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… Queen , with his wife and two children, and arrived in Auckland on 9 July 1850. It was intended that he should … with local settlers. In 1854 Grace, then resident in Auckland, was responsible for an anonymous circular in … missionaries active among the Māori. Travelling from Auckland until 1872, and then from Tauranga, he journeyed …
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… times occurred in 1987. ‘Baby C’, a two-year-old South Auckland girl, died as a result of injuries inflicted by her … into sexual and physical abuse at Dilworth School in Auckland reported in 2023. Dilworth School was set up to … to children. One of the most notorious of these was the Auckland commune Centrepoint, set up by the charismatic Bert …
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Part of story: Child abuse
… Poutapu stayed in the house rented by R. G. H. Manley in Auckland; the landlady subsequently evicted her tenant as … of her Tekau-mā-rua (council of twelve). In 1971, for the Auckland Anniversary Regatta, he repaired and prepared the canoe Te Winika, and trained the crew and took them to Auckland. The following year, the building of Tāheretikitiki …
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… for young people. Kidz First Centre for Youth Health in Auckland provides specialised support and care for young … Mary Hospital for Children opened on the grounds of Auckland Hospital in 1918. Its services were absorbed into … facility to deliver family centered health care in South Auckland – a culturally diverse community. Like Starship …
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Part of story: Child and youth health
… with language were regarded as assets. Soon he was in Auckland working for the Auckland Star , and then in Wellington for the New Zealand … one son, Michael. The following year Ramsden was back in Auckland working for the Sun newspaper. In August 1927 the …
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… of work as a taxidermist, principally at Canterbury and Auckland museums, and by supplying specimens to private … Reischek finally left New Zealand on 20 February 1889. The Auckland Weekly News described him as 'the best ornithologist New Zealand ever saw', and the Auckland Institute wished him 'the success and recognition …
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… at the end of the First World War, and before that was an Auckland representative. He later organised the first Māori … to play in first-class matches and was a Rotorua and South Auckland representative. He also represented the district in … a report on the poor housing conditions of Māori living in Auckland. This report revealed the seriousness of the …
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… He married Eliza Rachel Jane Jones on 28 January 1861 at Auckland; they had seven children. He spent his childhood … In 1846 James was sent to school at St John's College, Auckland, but left for Sydney the following year with his …
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… a dentist. By 1919 the Williamsons were living in Remuera, Auckland, while Lena Williamson, a chemist, boarded at the Nurses' Home at Auckland Hospital. Although Hugh had retired, Jessie became … From 1916 to 1918 she attended meetings to form an Auckland branch of the revived NCW as a representative of …
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… before winning a scholarship to Sacred Heart College in Auckland. Already a voracious reader, he progressed from … with Dan Davin and J. C. Reid. Joseph studied law at Auckland University College for two years from 1931 before … and entered Merton College. Second World War and Auckland University College When Joseph successfully …
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… 2 She studied English and Philosophy at the University of Auckland, graduating BA in 1968, and took instruction in the … enrolled at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, where her teachers included Colin McCahon , Greer … the infant had a heart defect and died later in the year at Auckland’s Greenlane Hospital. In the following months Paul …
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… quarantine the passenger liner Niagara when it arrived at Auckland on 12 October 1918. There had been a mild epidemic … be shown, was medically correct but politically disastrous. Auckland was already in the grip of a serious epidemic of … The epidemic had revealed the existence of slums in Auckland and Wellington, and his accusations of civic …
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… Court judge and at the end of 1929 the family moved to Auckland, where Shirley attended St Cuthbert’s College for a … and intending to serve in the Middle East. However when Auckland University College offered her a full-time … Department, she accepted and, in May 1942, moved to Auckland. On 2 June 1944 Shirley married the prominent …
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… In May 1844, at a meeting of Māori leaders at Remuera in Auckland, he reiterated his allegiance to the governor and … who subsequently visited Governor Thomas Gore Browne in Auckland. The supporters of the King and his opponents both … one of his people was captured, tried and sent to gaol in Auckland, without consultation with him. At a meeting at …
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… one. He was one of a group of southerners who converged on Auckland for the opening of the General Assembly in 1854. … removal of the seat of government to Wellington offended Aucklanders. More damaging, the confiscation of 1.2 million …
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… prepared to buy land which they could farm. On arrival in Auckland the brothers went north. After investigation they … Eleanor Kathleen Aickin. Of Irish birth, she had come to Auckland with her parents in 1859 aboard the Mermaid. … Volunteers. He commanded B squadron of the 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles from March 1911 to May 1912, when …
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… returned to the coastal shipping trade; according to an Auckland union official, half of New Zealand’s coastal …
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Part of story: Seafarers
… Tongan language courses are taught at the University of Auckland. …
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Part of story: Tongans
… hulls. The Waitematā Harbour, home to the busy port of Auckland, has 60 such species, the highest concentration in …
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Part of story: Marine invaders
… in the mid-1980s. In 2003, cultural groups existed in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Community …
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Part of story: Hungarians