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… by the 2-km Rākino Channel. Rākino was bought by Governor George Grey in 1862 and was later owned by Sanford Fisheries who …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… This action led to the outbreak of war in 1860. Governor George Grey’s unwillingness to accept a rival sovereignty in New …
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Part of story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state
… never to be the same again. Loss of land In 1853 Governor George Grey took 371 hectares of Motueka Native Reserve lands for …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… access to their land, harassed the road builders. Governor George Grey responded by building a series of forts to protect the …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… the far side of Moutere Island. A mill gifted by Governor George Grey operated from 1854 to 1913 and has now been restored. …
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Part of story: Whanganui places
… the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI). Other names include Breakfast, Judges, … from around the world, including the American writer Zane Grey and the Duchess of York (later the Queen Mother). Then …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… and also at his home town, Palmerston. A statue of Governor George Grey was erected in Auckland in 1904. Premier Richard … A. Fantham in Hāwera (1908), the Waipū settlers (1914), and George Vesey Stewart in Katikati (around 1926). Hokitika …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… else going there. You’d give them both a discount,’ 3 says George Tyler, who managed a Wellington taxi firm in the 1950s and 1960s. George Tyler, who was manager of Wellington’s Black, White and Grey Taxis in the 1950s and 1960s, and later headed the Taxi …
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Part of story: Taxis and cabs
… 'squarely built, alert and dapper', with a 'nicely brushed' grey beard, he was regarded as a middle-of-the-roader …
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… common experience. Among the steady trickle to and fro was George Grey, New Zealand’s governor in 1845–1853 and 1860–1868. Between his two stints in New Zealand, Grey was governor of the Cape Colony and high commissioner …
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Part of story: Africa and New Zealand
… Māori translation The following month the premier, Sir George Grey, visited Lawrence, and 800 schoolchildren sang ‘God … to Bracken, asking for the original manuscript of the poem. Grey then asked Thomas Henry Smith, a former judge of the …
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Part of story: National anthems
… enthusiastically promoted and developed the region included George Read, who had been active in the district since the …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… skirmishes in the Hutt Valley and at Pāuatahanui, Governor George Grey, who replaced FitzRoy, boldly detained Te Rauparaha in … Waiwhetū in Lower Hutt. Decline of the New Zealand Company Grey was more successful than the New Zealand Company in …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… the Atkinson ministry. Larnach then took office under Sir George Grey as colonial treasurer and minister for public works. He …
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… land at Whāingaroa. Although Te Awa-i-taia told Governor George Grey in 1863 that he objected to government policy on Wiremu …
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… had beaten off an attack at Pēhikatea pā (near present day Greytown) about 1833, Pēhi Tūtepākihirangi and Nuku-pewapewa … alliance of Pākehā squatter and Māori landowner. Governor George Grey visited the district and gave an assurance that the …
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… that right was often on the Māori side. Governor George Grey was criticised for his resistance to self-government, …
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… towards a reconciliation was made. In May 1878 the premier, George Grey , approached Tāwhiao with a proposal including the … over roads, surveys and land dealings. The thrust behind Grey's push for a settlement was his wish to open the King …
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… Trevor Chute and was taken into custody. The governor, George Grey , following a plan formed by Donald McLean , took Te Ua … In Auckland he was held under lenient house arrest with Grey at his Kawau Island home. In June he was allowed to …
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… by citing a considerable body of literature, including George Grey’s Nga mahi a ng a t upuna and Ng a mo teatea, White’s …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori