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… clear-headed and clean-handed of the party…supporting Sir George Grey ' after 1877, but refused to accept the post of colonial treasurer because Grey would not undertake to leave Canterbury its land fund. …
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… first vicar, William Bolland. Their only child, Ernest Grey, was named after Sir George and Lady Grey, who were his godparents. After leaving Taranaki for …
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… interested in politics in the early 1870s as a supporter of George Grey . He supported Grey's defence of the provincial system … claims against the questionable land purchases of Captain George Read . Rees enjoyed assuming the high moral ground in …
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… was abandoned in 1855. Island retreat In 1862 Governor Sir George Grey bought Kawau and built a large home there. After Grey … a fathom deep’. 1 Trouble in paradise Governor Sir George Grey wanted to make Kawau an island haven. He …
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Part of story: Auckland places
… Greymouth 2013 population: 9,654 The largest town and … centre of the West Coast, near the mouth of the Grey River/Māwheranui, and 233 km west of Christchurch. … travelled up the river, which he renamed after Governor George Grey. James Mackay negotiated with local Māori chiefs …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… the pheasant family. They include: ring-necked pheasants grey, red-legged and chukor partridges California, brown and … Wetland game birds include: four duck species – mallards, grey ducks, Australasian shovelers and paradise shelducks … Colonial governor and later New Zealand premier George Grey was a keen importer of wildlife, and provided …
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Part of story: Game birds
… of 500 children turning out to welcome important visitors. George Grey was particularly taken with their activities and …
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… He upheld the rights of large runholders, and blamed Sir George Grey for creating class feeling in New Zealand. The …
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… of tribal councils (rūnanga) was set up. When Governor George Grey visited Waikato in December 1861 to attend a great …
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… his major dealings were with FitzRoy's successor, Governor George Grey , with whom he was working closely by 1849. He and Grey shared a common political purpose. As Te Rangikāheke …
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… in the late 1840s, Iwikau became acquainted with Governor George Grey . In 1850 Grey visited Pūkawa, and, in recognition of Iwikau's loyalty …
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… Hutt Valley. It was this incident which prompted Governor George Grey to arrest Te Rauparaha in July that year, and keep him … Auckland. The following month Te Umuroa also fell victim to Grey's questionable activities. On 14 August 1846 he was …
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… England as surgeon on the Lord Glenelg , the ship taking George Grey to Adelaide as governor of South Australia. Towards the … Captain of that vessel and how I navigated her from King George's Sound to this port in perfect safety'. Knight was …
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… she and her husband kept an inn at Paekākāriki. Governor George Grey often stayed at the inn and took two of their children … a boy at St John's College, Auckland, and a girl with the Grey family, but both children died. Only three of Kahe's …
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… Pūtiki on 25 December 1842, and took the name Hōri Kīngi (George King). He was also known as Tū. He had two wives. The … men to help defend the town. In February 1848, at Governor George Grey 's request, he went to Tuhua to try to conciliate Te …
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… prominence in the community, and a personal friend in Sir George Grey, the library's greatest benefactor. In collaboration with Grey, he was responsible for receiving and arranging on the …
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… of the sale and lease of Māori land and served Governor Sir George Grey by helping to create a friendly buffer zone against any …
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… of this act he was awarded a pension by Governor George Grey . He was later appointed an assessor, under the Native …
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… Grey, Hocken and Turnbull The work of preserving personal … was largely undertaken by private collectors, notably George Grey, Thomas Morland Hocken and Alexander Turnbull. … significant repositories of non-official archives: the Sir George Grey Special Collections at the Auckland Libraries …
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Part of story: Archives
… shared the imperial ambitions of Bishop Selwyn and Sir George Grey . He urged the establishment of a school for island …
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