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… wheat and other crops, and, with the assistance of Governor George Grey , agricultural machinery and flour mills. Māori … figures and claimed close friendships with governors George Grey and Thomas Gore Browne . The Ōtāwhao Māori …
Type: Biography
… of his bellicose nature. In 1866 Paipai gave Governor George Grey , with whom he travelled on several occasions, an … of moa hunting in his youth on the Waimate Plain. He showed Grey and military commander Thomas McDonnell a place near …
Type: Biography
… which, combined with the medieval manuscripts in Sir George Grey's gift to the library, makes the collection the largest … One of his major clients was fellow book-collector Sir George Grey. The Auckland Free Public Library first received …
Type: Biography
… numerous local bodies. Encouraged by John Ballance and Sir George Grey , he contested the Masterton electorate as a Liberal … from the department's advocacy, under its new director, George Hogben , of a national staffing and salaries scheme. …
Type: Biography
… gone to Auckland at the end of 1889 to study books in Sir George Grey 's collection at the Auckland Free Public Library. … a member of the Central Liberal Committee which supported George Grey and other Liberal candidates. Desmond did not …
Type: Biography
… of the day, including Hōniana Te Puni-kōkopu and Sir George and Lady Eliza Grey. She was also involved in the ladies' circle of St …
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… between the Pātea and Rangitīkei rivers. In 1853 Governor George Grey granted land for a parish church in Whanganui. Pezant …
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… and one daughter, Nira. On 4 December 1862, under Governor George Grey 's new runanga system, Retireti Tapsell was appointed …
Type: Biography
… lent his collection of paintings by British artist George Dawe, his maternal grandfather, to the New Zealand … New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington. Governor George Grey lent a collection of Māori taonga (treasures) to the …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… in Taranaki, and, with others, demanded his recall. During George Grey 's second term as governor, Taratoa opposed his system …
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… The Grey Collection of Auckland City Libraries, the Hocken … be examined in the library only, and cannot be borrowed. Grey Collection In 1882 politician and former governor Sir George Grey wrote of his plan to donate a substantial …
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Part of story: Libraries
… had operated in Māori through necessity, this soon changed. George Grey introduced the Education Ordinance 1847, which required … Crusoe was published in a Māori translation . In 1878 Sir George Grey organised the translation of Thomas Bracken’s …
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Part of story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
… committee, Masters and C. R. Carter , waited on Governor George Grey and requested his assistance. Grey's support led to blocks being made available in …
Type: Biography
… because of a dispute over the way in which the governor, George Grey , had appropriated revenue without summoning the Council. In 1851 and 1853 Grey invited Monro to accept appointment to the Legislative …
Type: Biography
… of Australia, Canberra, was commissioned by the governor, George Grey , presumably to illustrate his claims of success in his … Octavius Hadfield in the presence of Māori notables and Sir George and Lady Grey in the Rangiātea Church at Ōtaki. The …
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… although he himself conveyed intelligence to Governor George Grey . By 1864 the Māori saw the Wesleyans as having … in support of European colonisation of New Zealand. Grey drew on his knowledge when compiling his Polynesian …
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… G. A. Selwyn , Chief Justice William Martin , Governor George Grey and – on one memorable occasion – a denominational …
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… In 1862 Hēnare Pōtae was appointed an assessor in Governor George Grey 's rūnanga system, which the government proposed to … in 1878 he was the principal speaker at a welcome to Sir George Grey, now the premier, at Te Poho-o-Rāwiri. In the …
Type: Biography
… in the South African Public Library at Cape Town by Sir George Grey (and he was responsible for their eventual return to … literature by editing a new edition of the Māori text of George Grey's Polynesian mythology. This book, Nga mahi a …
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… It is also known as the laughing jackass. Distribution Sir George Grey liberated kookaburras on Kawau Island (near Auckland) …
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Part of story: Introduced land birds