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… roimata koua riringi He puna wai kai aku kamo… I gaze up to the stars To the assembly of Matariki Captured are my … also known as the Pleiades, in the Taurus constellation. In New Zealand it comes into view low on the north-eastern … just before dawn in midwinter. This heralds the Māori New Year and the changing of the seasons. Iwi celebrate Matariki …
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Part of story: Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori
… Katherine Elizabeth Morton, better known as Elsie K. Morton, … articles as Elsie Morton were published in 1907 in the New Zealand Herald . In 1909 she joined her brother William … outlook was shaped by the experience. The following year she became a junior reporter at the Herald , 'on the …
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… was born at Torpoint, Cornwall, England, on 13 June 1902, the son of Annie Sealy and her husband, Percy Charles … , stationed in Auckland, and the Minhinnick family moved to New Zealand. Gordon had a brief period, with his brother … to Prouse and Gummer (later Gummer and Ford) for four years and passed the first of his degree examinations at …
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… parents' names have not been traced. Seffern was trained in the printing trade. He married in London, probably in 1849 … 1850 he emigrated to Australia where he worked for five years on the Illustrated Sydney News and other newspapers. He moved to Auckland, New …
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… Twinkling in the winter sky just before dawn, Matariki (the Pleiades) signals the Māori New Year. For Māori, the appearance of Matariki heralds a time …
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… Orton Sutherland Hintz was born in Hawera on 15 November 1907 to … teacher, and his wife, Cora Evelyn Modlin Orton. His early years were spent in Nelson, where his father was director of … and drama. In January 1925 he took up a cadetship at the New Zealand Herald. He was to remain with the newspaper …
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… born in County Monaghan, Ireland, probably in 1831 or 1832, the son of James Reed, a farmer, and his wife, Jane Ann … The remainder of Reed's career was spent principally in newspapers in New Zealand, Australia and Britain. In 1869 or … from 1873 until his resignation in November 1874. That year he was one of three prominent Aucklanders who induced …
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… Trevor Lloyd was born at Wade (Silverdale), near Auckland, New Zealand, on 21 December 1863, the son of Henry Lloyd, a farmer, and his wife, Hannah … print-making, he took up etching and drypoint. Over the years he produced sepia etchings of Māori subjects, the New …
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… Emma Hilda Keane was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 18 May 1873, the eldest of six children of Elizabeth Hancock and her … and writing. A short-lived teaching career included a year (1901) as a governess at St Hilda's Collegiate School …
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… William Blomfield was born in Auckland on 1 April 1866, the son of Emma Watts Collis and her husband, Samuel … Blomfield, a carpenter. The family moved to Thames the next year. In 1880 they returned to Auckland where William's … freedom as an articled pupil on the artistic staff of the New Zealand Herald . Blomfield worked at the Herald in the …
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… Alexander McIntosh was born in Auckland on 21 January 1904, the only child of William John Alexander McIntosh, a … studying accountancy at night school, he spent about two years working as a clerk and accountant in Hamilton. He then returned to Auckland and in 1926 joined the New Zealand Herald as a proof-reader, beginning a long …
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… June Margaret Allen was born on 13 March 1926 in New Plymouth, the daughter of Nellie May Bendall and her husband, Arthur … them to work a little harder and not to give up. Over the years she taught many cadets and trained others in the art …
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… Joseph Ivess, who was associated with some 40 New Zealand newspapers between 1868 and 1907, was born in … Limerick, Ireland, probably on 8 February 1844. He was the son of John Pope Ivess, a storekeeper, and his wife, … New Zealand Celt , whose proprietor, John Manning, was that year convicted of seditious libel. This heady political …
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… Willis was born on 20 June 1842 at London, England, the son of Matilda Wills and her husband, John Willis, who … Eyre and Spottiswoode, with whom he remained for three years. After the death of his mother he worked his passage to New Zealand on the Dinapore , arriving at Auckland on 5 …
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… William Arthur Whitlock was born at Nelson on 2 July 1891, the son of William Charles Whitlock and his wife, … Hobart-born Mary Saul Alexander. His father had come to New Zealand from England to take up farming, but instead … , later renamed the Hawke’s Bay Tribune. The following year Whitlock became the paper’s accountant, and by 1912 he …
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… educated at Ellerslie and Remuera schools. After completing the sixth standard he joined the Post and Telegraph … and shortly secured a position with the Auckland-based New Zealand Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic Review. At 19 … served as a private in the territorials for three years. As a pilot officer and flying officer he compiled an …
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… Martha Annie Johns, was born in Nelson on 18 July 1898. The family had moved to Wellington by 1902 and then to … Square grocery organisation. Harry was sent to board at New Plymouth Boys’ High School at 14, and left at the end of the year with a recognised ability in literature and elocution. …
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… a prominent family in Nelson on 27 February 1882. His father, Thomas Andrew Hemming Field, had married Jessie Black … active in politics, serving as a city councillor for six years (two of them as mayor) and as MP for Nelson from 1914 … 10 books or pamphlets, with titles such as The truth about New Zealand (1939) and Why colleges breed communists (1941). …
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… we r e established in Wellington in 1848, Nelson in 1852, New Plymouth in 1856 and Invercargill in 1864. These societies presented mixed programmes that included … occasionally given for social and charitable purposes.’ A year later, the Herald reported from Coromandel (then in the …
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Part of story: Orchestras
… Saunders was born in Christchurch on 5 December 1908, the son of Violet Mary Georgina March and her husband, … Saunders, a cordial manufacturer. As music critic of the New Zealand Herald from 1940 to 1993, Lin Saunders was to be … music at King's College, Auckland, where over the next 38 years he taught Latin and French as well. A dynamic and …
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