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… Hector in 1873 and a visit to the King Country with Sir George Grey in 1878. When in 1871 he described the only remaining …
Type: Biography
… to visit Waikato. As events drew nearer to war, Governor George Grey made an unannounced visit to Ngāruawāhia, at the beginning of January 1863. King Tāwhiao was absent, and Grey was welcomed by Te Paea. She asked Grey why he did not …
Type: Biography
… in the Kaiapoi district, which was included by Governor George Grey in the Wairau block purchased from Ngāti Toa in March … raised at Akaroa in February 1848, during a meeting with Grey to discuss the purchase of a site for the Canterbury …
Type: Biography
… Auckland, where a son was born. Brind applied to Governor George Grey for appointment as harbourmaster and pilot at the Bay …
Type: Biography
… colonised by Europeans. Governor anthropologist Governor George Grey explained his reasons for studying Māori language and … it through the lens of their own cultural biases. George Grey realised on becoming governor in 1845 that to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… Heads. Through this work he came to the attention of Sir George Grey who sought to take him to Auckland for formal …
Type: Biography
… Stowell, apparently at the instigation of Governor George Grey , continued his education at the Wesleyan Native …
Type: Biography
… , Anglican missionary at Ōpōtiki, reported to Governor George Grey that 700 or 800 armed Māori were assembled in the …
Type: Biography
… Ānaha was appointed the assessor at Okataina under Governor George Grey 's new runanga system. He had to give up his …
Type: Biography
… Troops to Tauranga In January 1864, Governor George Grey ordered several British units to go to Tauranga in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… paid a salary of £36 a year plus accommodation by Governor George Grey to write up Māori history, which Grey then drew on extensively in his own works. British …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History and historians
… Hoskins had, at times, to entertain visitors such as Sir George Grey and the chief justice, George Arney. Tragedy struck when Peter Hoskin died on 22 …
Type: Biography
… visiting the racing stables of leading Awapuni trainer George New, to whom Charlie became apprenticed. Eventually …
Type: Biography
… interests had turned to politics. That year he contested Grey Lynn, advertising himself as the 'People's Popular … to know about Scheme 45. His principal opponent, sitting MP George Fowlds, protested that the proposals would cost … attacks on the government, received SDP support in Grey Lynn, which he won in a close three-way contest. He …
Type: Biography
… of the Orpheus on the Manukau bar. Since 1861 Governor George Grey, as part of his plan to deal with Maori unrest, had … had become severely strained over this issue. To placate Grey, the Admiralty had instructed Wiseman to make New …
Type: Biography
… 1831, the ninth child and youngest son of the Reverend George Rolleston and his wife, Anne Nettleship. He married … of the provinces. However, he spurned alliance with Sir George Grey and James Macandrew who led a last-ditch fight in 1875. …
Type: Biography
… Hampshire, England, on 7 March 1853, the only son of George Augustus Cranley Onslow and his wife, Mary Harriet … Oxford. In 1870, on the death of his great-uncle Arthur George, third earl of Onslow, he succeeded to the title and … and, at 35, the youngest to be appointed since George Grey in 1845. Nor did he have the flair or flamboyance which …
Type: Biography
… 1880 and 1882, and was a strong opponent of the popular Sir George Grey . He associated with a small group of influential men, … sources as Edward Tregear , John White , F. D. Fenton , George Grey and Tāwhiao , the Māori King – showed the depth …
Type: Biography
… Thomas McDonnell , Arthur Mercer and Gustavus von Tempsky ; George Grey was a visitor. David Sheehan's Irish cousins at … of the Auckland radical group who, in 1874, persuaded Grey to end his political retirement to assume the …
Type: Biography
… domestic policy. Governors Thomas Gore Browne (1855–61) and George Grey (1861–68) blurred this distinction by retaining … sacked Governor Robert FitzRoy in 1845, and recalled Sir George Grey in 1868 after he clashed with politicians and …
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Part of story: Governors and governors-general