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… in hospital services. The Pacific touch Teuila Percival, an Auckland paediatrician of Samoan descent, commented that … health care services were set up. The first was West Auckland’s Pasifika Healthcare, in 1989. By 2000 there were …
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Part of story: Pacific Island health
… through as many cities and towns as possible between Auckland and Wellington. Racers covered an unprecedented … and 1982 Commonwealth Games, then four times at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, …
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Part of story: Cycle racing
… moved to Sydney for a time, before returning to settle in Auckland. There Grace began her lifelong passion for music, … married Harry Campbell Manchester Ross, a salesman, at Auckland on 10 January 1904, she assumed the name Grace …
Type: Biography
… have been closer to the mark the 150th anniversaries of Auckland and Wellington (Whanganui, Johnsonville and Akaroa … There were two major events. The Commonwealth Games in Auckland The games opened on 24 January with a spectacular …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… North Canterbury and Otago all had sanatoriums. From 1908 Auckland Hospital Board provided accommodation for … patients were erected. The home was renamed the Auckland Infirmary in 1924. It catered for geriatric, …
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Part of story: Hospitals
… fieldworker with the Department of Lands and Survey in Auckland and then tried fruit-growing north of Auckland. He moved to Wellington in May 1903 and was …
Type: Biography
… university status if certain criteria were met. By 2011 Auckland University of Technology (the Auckland Institute of Technology until 2000) was the only …
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Part of story: Tertiary education
… of clubs and societies than country districts. In 1900 Auckland boasted a flying club with homing pigeons, a … from the urbanising tide. In 1911 the four main cities – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin – accounted …
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Part of story: City history and people
… formed New Zealand Breweries were Captain Cook and Lion in Auckland, Barry’s in Gisborne, Staples in Wellington, Crown, … This model was followed in Masterton and some suburbs of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. In many communities …
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Part of story: Alcohol
… in hand. Peter Williams QC continued to lead the league in Auckland, providing advocacy by way of media interviews, … of the Howard League was re-launched. Together with the Auckland branch, it sought to counter a rising tide of …
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Part of story: Prisoner support and advocacy
… William Henry Terry Tucker was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 5 January 1843, the son of … when he was seven. William was educated at Wesley College, Auckland, and at about the age of 15 joined his first of …
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… Mercer became a transport hub. In 1875 the railway from Auckland reached Mercer, shortening the two-day journey to … instead of coach to Mercer, and then board a riverboat. The Auckland–Mercer section of the railway later became part of …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… the CPNZ’s national office was moved from Wellington to Auckland at the end of 1938 Watson went with it. In April … Earlier that month he had stood as a CPNZ candidate in the Auckland West by-election, campaigning under the slogan ‘End …
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… 1857. On 5 December 1859 Stafford married Mary Bartley in Auckland. They were to have three daughters and three sons. … Typically and cannily, he pleaded various excuses and left Auckland in some disgust during the ‘mixed’ ministry’s … first responsible ministry, aware of both Wellington’s and Auckland’s distrust. Sewell’s ministry lasted for one …
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… on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Selwyn arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 May 1842 aboard the brig … North mission house rented from the CMS and removed to Auckland, leaving Henry Williams as his archdeacon in the … conference at St Stephen's Chapel, Judges Bay, Auckland, in 1857. The constitution of what became the …
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… and Gisborne city, while the vast majority lived in Auckland, Wellington and other urban centres. In the 21st …
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Part of story: Ngāti Porou
… The largest indoor venue in New Zealand is Spark Arena in Auckland, which can seat 12,000. In 2012, this venue pulled …
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Part of story: Netball
… warm summers and is grown primarily in the Gisborne and Auckland regions. Persimmons are harvested between April and …
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Part of story: Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts
… found in coastal middens around the Aotea Harbour in south Auckland, along with pipi, cockles and tuatua shells. It …
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Part of story: Crabs, rock lobsters and other crustaceans
… Lynn had its origins in the Specials Department of the Auckland brickworks, R. O. Clark Ltd, which began making …
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Part of story: Rock, limestone and clay