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… open water swim in New Zealand was that of Hinepoupou, a woman of the Ngāti Kuia tribe, who lived in the mid-18th … back to the South Island. At Gallipoli in 1915, during the First World War, the future governor-general, Bernard …
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Part of story: Open water swimming
… the main ancestral canoe of Ngāti Whātua. Māhuhu made its first landfall on the east coast of Northland, exploring the … west coast, where Whakatau's son Rongomai married a local woman, Takarita. Southern tribes say that Rongomai was the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… during winter. On 25 November 1876 Jane was appointed the first matron. On 29 September 1879 she married the hospital … as much as David. In appearance she was a handsome, solid woman with an expression of confident composure. In later …
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… New Zealand's early photographers, and was possibly the first woman professional. She coped with the upbringing of nine …
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… creating and implanting both aspects within Hineahuone, the first woman. She in turn gave birth to humankind, which accounts …
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Part of story: Ranginui – the sky
… as a bachelor, made an advantageous marriage to another woman. In turn, Mary Cott married Job Jeves, a schoolmaster … The couple and the children from their prior marriages first lived in Nelson, where Muller worked as a doctor. Mary … using the pseudonym Femmina, she published New Zealand’s first pamphlet on the women’s vote, An appeal to the men of …
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… sensational events such as the surrender of Germany in the First World War for a news story to make the front page. … readiness describe a cattle show and discuss a theatrical first night, that he should attend a meeting of the … city council in the evening.’ 1 Gender issues Pioneering woman journalist Robin Hyde joined the staff of Wellington’s …
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Part of story: Newspapers
… by the government. He later moved to Auckland, where his first employment was with a local boatbuilder. Burns won a … in a fall from a mast. He and Margaret Reardon, a married woman separated from her husband, lived in a shack Burns had … before a large crowd of settlers and Māori. He was the first European in the colony to be executed for a capital …
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… and began to supply local towns and farms. In the first decade of the 20th century small … the late 1930s. At a Country Women’s Institute meeting one woman was overheard saying, ‘When are we going to get this … to seven. WHAT A LIFE!’ 1 Domestic use Electricity was first used for farming and industrial purposes, and street …
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Part of story: Rural services
… involvement in women's issues. An energetic and forceful woman, capable of inspiring others, she was active in the … to allow this was passed in 1926 Annie Fraer was among the first 18 women to be appointed. In the 1920s the NCW urged … , she led the New Zealand delegation of 17 women to its first international gathering in Honolulu in August 1928. …
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… daughter of James McKinlay, a colliery manager, and his first wife, Mary McNeil. Margaret worked as a dairy maid on … chapel, Christchurch, on 15 March 1866, and set up their first home in Salt's Gully, Lyttelton. Soon after, George … 1868, influenced by Margaret, who was by nature a countrywoman, purchased a 40 acre section at Cust. By 1880 the Cust …
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… school games, took dancing classes and gave instruction in first aid and home nursing. From 1914 she introduced … in remedial exercises whenever necessary. During the First World War she was responsible for training the grammar … Sarah Heap retired in 1931. She was an independent-minded woman with a robust figure and a zest for life, …
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… them to get out of trouble. Lighthouses New Zealand’s first permanent lighthouse was opened at Pencarrow, near … dropped to 608 deaths, or 15 per year. Women and children first The only woman survivor of the Penguin was Mrs Hannam, who was put in …
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Part of story: Shipwrecks
… who ran a private school in Moray Place. Jennie had her first music lesson on her fifth birthday. She attended the … age of 10 Jennie accompanied their rehearsals. She made her first public appearance at the age of 11, performing in a … from some local musicians who were sceptical of a woman's ability to direct a choir and orchestra. Moving to …
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… William McKain returned to the Tower of London, where their first child was baptised in 1809. By 1811 they had moved to … McKain, also settled at The Spit, where they ran the first accommodation house and licensed premises in Napier, … in commemoration of an independent, capable and courageous woman. …
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… Edith joined the provisional committee, and was the only woman elected to the inaugural management committee on 27 … 1935. After extensive fund-raising and recruiting, the first grocery was opened on 14 November 1935, shortly … Together with Marjorie MacLeod, Edith Niederer called the first meeting in October 1935 to establish a women's guild …
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… physician In 1897 Margaret Cruickshank became the second woman doctor to graduate in New Zealand. She established a … now smaller than Glenavy, which it had eclipsed through the first half of the 20th century. The hall, domain and school … of the main south and Waimate branch railway lines. First known as Waimate Junction, it was renamed after a …
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Part of story: South Canterbury places
… and other friends exchanged with each other. She lived at first with her brother, Waring, in a house in Herbert … was for some women only: 'You are a coward and a traitor. A woman who works is by that alone better than one who does … with goods from England; and she appears to have been the first to import a sewing machine to Wellington. By 1853 the …
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… public health nursing in New Zealand. A slim and attractive woman with dark hair and dark eyes, Amelia Bagley trained as a nurse at Dunedin Hospital from 1892 to 1895. The first decade of her career was spent in the hospital service, first at Auckland Hospital from 1895 to 1902, and then as …
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… of learning). Ruanui began consecrating his building first, without waiting for Nukutawhiti. A metaphysical … Māmaru . It was then brought back to Muriwhenua, its crew first sighting land at Pūwheke Mountain on Karikari … west coast. Here Whakatau's son, Rongomai, married a local woman called Takarita. Their pā, Te Pukenui-o-Rongo, …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions