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… when he was assailed from all sides. The arrival of George Grey to begin his first governorship in late 1845 soon led … dispatches to the Colonial Office that later became public, Grey questioned the validity of Henry's title to the land …
Type: Biography
… 1876 as member for Riverton, and aligned himself with Sir George Grey's liberal policies on land tenure and electoral reform. … A handsome man, 'spare of figure' and with blue-grey eyes and a fresh complexion, Hodgkinson was remembered …
Type: Biography
… (1866–71). On 3 November 1856 at Wellington he married Mary George, a widowed Wellington schoolteacher with two sons. … implication, of the policy of the Colonial Office. Governor George Grey 's blandishments were to prove more persuasive, the new …
Type: Biography
… of the written word, sending letters to Robert FitzRoy, George Grey , and Henry Williams and other missionaries. He told … late September, a harder line was taken by his successor, Grey. Heke did not take as conciliatory a tone with Grey, …
Type: Biography
… Constitutional Association and a critic of Governor George Grey 's constitutional proposals. He caused a stir, … and 1853 he did a volte-face and came out in support of Grey's new constitution, even defending Grey's failure to …
Type: Biography
… Edward Shortland was the third son of Captain Thomas George Shortland, RN, and his wife, Elizabeth Tonkin, of … subsequent career. In July and August 1842 he accompanied George Clarke , protector of aborigines, to the Thames … ideas and formative traditions which draw on George Grey 's Polynesian mythology, and ancient traditional …
Type: Biography
… 1910, the son of Ellen Margaret Vazey and her husband, George Nicole Douglas, a police constable. Transfers for his … he was introduced to a variety of left-wing ideas. After George Douglas died in 1929, the family moved to the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn. Norm spent a year studying basic accountancy by …
Type: Biography
… bill, which was subsequently taken up and passed by the Grey administration. In 1878 Reid retired from political … the views (and rhetoric) of the new land reformers such as George Grey and Robert Stout . Reid had his successes in political …
Type: Biography
… servants were Willoughby Shortland (colonial secretary) and George Cooper (colonial treasurer and collector of customs), … or less took charge of delivering public services. Governor George Grey handed responsibility for sheriffs, coroners, police, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Public service
… Impressed by Samuel Williams's work in Ōtaki, Governor George Grey urged him to move to Hawke's Bay. Grey wanted him primarily to stand between the Māori and the …
Type: Biography
… or Te Kawenata o Kohimarama (the Covenant of Kohimarama). Grey’s Māori councils Following on from the conference, Governor George Grey, who had taken over from Gore Browne, organised a new …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… married Eliza Ruby Thomson, daughter of a Kaipara farmer, George Lamberton Thomson, and his wife, Amy Codd. During the … the depression of the 1930s she and her daughters stitched grey flannel shirts for relief workers, and during the …
Type: Biography
… at Howick, Panmure, Otahuhu and Onehunga at Governor George Grey 's request. Grey also authorised funds for a college of St Mary at …
Type: Biography
… the Whitaker–Fox ministry. Weld, who had deplored Governor George Grey 's handling of the Waitara issue, believed that … on speedy military success, which the wrangle between Grey and Lieutenant General Duncan Cameron prevented. The …
Type: Biography
… settlements to enforce the peace of the Pākehā. Governor George Grey , outraged by the extent of the confiscations Whitaker … Whitaker then resigned his seat in the Legislative Council. Grey's suspicion of Whitaker and his wily partner remained …
Type: Biography
… to recuperate and there became friendly with Governor George Grey . Considered an outstanding leader, he attended the new … two letters, one written by his wife, Kereihi (Grace), to George Grey telling Grey of Āperahama's death, establish …
Type: Biography
… reader and a member of the General Synod. He admired Bishop George Selwyn and shared with him a sympathetic attitude … and the consequent lack of public confidence to Sir George Grey's leadership. When Sir Julius Vogel spoke at …
Type: Biography
… , a translation of Māori songs and addresses to Governor George Grey . After leaving the Native Department he published a …
Type: Biography
… as a collector of them and public benefactor he stands with George Grey and Alexander Turnbull as one of the pre-eminent New …
Type: Biography
… the passing of an ancient way of life. Māori legends in George Grey ’s compilation Polynesian mythology (1855) became for …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Non-fiction