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… up various clerical positions. He was a salesman at an Auckland amusement park when he enlisted in the Samoa … Police in April 1928. This 74-strong force, which left Auckland for Apia in the Tūtānekai on 21 April, had been …
Type: Biography
… from Britain. An 1841 inventory of Government House in Auckland detailed a house load of fashionable early … for. In 1846 Governor George Grey’s wife, Eliza, living in Auckland, complained that she had to send to Sydney for …
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Part of story: Furniture
… regions almost simultaneously. Between 1852 and 1863 Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin set up choral … included painters like Nugent Welch and Fred Sedgwick. In Auckland Edward Friström, a Swede who painted in …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… was laid about a square and Dunedin about an octagon. Auckland’s early plan featured a (London-styled) circus and … that circled the settlement. The Domain was set aside as Auckland’s main reserve. Wellington’s plan also set aside …
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Part of story: City planning
… congestion in city centres and along arterial streets. In Auckland planners first suggested building suburban railways … – to relieve the problem. But in 1955 they decided Auckland’s low population density required a road-based …
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Part of story: City planning
… within a few years, moving north and eventually settling in Auckland. In June 1913 Janet Gillies wrote to the new … to New Zealand, Janet and David Gillies again lived in Auckland, where David died in 1930. Janet Gillies died there …
Type: Biography
… up, mainly in the south of the South Island and around Auckland. Coursing continued until 1954, when it was banned … attached to a line, operated by hand) was held in 1934 at Auckland’s Western Springs. More satisfactory was the …
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Part of story: Horse and greyhound racing
… In late 1863 Grigg persuaded his brother-in-law, Auckland financier and businessman Thomas Russell, to join … the remainder was progressively purchased. Grigg left Auckland in 1866. He bought a house for his family in …
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… the early 1900s large grocers dominated in the cities. In Auckland H. M. Smeaton’s shop employed around 65 assistants. … bunch Grocer George Allan opened a Four Square store in Auckland after returning from the Second World War. He …
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Part of story: Food shops
… prefect, Mere was made a pupil-teacher. She then attended Auckland Training College and became a qualified teacher in … made it necessary to relocate the school to Ponsonby, Auckland, until the beginning of the 1932 academic year. The …
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… was traditionally shared between six Australian states and Auckland or Christchurch, with New Zealand holding it every … Trotting Club and began racing at Addington. Meanwhile, the Auckland Trotting Club held its first meeting in 1890 on …
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Part of story: Horse and greyhound racing
… friendly. In the 1980s the Plunket rooms in Kingsland, Auckland, were decorated with tapa wall hangings and Samoan … Vaifagaloa Naseri Moepogai of Health Star Pacific Trust in Auckland said: ‘The topic of breasts, especially in the …
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Part of story: Health and society
… briefly at Taieri Beach and at Prince Albert College, Auckland. While there he completed his BSc degree, was … association and the debating club, and started the Auckland University College Football Club. In 1899 he was …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand. In 2013 there were speed-skating clubs in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin. Skating and cycling … and competitions In 2013 there were figure skating clubs in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gore, Alexandra and …
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Part of story: Ice sports
… Kāpiti Island near Wellington and Tiritiri Matangi near Auckland have similar histories. Once cleared for farming, … in 1971. The first reserve was at Goat Island, north of Auckland (now Cape Rodney–Ōkakari Point Marine Reserve). The …
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Part of story: Nearshore islands
… during the depression, he controlled 26, including two in Auckland. The fastest expansion came in the 1940s: he took … was a generous benefactor to various causes, including the Auckland City Mission's Selwyn Village for the elderly and …
Type: Biography
… games To replace the Golden Kiwi and raise money for the Auckland 1990 Commonwealth Games, the Lotteries Commission … of casinos. Christchurch opened the first in November 1994. Auckland followed with the SkyCity casino in January 1996, …
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Part of story: Gambling
… names, such as Pōneke for Port Nicholson or Ākarana for Auckland. Missionary Richard Taylor named settlements along … has about 80 suburb names of which perhaps five are Māori. Auckland has a higher percentage, including Kohimarama, …
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Part of story: Place names
… of Wellington The example set by the University of Auckland in teaching Māori studies made it easier for other … was replaced by Te Kapunga (Koro) Dewes, who had an MA from Auckland. Dewes led a programme on te kawa o te marae (marae …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… Mills accepted, and received an enthusiastic reception from Auckland's lively socialists and their champion, Harry Scott … hurled themselves into recruiting; the bitterness in Auckland occasionally exploded into fist fights. Mills …
Type: Biography