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… Rapa Suburb 8 km north-west of the city centre. The South Auckland (later Waikato) Racing Club moved there from … 2 km west of the city centre. After the railway line from Auckland reached Frankton in 1877, a settlement developed. …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… of Fine Arts. In 1922 she exhibited with the Canterbury and Auckland art societies. At Waihī, on 28 December 1922, Rhona … Marne valley' (1927), an oil on canvas, purchased by the Auckland Art Gallery in 1929. The painting displays full …
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… in Ngātea, she and her family moved there with him from Auckland. Missing the city, Maude (who was always known as … shows. On occasion she would take singing engagements in Auckland, including on radio – the beginnings of her career …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… Morison was transferred to the Women's Branch of the Auckland office two years later, and Hawthorne herself … she married James Smith, a farmer. She died a widow at Auckland on 1 May 1958. Margaret Scott Hawthorne was one of …
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… depressed that he settled his affairs and made his way to Auckland. Unable to convince scientists of the correctness … in 1912, moving to Helensville in 1922. He died in the Auckland Mental Hospital at Avondale on 13 November 1929. …
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… John Hippolite attended school on D’Urville Island, at Auckland Point School in Nelson, and also at Matapihi in … Motuhake o Aotearoa in 1980. He worked closely with the Auckland Committee on Racism and Discrimination (ACORD), and …
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… rheumatism, and increasingly deaf, Hobbs left Hokianga for Auckland in 1855. An accomplished musician, he built at … died on 24 June 1883. He is buried in the Grafton cemetery, Auckland. …
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… a cottage on a small piece of land at Remuera, but the Auckland climate adversely affected his health. In company … to 900) acres of land inland from Riverton. The family left Auckland in May 1860, and after some time living in Dunedin …
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… College from 1895 to 1900. The following year he went to Auckland, entering St John's College to prepare for the Anglican priesthood and enrolling at Auckland University College as a science student. There, A. …
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… run (1947), which documented the weekly RNZAF flights from Auckland to Japan to supply Jayforce, Holmes was able to … New Zealand Carpenters’ Union about its major dispute in Auckland. The film exposed the tactics employed by the …
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… in athletics and team sports. After teacher training at Auckland, Pat Mathieson began teaching in 1948, firstly at … Over the next two decades the family lived at Wellington, Auckland and Hamilton. In 1975 Pat Hond began tertiary study …
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… School, then, after the family moved to Nelson in 1938, Auckland Point School. By the time he was 10 Horton had … an unofficial prison visitor, Robert Goodman, who was an Auckland bookseller, began visiting him. A friendship …
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… signs of residential segregation between ethnic groups. In Auckland, for example, two-thirds of the Manukau ward’s … were worth considerably more on average than those in South Auckland. Health Overcrowding and substandard housing …
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Part of story: Ethnic inequalities
… Miraka Szaszy, was the first Māori woman to graduate from Auckland University College. The descendants of Dalmatians … 2010, the 11th annual Tarara Day was celebrated in West Auckland, jointly organised by Te Waipareira marae and the …
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Part of story: Intermarriage
… when triathlon was a demonstration sport at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. With this exposure and success, … events in Wellington in 1994 and Queenstown in 2003. Auckland hosted the final round of the world series in 2012 …
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Part of story: Triathlon and multisport
… Dr Henry Rongomau Bennett, a senior medical officer in an Auckland hospital, was refused a drink in the bar of a local … They received support from Pākehā groups such as the Auckland Committee on Racism and Discrimination (ACORD), …
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Part of story: Ethnic and religious intolerance
… run sixth in the 120 yards hurdles at the Empire Games in Auckland in 1950. ‘My only quality was speed and I soon … national honours was that played for the Barbarians against Auckland at Eden Park in October 1950. Surrounded by …
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… Harry came to New Zealand aboard the Gertrude , arriving at Auckland on 9 February 1863. He attended Auckland Grammar School from 1 May 1871 until late 1873. The …
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… of a large housing development. Along with much of South Auckland and Waikato, this land had been confiscated by the … of Understanding between the Crown, Kīngitanga and Auckland Council set out how they would work together in …
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Part of story: Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements
… the Wellington gaol in 1844' a similar facility opened at Auckland gaol in the same year. Inmates received no … Dunedin and Sunnyside, Christchurch (1863), the Whau, Auckland (1867), Seaview, Hokitika (1872), and Nelson …
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Part of story: Mental health services