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… mosquito ( Culex pervigilans ). It is commonly found around Auckland city, where it enters houses. A night-time feeder, … striped mosquito ( Aedes notoscriptus ) was first noted in Auckland in 1916 and probably arrived from Australia. It is …
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Part of story: Sandflies and mosquitoes
… formation of Māori theatre groups such as Maranga Mai in Auckland and Taki Rua Theatre in Wellington, the number of … performers As the Pacific population grew, particularly in Auckland, Samoan actors started to make their presence felt. …
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Part of story: Actors and acting
… in 2014 but has not been held since. Laneway, held in Auckland, is a more recent Australian import (2010). Other … first came to New Zealand in 1997 and after being held in Auckland twice, WOMAD found its home at the Bowl of …
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Part of story: Arts festivals
… are affiliated to FIANZ. There are two Islamic schools in Auckland: Al Madinah School and Zayed College for Girls. A … such as the Mount Roskill Islamic Centre (Masjid Umar) in Auckland, are not affiliated to FIANZ. Profile of Muslims in …
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Part of story: Diverse religions
… in New Zealand resulted from the unexpected arrival of an Auckland cricket team in Wellington in March 1860. On an … with Canterbury and Wellington in 1879, Otago in 1881, Auckland in 1883 and 14 more throughout New Zealand by 1893. …
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Part of story: Sport and society
… In 1903 another European professional painter set up in Auckland. Clas (known as Edward) Friström was a Swede who … obtained a position at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, but resigned in a dispute in 1915, much to the …
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Part of story: Painting
… Criminology was taught at Victoria, Canterbury and Auckland universities and Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Some academics …
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Part of story: Social sciences
… confined to the Taupō Volcanic Zone and the area around Auckland. Lakes Taupō and Rotorua fill calderas – enormous … in the Waitākere and Hunua ranges, to supply water for Auckland. The largest artificial lakes have been created to …
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Part of story: Lakes
… of New Zealand Colleges were founded at Canterbury in 1873, Auckland in 1883 and Wellington (Victoria) in 1899. Each had … Some teachers, such as the mathematicians William Aldis of Auckland and Richard Maclaurin of Victoria, were brilliant …
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Part of story: Physics, chemistry and mathematics
… industrial materials research centres at the University of Auckland and the Biopolymer Network (a joint venture between … Centre of Research Excellence, based at the University of Auckland, and the Māori Research Institute at Rotorua. By …
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Part of story: Physics, chemistry and mathematics
… and Ōhinemuri rivers. State Highway 2 links Paeroa with Auckland and Tauranga, State Highway 26 with Thames and … early 2000s it was made artificially by Coca-Cola Amatil in Auckland, but a 7-metre-high replica of an L & P bottle …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… Central Mission. He entered Prince Albert College, Auckland, a Methodist training institution, in 1903 and was … three to five years followed at Mahurangi; Upper Thames; Auckland Central; Sydenham, Christchurch; Hamilton; St …
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… designed a garden suburb on contested Māori land at Ōrākei, Auckland. Wide avenues were planned along the site’s ridges … was a 1920s plan to create a new civic centre beside the Auckland town hall. It comprised two imposing edifices, an …
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Part of story: City planning
… plan of campaign was to dispatch Wright and Bowerman to Auckland, himself commence work in Dunedin with the … had established 11 thriving corps between Invercargill and Auckland. Some reinforcement officers were sent out from …
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… new maximum-security facility. Land at Pāremoremo, north of Auckland, had been purchased in 1962, but building progress … Pāremoremo maximum security prison, officially known as Auckland Prison, opened in March 1969. High prisoner numbers …
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Part of story: Prisons
… Point Marine Reserve. Today the area is a drawcard for Aucklanders, who live just 90 kilometres to the south, and … A second sanctuary, established in 1993, surrounds the Auckland Islands to a distance of 12 nautical miles …
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Part of story: Marine conservation
… in 1840. Other official meetings were held in 1841 in Auckland and Wellington. In that same year, a race along … was a later addition to the horse racing calendar. The Auckland Trotting Club was established in 1890 and the first …
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Part of story: Horses
… Rotorua alongside the carving school. Literary revolutions Auckland and Christchurch were both centres for major … emerging from the universities in the early 1930s. In Auckland in 1932, while the university was getting rid of a …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… the Lyttelton road tunnel and 339,000 trips over the Auckland Harbour Bridge. There were 70,264 heavy trucks in … retailers’ orders were filled from area warehouses in Auckland, Hamilton and Palmerston North. …
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Part of story: Freight and warehousing
… hoping to buy land. By 1902 the family was living in Auckland. Mary kept house for her father until she started … Over the years she kept in touch with the Mater Hospital in Auckland and always sent the sisters two turkeys for their …
Type: Biography