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… She was fully bilingual. Little is known about Ngapiki's first marriage to Te Tue Te Uawiri at Parewanui; records of … been accepted as a Methodist probationer in 1921 and served first in Pātea as a home missionary. He was a Methodist … herself was listed as a minister; by 1960 she and another woman, Raina Pine, were the only ministers, and by 1962 …
Type: Biography
… father was a qualified surveyor, who later became the first Māori to be appointed under-secretary of the … married Ian Leslie Moore, a law student from Nelson; their first child was born in August 1945. The couple’s finances … After graduating MB, ChB in 1949 (reputedly the first Māori woman to do so), Rina Moore began work as an assistant …
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… superintendent, Dr Walter Fox, Muir founded New Zealand's first preliminary training school in 1923. Two classes of probationers entered the hospital each year, their first three weeks being spent in the demonstration room with … and Muir sought to ban both alcohol and smoking. A tall woman of 'commanding presence', many students were afraid of …
Type: Biography
… Native Land Court hearings from the 1890s. He was the first chairman of the Taitokerau Māori Trust Board and was … In the early 1920s an unintended slight by Naru against a woman of Ngāti Haua caused most of the leading families of … for ordination to the Anglican priesthood. He became the first Māori to be ordained deacon without first going to St …
Type: Biography
… to sleep, led by Wellington carpenter Samuel Parnell, who first refused to work more than eight hours a day in 1840. … ‘Over the tea cups’ The popular magazine New Zealand woman’s weekly had a page called ‘Over the tea cups’ from its first publication in 1932. Readers sent in short stories …
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Part of story: Domestic recreation and hobbies
… Tauranga; his mother was Raukawa Mātia of Ngāti Hangarau, a woman of rank. As a supporter of the King movement Te Mete … disputes. In June 1896 his Bethlehem settlement was the first place where Tāwhiao's successor, Mahuta , stayed on … was offered to him in 1908. In 1909 Te Mete was the first to sign Tana Taingākawa 's petition concerning …
Type: Biography
… an eminent leader of his people and district. Rotohiko's first wife was Miriata Taiamai, a woman held in high respect by both Māori and Pākehā. She was … long before his death he was present at the turning of the first sod when a start was made to the Auckland–Rotorua …
Type: Biography
… what was assumed at their birth. The term ‘transsexual’ was first popularised in the 1950s by the US-based sexologist … a motorbike, shaved regularly and planned to marry a young woman he met on a trip to Sydney. Paying for transitioning … but there continued to be a long waiting list, even for a first specialist appointment. The Ministry of Health has …
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Part of story: Gender diversity
… 10th of 11 children of Katerina Te Atirau, a high-ranking woman of Te Arawa , of Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāti Pikiao … Robert and Annie died he became licensee of the hotel. As a first-grade licensed interpreter Asher conducted much Native … figures connected with Ngāti Tūwharetoa. One of his first major actions was to help negotiate the sale of the …
Type: Biography
… which her father had helped build, and was a pupil in the first class to matriculate. By the time Florence Armstrong … as a medical missionary around August 1901, reputedly the first woman doctor to be sent overseas by the Adventist church. On …
Type: Biography
… The game was an immediate success. On the day of the first draw (22 July 1987) crowds packed Lotto outlets … ensuring gross receipts of more than $2 million – and a first prize of $359,808 ($687,100 in 2012 terms). Within six … Kiwi. This equated to spending of $210 by every man, woman and child living in New Zealand. Distributing profits …
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Part of story: Gambling
… and finishes at Tuai. Adventure races One of New Zealand’s first ‘extreme’ multisport events was the Alpine Ironman … and other challenges The Raid Gauloises is considered the first team adventure race. It was first held in New Zealand in 1989 with 26 five-person teams (each including a woman). Taking two weeks to cover nearly 650 kilometres, the …
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Part of story: Triathlon and multisport
… Venereal disease was a major problem during the First World War. No official figures are available, but at … prophylactic (preventative) kits, devised by Christchurch woman Ettie Rout, were given to men going on leave; they had … venereal disease in the civilian population during the First World War. The great loss of life in the war, high …
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Part of story: Sexual health
… Māori Committee). Trailblazing families Tipi Rōpiha was the first Māori to lead a government department, as … from 1948 to 1957. His daughter, Rina Moore, was the first Māori woman to graduate as a medical doctor, in 1949. Lui Paewai …
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Part of story: Rangitāne
… from the township: the kitchen of their home provided the first church. Jessie was joined at the mission in 1914 by … Twenty-nine children attended Sunday school on the first Sunday. The local Ringatu were suspicious of the new … 1962. Jessie Alexander was a strong-minded, independent woman who was warm-hearted and caring. She developed a close …
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… small all-women dramatic societies. The willing horse , the first of her four plays to win the Drama League’s original … Women Writers’ and Artists’ Society, which met for the first time on 11 July 1932. In the society’s early years she … the children were young remembers Isobel as an attractive woman, full of energy, with lots of interests who clearly …
Type: Biography
… by her biographers, she was undoubtedly an outstanding horsewoman. Born Margaret Jane Briggs on 17 April 1892 at … in Clevedon, near Auckland, and in the same year made her first appearance at the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral … championship again in 1917 and 1918, and dead-heated for first in 1920. By this stage she was writing verse, some of …
Type: Biography
… and at the remarkably young age of 13 she taught her first pupil. She conducted classes in Hataitai (in the … later known as The Realm). At the age of 15 she opened her first studio at King’s Chambers, on the corner of Willeston … supporting study projects undertaken by dance teachers. A woman of integrity and intelligence, Daniels was a caring …
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… 1876, when Elsie was six months old. Her father became the first schoolmaster at Willowby, Ashburton county, a district … the principal, Helen Macmillan Brown, née Connon . As the first New Zealand woman to have gained an MA, Brown inspired and assisted …
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… in its buildings; in New Zealand it is in photographs. The first recorded instance of an attempt to make a … to photograph Eliza Grey in Wellington. Daguerreotypists first advertised in newspapers that year. Rare Though many … Harding. Elizabeth Pulman was probably New Zealand’s first woman photographer. Their later-19th-century and …
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Part of story: Photography