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… and other sinful excesses', and lived with a young woman called Carrie, whom he left when she became pregnant. … more than the blood-thirstiness of the wolf'. Burgess, at first 'nonchalant' and then 'weeping, but with a steady … and Levy calmly protested their innocence. Nelson's first executions occurred at 8.30 a.m. on 5 October 1866. …
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… and her husband, James MacGregor, a mason. Educated first at Breadalbane Academy, where he trained as a … of medicine, he has been credited with being the first at Dunedin Hospital to conduct an operation under … High School prize-giving denounced the Miltonian ideal of womanly submissiveness. MacGregor suggested that both sexes …
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… then deducted from wages, as was the cost of homes and the first year's rations. When Hannah Richardson (later Hannah … church, the day school and the hospital, and was the first woman to be elected to an education board. Russell, 'a …
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… to assist in avenging the deaths of Te Toroa and the woman warrior Te Rangiwaitatao, related chiefs killed by … by Bishop G. A. Selwyn , was sent to investigate. At first Clarke recommended the arrest of Tāraia by force, but … If an attempt was made to capture and hang him he would first take utu for himself by killing Europeans. His people …
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… The Marutūāhu tribes twice invaded the Bay of Islands, first attacking the people of Te Rāwhiti, and then … known as Wēpiha to local Māori, married a Ngāti Whanaunga woman. To the growing number of European timber workers and … Tauwhare. It was in Te Horetā's territories that gold was first discovered in New Zealand, in 1852, in the Kapanga …
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… Ōpōtiki. She was the daughter of Mereana Tuki, a Whakatōhea woman of mana, and Sanderson Black, the Pākehā captain of a … the school had employed another teacher and Jane became the first headmistress. The Manukau school was at first accommodated in an old hall, but Jane pressured the …
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… country 'the lack of sympathy…is the most trying part of a woman's lot'. She possessed this sympathy and was generous … service for Maori patients at Taurarua. The hospital first consisted of two or three rough huts and a tent made …
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… years in a small storehouse on Te Puna; she was a high-born woman reserved for an important marriage alliance. Another … ; the group arrived there on 27 November 1805. Te Pahi, the first influential Māori leader to visit New South Wales, and …
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… Tihi, with Ngāti Kahungunu. Te Purewa had five wives: the first was Hinekura, of Ngāti Rongo. They had three children: … wife was Rangitahu. Their child had the same name as his first wife, Hinekura. Te Purewa also married Taia and … was hunting for pigeon, his party heard the voice of a lone woman singing. On listening to the words, Tamahore knew that …
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… gained a divorce, at the time a most unusual feat for a woman. Two weeks later, on 18 June, she and Tregear married … was born in Hāwera on 29 September 1881. Tregear had his first desk job in New Plymouth, as a draughtsman surveying … circles, especially the Wellington Philosophical Society. A first result of his studies in comparative mythology and …
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… Matiu, and Penihāmine. Te Rangitāke married twice. His first wife was Te Kautū-ki-te-rangi, and they had a son, … in August 1846. Before long Te Rangitāke had his first confrontation with Grey. In February and March 1847 … He held Te Rangitāke responsible for the refusal of a young woman to marry a close relative of his, to whom she had been …
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… mother, to whom he was devoted, was an austere and aloof woman, and Frances became his closest companion. At 11 he … gold buying and retailing businesses on the goldfields, first at McIvor, then at Goldsborough, but neither … An introductory issue of the Otago Daily Times , the first daily in the country, appeared on 15 November 1861. …
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… the only Anglican clergyman in this area. He was also the first minister to conduct a Christian service in Auckland, … They had two daughters and one son. A capable, courageous woman, Beatrice was well able to take charge of the large …
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… William's mother became the major influence in his life. A woman of strong character who managed to give her four sons … modest ability. He served under Arthur Wellesley (later the first Duke of Wellington) in the 74th (Highland) Regiment of … Cargill also could not bear the criticism of Dunedin's first newspaper, the Otago News , run by another Englishman, …
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… group . Winifred Patterson had been one of the city’s first female bank tellers. Avis attended St Anthony’s School … galleries in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. This was the first of its type to be held in Australia, and possibly the … such as blackout, from the point of view of a young woman. This work had been sold in leading stores, acclaimed …
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… is said to have accompanied Bishop G. A. Selwyn on his first visitation tour of New Zealand. When he found Ngāi Te … was one of the war leaders, and was slightly wounded on the first day of fighting. Peace was made in 1858. When Te … Pōrere pā, Kawepō was clubbed from behind by a young Taupō woman, the widow of Paurini, a chief who had been killed …
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… her recovery and began building a new life for herself. At first she was based at Auckland Hospital where, despite her … by those who reacted negatively to her disability when they first met her. Despite these challenges Opie remained … partner or wife. As an attractive and charming young woman in her twenties it was a difficult reality to face. …
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… South Island prophet Hipa Te Maihāroa and was to become the first South Island apostle of T. W. Rātana . John … his birth was said to end a curse against the birth of male first-born which derived from the taking of the West Coast … Tūpahu Tahuna Horomona and his wife, Mīria Henrici, a woman of rank from Ngāti Pāhauwera hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu. …
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… alcohol. In Auckland, Walker began courting a young Pākehā woman, Deirdre Patricia Dodson, who was also training to be … them in their dealings with the government. It was Walker’s first involvement with a Māori organisation. The previous … Struggle without end (1990, revised edition 2004), his first full-length non-anthology book, that confirmed his …
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… scientists and was exposed to seaweed research for the first time, working with Dr Lucy Moore . Developing career … a person without university qualifications, especially a woman, to take up a specialist scientific role, but Nancy …
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