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… James Mackay Drummond was born in Thames, New Zealand, on 17 October 1869, the son of John Drummond, a surveyor, and his wife, Annie … and natural history to the Lyttelton Times and for 27 years his articles were syndicated amongst other newspapers, …
Type: Biography
… One of New Zealand’s most eminent horticulturists, James Anderson McPherson devoted his life to the development of public gardens throughout the country. He … are now well established in New Zealand. On 4 May that year he married Mabel Sutherland at Hanover Street Baptist …
Type: Biography
… The island was named after Joseph Raoul, quartermaster of … by Captain H. M. Denham of HMS Herald in 1854. When the New Zealand government established a weather and radio … sporadic explosive eruptions for at least the last 4,000 years, and similar large eruptions are likely in the future. …
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Part of story: Kermadec Islands
… Summer – Orion In summer Orion becomes prominent in the north-western night sky. Along with the Southern Cross, … ancient Greeks recognised as a giant with a sword and belt: New Zealanders see a saucepan. Three bright stars form the … sky around late May or early June heralds the Māori New Year. …
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Part of story: Night sky
… was born on 9 August 1903 in Goole, Yorkshire, England, the son of William John Sewell, a chemist, and his wife, Ada … English at Auckland University College. Sewell arrived in New Zealand in late 1933. He was to remain at Auckland for 12 years, and later claimed that he did his best work there. …
Type: Biography
… Chadd was born on 1 August 1836 at Lymm, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Mary Clayton and her husband, William Chadd, … 1861 from Gravesend, London; they arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 July 1861. Elizabeth's two stepsons, aged … Blackman died at Auckland on 3 February 1900. For almost 30 years, until the business was sold shortly before her death, …
Type: Biography
… Segar was born at Liverpool, England, on 31 January 1868, the son of Robert Segar, a journeyman baker, and his wife, … He was educated at Liverpool Collegiate Institution. At 16 years of age he was first in pure mathematics, applied … at Auckland University College, and travelled to New Zealand to take up the post. He married Elise Frederica …
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… Blaiklock was born on 6 July 1903 in Birmingham, England, the son of Florence Tromans and her husband, Edward … of a local steam engineering firm. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1909, arriving in Auckland in August. In … purchased a 30-acre farm on the outskirts of Titirangi; 10 years later the farm was sold and the family moved to a …
Type: Biography
… Albert Johnson was born in Wellington on 27 September 1924, the son of Albert George Johnson, a police constable, and … Street and Lytton Street schools in Feilding. In these years he became acquainted with the bookbinder Edgar … brief period he was employed as a publicity writer for the New Zealand Standards Institute, but his ambition was to …
Type: Biography
… Ethel Maude Bryant was born in Wellington on 20 December 1882 … wagon for the Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company of New Zealand before moving with his family to a property on … in 1937, she became president, a position she held for 14 years. She was also president of the Palmerston North …
Type: Biography
… kauri Water transport is very economical, but as kauri is the only native New Zealand timber that floats, this method was used only in … by a rigger and then re-used. It is estimated that over 90 years, up to 1,000 log dams were built. The dam collected a …
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Part of story: Bush trams and other log transport
… Peter Hinrik Peters, known in New Zealand as Harry Peters, was born on 28 April 1852 in Cleve, a small village near Heide, in Holstein, Germany, the son of Johann Hinrik Christian Peters and his wife, Anna … of establishing himself as a farmer meant that it was some years before Peters found time to explore Mt Egmont. He made …
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… Native Lands Acts 1862 and 1865 The Native Lands Acts 1862 and 1865 established the Native … Māori to sell land before its other tribal owners knew of the sale. The Native Land Court’s hearings were … Native Land Court did not uphold this custom. In its early years the court often awarded ownership of land areas of …
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Part of story: Te ture – Māori and legislation
… was sometimes spelt Mayne. When she arrived at Auckland, New Zealand, on the Sir Edward Paget in December 1850 she was a widow, and … were held in Janet Main's home in 1854. In the following year she became one of fifteen foundation members of the …
Type: Biography
… Anthony Lawlor was born on 12 February 1893 in Wellington, the son of Irish-born Catholics David Roche Lawlor, a … young ladies, where his sisters were pupils, but after a year or two he transferred to the Marist Brothers’ School at … press gallery and an assistant sub-editor on the New Zealand Times . On 7 November 1917 he married Amy Martha …
Type: Biography
… lifelong passion for photography and flying made him one of New Zealand’s foremost aviation pioneers, though in person … parents’ Craggy Range sheepfarm near Havelock North. His father, William van Asch, had been born in Manchester, … of livestock for farming journals. The following year he declared his intentions to establish a company that …
Type: Biography
… 1950s and 1960s There was a comfortable smugness about New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s and, in parallel, it was … the award attracted a field of strong entries in its first year, pointing towards a promising future for New Zealand …
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Part of story: Cartooning
… Rawlinson was born in Ha'apai, Tonga, on 1 October 1918, the daughter of Ethel Rose (Rosalie) Jennings and her … parents separated and she and her mother travelled to New Zealand, settling in Auckland. Favoured with beauty and … soon after arriving. She was hospitalised for four years, first in Auckland and then in Rotorua, and used a …
Type: Biography
… Collegiate School from 1903 to 1907. He was admitted to the Bar in Hamilton in 1913 and first began practice in Te … sons were born of the marriage. In 1915 Luxford joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a captain in the Machine … decorum and was notoriously intolerant of noise. In his 23 years on the Bench he disposed of an enormous number of …
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… was born at Gibraltar, probably in 1793 or 1794. Her mother's name is unknown. Her father, James Simpson, was the … at Gibraltar. He would later become colonial surgeon in New Zealand, in 1849. The couple had no children, but raised … which they reached on 27 February 1841. For the next seven years Peter Wilson worked as a medical practitioner in …
Type: Biography