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… as colonial secretary under Governors Robert FitzRoy and George Grey , Acting Governor Robert Wynyard , and Governor Thomas … a shrewd businessman, to whom many, including FitzRoy and Grey, entrusted their investments. He was fond of …
Type: Biography
… was probably of Ngāti Ruanui from Taranaki, and Alexander Grey (Gray), a blacksmith from Aberdeen, Scotland, who had … where she continued her guiding career. In 1895 she joined George Leitch's Land of the Moa Dramatic Company, playing …
Type: Biography
… house and Italianate garden of 19th-century governor George Grey. Grey was a keen collector of plants and animals, and his …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… Palace, London. Seuffert was cabinet-maker to Governor George Grey during 1862 and 1863. Four beautiful inlaid panels, all bearing the Grey coat of arms, were produced for the library at Mansion …
Type: Biography
… part in social life. He received occasional visits from George Grey: the two men discussed, among other subjects, the Hebrew language, which Grey was endeavouring to learn. Until his death on 10 May …
Type: Biography
… a lawyer, was appointed to present the petition to Governor George Grey at his residence on Kawau Island. On Grey's order, Margaret Lynch was released on 12 May. A full …
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… seeking revenge. In June the chief protector of aborigines, George Clarke , accompanied by Bishop G. A. Selwyn , was … for mining. He journeyed to Auckland to hear Governor George Grey 's proposals, but refused to allow his lands to be …
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… the King movement. He went to Ngāruawāhia, under Governor George Grey 's authorisation, to negotiate peace with Wiremu … cast. Rewi assumed that Te Wheoro, as a firm friend of Sir George Grey, would support Grey as premier. It was reported, …
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… was baptised on 31 January 1825. He was the third son of George Hall and his wife, Grace Williamson. George Hall was a master mariner and shipowner, who rose to … found himself elected to lead the opposition to Sir George Grey , the premier. On Grey's defeat in the House, Hall …
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… Ireland, on 24 October 1810. He was the seventh child of George Maunsell, a collector of customs and later a banker, … November 1825, the daughter of Agnes Hoyes and her husband, George Panton, Beatrice Panton had arrived in Auckland in … won him the respect of men such as William Martin , George Grey , William Williams and George Selwyn, who consulted him …
Type: Biography
… be paid less than Pākehā doing the same work. Governor George Grey threatened to sack them if they didn’t accept the lower …
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Part of story: Strikes and labour disputes
… In February 1847 he accepted a commission from Governor George Grey to negotiate with Wairarapa Māori for land purchases. … purchased by Donald McLean . At the end of February 1848 Grey and Bell discussed Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke 's …
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… was among the Wanganui leaders who appealed to Governor George Grey to negotiate a surrender of Weraroa pā, on the … When negotiations broke down, Mete Kīngi advised Grey against a frontal attack. Instead, on Mete Kīngi's …
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… was born in New Plymouth on 17 October 1859. His father, George Patterson, an engineer, had emigrated to New Zealand … Forbes in 1852 and established a steam sawmill in the Grey district, outside New Plymouth. After Elizabeth Patterson's death in 1854, George Patterson returned to England to marry Susannah …
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… purposes survive only in their ingratiating dedications to George Grey and Robert Stout , and in their determination to …
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… settlement, The Albertlanders (1927). The Star had backed George Grey in the parliamentary election of 1875, and was a …
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… and was the ultimate vendor of Kawau Island to Governor George Grey . Settling on land bought by his brother at Kohuora, …
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… 1855. In 1853 Carter and Joseph Masters persuaded Governor George Grey to buy the first blocks of land for settlement in … largely responsible for the settlement of Masterton and Greytown. Carter acquired, by a series of purchases, a large …
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… and Edward Stafford , and was present when Governor George Grey arrested Te Rauparaha . Crawford later returned to …
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… commanded a detachment of troops accompanying Governor George Grey to the Bay of Islands, in the aftermath of the northern …
Type: Biography