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… more than 20 years in New Zealand, he played a key role in introducing modern architecture. Gisela Taglicht returned to … from Austria, mostly cultured and well educated, helped introduce restaurants, cafés, theatre and music into New …
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Part of story: Central and South-eastern Europeans
… organisations. As agricultural science grew, collections of introduced plants and animals were built up. Physics or … and heritage projects, including revegetation identifying introduced species and weeds commercial purposes, including …
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Part of story: Collections of plants and animals
… juveniles from five species of native galaxiids. Some introduced fish are common in freshwater systems, where they … that are a food source for galaxiids. One common, introduced fish, trout, are implicated in serious damage to …
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Part of story: Life in fresh water
… which trout need to spawn. More new species? Many species introduced by settlers and acclimatisation societies have … are very strict, and Fish & Game is unlikely to apply to introduce any new species as they would face exhaustive …
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Part of story: Acclimatisation
… regulation, and in 1961 the Golden Kiwi lottery was introduced. As for betting on horses, that too was taken … the introduction of casinos, and by 2003 six had been introduced – one each in Christchurch, Auckland, Dunedin and …
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Part of story: Sports and leisure
… moth fauna. In farmland and suburban areas, native and introduced butterflies and moths live together. Pests Some … moth destroy carpets, stored dry products and clothing. Introduced species continue to arrive, but few become …
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Part of story: Butterflies and moths
… keen shooters, most duck hunters are men. Boys are often introduced to the sport by their fathers, or by other adult male relatives and friends. Fish and Game New Zealand introduces women to clay-target shooting – an important step …
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Part of story: Duck shooting
… Civil unions, widely seen as a form of ‘gay marriage’, were introduced in 2005. Although strongly opposed beforehand by … of Marriage) Amendment Act, a private member’s bill introduced by Labour MP Louisa Wall, which allowed same-sex …
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Part of story: Marriage and partnering
… In 1976 a National Provincial Competition (NPC) was introduced. This established a round-robin format of play by … the next four the Lochore Cup. Semi-finals and finals were introduced in 1992. By 2022 Auckland (with 16 wins) and …
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Part of story: Rugby union
… but three kinds came with early sailors. Kiore Polynesians introduced the rat around 1250–1300 AD, when they settled in … and bat species. For example, when they were accidentally introduced to Big South Cape Island (off Stewart Island) in …
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Part of story: Introduced animal pests
… abolished compulsory arbitration in the public sector, and introduced labour relations laws that had previously applied … 57,149 in 2020. Devolving functions Other reforms were also introduced. Some large departments were restructured and …
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Part of story: Public service
… Introduction Rooks are native to Europe and Asia. They were introduced successfully to Canterbury and Hawke’s Bay in the … webpage about rooks says: ‘Rooks are the most destructive introduced birds known to our farming sector, due to the …
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Part of story: Introduced land birds
… sericeus ), two native sand-binding plants, and the introduced marram grass ( Ammophila arenaria ). The shape of … coloniser, often backed by stabilised dunes planted with introduced lupins and pine plantations. Dune animals New …
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Part of story: Coastal shoreline
… than 100 days. Many animals died en route. Steam ships, introduced in the 1880s, had larger carrying capacities and … shipment in which 12% of the sheep died, a welfare code was introduced to ensure that mortality was no higher than 1%. …
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Part of story: Transport of animals
… the largest of the Auckland Islands because of predation by introduced cats and pigs. On the smaller predator-free … They were exterminated on the main island by accidentally introduced rats. However, a few birds were discovered in …
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Part of story: Wetland birds
… for agriculture, and the remaining forests were damaged by introduced browsing mammals, especially deer and possums. … of birdsong. But forest clearance, wetland drainage and introduced predators have decimated the bird population. …
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Part of story: Conservation – a history
… total grassland area. These have been largely replaced by introduced grasses for farming. Extent of grasslands The … In the early 21st century, scientists established that introduced herbivores such as deer and hares had not taken …
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Part of story: Grasslands
… had won 17 Oscars. In 2005 two new award ceremonies were introduced. The Qantas Television Awards, honouring … (later renamed the Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards), introduced an additional award for Best Television Feature …
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Part of story: Awards and prizes
… this was raised to Standard 5 (Year 7). One of the changes introduced by reforming Secretary of Education George Hogben … charged fees. To get around this, some primary schools introduced a free ‘standard seven’, an additional year for … led to a secure job in the public service. In 1903 Hogben introduced free places in all secondary schools for children …
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Part of story: Primary and secondary education
… suffered from official neglect. The secret ballot was introduced for European seats in 1870, but until 1938 Māori … officer. Electoral rolls for the four Māori seats were not introduced until 1948. Registering to vote was made … 1993. Māori electoral option In 1975 the Labour government introduced the Māori electoral option after each five-yearly …
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Part of story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation