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… The first national sevens tournament was held in 1975 in Auckland, with Marlborough winning. The following year the …
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Part of story: Māori rugby – whutupaoro
… explored the entire west coast of the North Island, from Auckland to Cook Strait. Tribal traditions in the lower …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… when he was 10, and his mother moved her four children to Auckland, where she worked as a Post Office cleaner. There … his local Labour Party branch, and Labour area organiser in Auckland for the Northern Māori member of parliament, … Paikea . Rata married Nellie Eruera (of Ngāpuhi descent) in Auckland, probably in 1957, and was the father of two sons …
Type: Biography
… on the way home as a reward, met their boat on arrival in Auckland in March 1906, and told them their names would live … as evidence of the virile strength of the colonies, and the Auckland Observer noted: ‘Their tour and its splendid …
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Part of story: Rugby union
… Memorials were also erected to Burns in Timaru (1913), Auckland (1921) and Hokitika (1923). His nephew, Dunedin … Stuart in Dunedin); and a statue of Queen Victoria in Auckland. Society was becoming more affluent, and the larger …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… family members. Families were also strongly represented in Auckland’s land grant scheme, under which immigrants … boys from Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight arrived in Auckland, and the following year another 31 arrived. …
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Part of story: English
… suburbs at Porirua (north of Wellington) and South Auckland. These were meant to be a blend of state and … there. For instance, the concentration of Māori in South Auckland’s Ōtara helped foster a new urban-based Māori …
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Part of story: Housing and government
… for eight years. Wynn Abel married Jean Winifred Keene in Auckland on 16 March 1933; they were to have four daughters … Wynn served on the board of directors of Foodstuffs (Auckland) Limited from 1958 to 1961, and again from 1970 …
Type: Biography
… Baptist church. On her return to New Zealand she settled in Auckland, where she established hostels for young Māori … made an MBE for her services to young Māori. She died in Auckland on 27 March 1962. Jessie Alexander was a …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand Drama Council. The Andrewses moved in 1961 to Auckland, where Isobel continued to write, mostly for radio. … theatre is nevertheless secure. Isobel Andrews died in Auckland on 19 June 1990, survived by her husband and two …
Type: Biography
… lower North Island, Barrett would occasionally venture into Auckland and Wellington. On one visit to Auckland 10 shillings was taken from him when he was asleep; …
Type: Biography
… breakwater. The following year he chaired a commission on Auckland's public transport system, which led to the establishment of the Auckland Transport Board. In March 1931 Barton was one of …
Type: Biography
… was performed, but Alfred Hill’s opera Tapu , staged in Auckland in 1904, included two ballets, ‘Canoe’ and ‘War … Cecil Hall, Kathleen Whitford and Aileen Beresford in Auckland; Isabelle Brook in Hamilton; Estelle Beere, Joseph …
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Part of story: Ballet
… as Edgar Benyon – was born on 29 March 1901 in Auckland, the son of William Melville Beynon, a printer, and … artist of the year. He received the first award. The Auckland Brotherhood of Magicians created and conferred on …
Type: Biography
… Canterbury in 1850, both by New Zealand Company affiliates. Auckland , capital of the new Crown colony, grew …
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Part of story: History
… June to December 1919, then spent a year at Narrow Neck in Auckland. In spite of the hardships, Eva Brooke found much … at meeting the prince of Wales during his visit to Auckland in 1920. Eva Brooke's dedication to her soldier …
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… was made permanent on 1 August that year, and he moved to Auckland, where he was to live the rest of his life. In … a narrow, pointed face and intense, dark eyes. He died in Auckland on 12 February 1951, survived by his wife and son. …
Type: Biography
… 17.45, including 7 for 31 and 6 for 33 in one day against Auckland in 1953. He formed a deadly partnership with Don … defeat by the West Indies in 1956. In the fourth test at Auckland, he took 4 for 22 off 27 overs in the first innings …
Type: Biography
… as a general servant. On 22 October 1878 her ship, City of Auckland , bound for Hawke's Bay, was grounded on Otaki … Louis, but on conviction he was sent to Mount Eden prison, Auckland, where he attempted suicide, and later to Lyttelton …
Type: Biography
… in the major cities – Otago in 1869, Canterbury in 1873, Auckland in 1883 and Victoria in 1897– brought in a cadre of … Steadman Aldis, who became professor of mathematics at Auckland University College in 1884, was an outspoken …
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Part of story: Intellectuals