with her mother when she … Zealand Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic Review , a weekly Auckland newspaper. She also went back on the stage … The film was shot and produced by Robert Steele, an Auckland film-maker, and included additional footage from …
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… having five younger brothers. After the family moved to Auckland about 1908, she attended Grey Lynn primary school … 1930s Enid had maintained a regular correspondence with the Auckland and Wellington museums about Māori culture, native flora and marine life. She became concerned that the Auckland Institute and Museum, the primary repository for …
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… to have timber prepared and carpenters brought from Auckland. Supporters of the King, led by Wī Kumete Te … in the printing house at Ngāruawāhia on his way back to Auckland. The expulsion was a challenge to the authority of … the King on a tour of the North Island. On their arrival in Auckland Pātara delivered the King's prepared speech to the …
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… and Evolution – a national collaboration between Massey, Auckland, Canterbury, Victoria and Otago universities the … Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery – based at Auckland University and carrying out biomedical and … Zealand at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland – which uses advanced mathematics and statistics to …
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Part of story: Life sciences
… intention after talking with Governor Robert FitzRoy in Auckland in June, and attending a service at St Stephen's … or Pēkamu Tohi, and attended the Kohimarama conference in Auckland in 1860. In January 1862 he was appointed a court … their support to the Māori King. Tohi talked of going to Auckland for troops and ammunition to fight them. In …
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… teams from Sydney clubs played their counterparts in Auckland. The following month, an Auckland representative team toured Australia. The national … November 2008. Sixteen teams competed in matches played in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. New Zealand …
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Part of story: Football