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… off the Bay of Islands. They spent a brief period in Auckland, where rumours about their voyage made them objects … butter and cheese for the market, exporting butter to Auckland and Sydney, and candles, vinegar and soap for …
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… routes for the proposed rail line from Taranaki to Auckland. In 1887 Holmes moved to Woodville for further … had proceeded north from Wellington and south from Auckland, but there remained to be surveyed and constructed …
Type: Biography
… 1919 when he organised a Rights of Childhood League among Auckland trade unionists and educationalists, and he served as president of the Auckland fellmongers', beamsmen's and curriers' unions. It …
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… March, there was a large and enthusiastic public meeting in Auckland. A board of governors was chosen, Kathleen … the Hard of Hearing was established, with headquarters in Auckland. (In 1976 the name was changed to New Zealand …
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… smaller audiences. The first jazz concerts took place in Auckland and Wellington in 1950, with a succession of bands … showcased groups such as the Rodger Fox Big Band and the Auckland Neophonic Orchestra, and many overseas artists. …
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Part of story: Jazz and dance bands
… and set themselves up as traders. After Selwyn removed to Auckland in November 1844, the Kemp sons leased the Stone … Kemp died at Kerikeri on 22 June 1860; James Kemp died at Auckland on 21 February 1872. In 1974 their old home, the …
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… However, in 1963 the governors of St John’s College, Auckland, approved a scheme allowing deaconess students to … house for deaconesses, opened in February 1966 in Parnell, Auckland, she spent a year there. Koreneff completed her …
Type: Biography
… By 1908 the NDL had over 6,600 members, mostly in the Auckland area, and the support of most leading politicians, … greater sacrifices. On 26 August 1917 William Lane died at Auckland after a brief illness, survived by his wife and six …
Type: Biography
… the novitiate of this congregation at St Mary's Convent, Auckland, on 19 November 1894 and as Sister Mary Gonzaga … Gonzaga's services to nursing and the wider community of Auckland were recognised when she was made an OBE in 1939. A …
Type: Biography
… golf event, the New Zealand Open, was just £40. In 1946 an Auckland sporting-goods store promoted a Victory Tournament … of Golf at the Gulf Harbour course, Whangaparāoa, north of Auckland. The event was won by England’s Nick Faldo and …
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Part of story: Golf
… One (the 440-yard jubilee championship) was held in Auckland. It was not until 1905 that an integrated national … in a contest against locals at the Calliope Dock, Auckland, in 1894. New Zealand teams started to cross the …
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Part of story: Swimming
… councils, 54 district councils and one unitary authority, Auckland Council, which functioned as both a regional and … wards, whose candidates are elected by Māori voters. When Auckland Council was established in 2010 it included a …
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Part of story: Local and regional government
… 1927 she was appointed matron at the Karitane Hospital in Auckland and in 1929 moved to Sydney to supervise Plunket … of nurses. She was employed at her previous position in Auckland in 1930, then returned to Sydney. From May to …
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… In 1994 Proud , a compilation album of acts from South Auckland, showed there was a new generation of Māori and … ‘In the neighbourhood’ showed a more cordial side to South Auckland than the mean streets of the film Once were warrior …
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Part of story: Popular music
… international ‘Golden Oldies’ rugby festival was held in Auckland. Tom Johnson, a former Hawke’s Bay captain and … first Golden Oldies International Cricket Festival, held in Auckland in 1994, attracted 34 teams from six countries. The …
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Part of story: Veterans and masters sport
… process: in 1962 he helped organise an exhibition at the Auckland City Art Gallery, 'Six New Zealand expatriates', … – such as 'Interior', painted around 1918 and held at the Auckland City Art Gallery – and the early works of Toss …
Type: Biography
… the Ranfurly War Veterans Home and Hospital was opened in Auckland to house and treat veterans who had fought for the … in 1903 the Ranfurly War Veterans Home and Hospital in Auckland accepted elderly veterans of all wars fought by …
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Part of story: Veterans’ assistance
… of Islands. Further bases were established in Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Ōtaki and Akaroa. … 1850. Thereafter Pompallier struggled to find priests for Auckland Catholics. Missionaries from Germany and Scotland …
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Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… medal repositories in New Zealand are the Navy Museum in Auckland, the National Army Museum in Waiōuru, the Air Force … Christchurch and some non-military institutions such as the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Medals in these museums were …
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Part of story: Military medals
… PhD in 1928. A school of forestry was established at Auckland University College in 1924, and schools of agriculture at Auckland and Victoria University Colleges in 1925. David …
Type: Biography