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… a painful experience. At some time in these years he was introduced to sex by a male relation and began to discover … Some time later Kennedy met Colin McCahon , whom he introduced to Woollaston. Kennedy became a supporter of …
Type: Biography
… less expensive. Regulating dentistry The Dentists Act 1880 introduced the registration of dentists and identified the … Board was disestablished. In 1904, a private member’s bill introduced by Member of Parliament Thomas Sidey saw … they deserved. In 1912, medical inspections in schools, introduced by the government, revealed that 72% of Standard …
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Part of story: Dental care
… public good, rather than maximising profits. Tramways were introduced as a means to open up suburban areas and reduce … establishing new routes or services. Government subsidies introduced A government committee of inquiry was convened in … the government collected. In 1992 a regional petrol tax was introduced to compensate for gradual reductions in the level …
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Part of story: Public transport
… called netball), tennis and hockey. Physical education was introduced to schools, along with military cadet training … now influenced their play, and television references were introduced into rhymes for skipping and clapping games. … early 20th century, increasing mobility. Skateboards were introduced in the 1960s and BMX bikes in the 1980s. Both …
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Part of story: Children’s play
… costs and falling prices was to produce more. In 1977 it introduced the Livestock Incentive Scheme to encourage farmers to keep more stock. The following year it introduced a raft of subsidies and production incentives, … seed for the first time in their history. Subsidies were introduced for superphosphate and lime – superphosphate use …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… (8 kilometres) of their station. The Fires Service Act 1975 introduced central government control and support for fire … manhunt. In 2007 rural liaison police officers were introduced to the Rangitīkei region to help deal with the …
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Part of story: Rural services
… 1860. Wellington harbour ferries The first ferry service introduced in Wellington was from the central city to Days …
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Part of story: Public transport
… interest was charged on loans. More recently, agencies have introduced fixed fees for some services. The first agencies …
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Part of story: Stock and station agencies
… had a sentimental attachment to skylarks, and from 1864 introduced many to New Zealand. They became common …
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Part of story: Introduced land birds
… populations in pasture. Parasitoids have been successfully introduced to control pests such as sitona weevil on … has effectively controlled sitona weevil since it was introduced in 1982 and M. hyperodae has been successful …
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Part of story: Agricultural and horticultural research
… aethiopoides has helped control sitona weevils since it was introduced in 1982. Another strain was released in 2006 to … staggers and other health problems in grazing livestock. Introduced endophytes A strain of endophyte, AR1, which …
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Part of story: Insect pests of crops, pasture and forestry
… the ranges. He was particularly interested in the impact of introduced deer and possums, and in local Māori history. Most importantly, in his view, he introduced several generations of schoolboys to tramping and …
Type: Biography
… in 1896. Thirty years later on the Waitematā Harbour they introduced seine netting from new types of trawlers. Many … attitudes were slow to change. In 1926 the government introduced an upper limit of 3,500 Yugoslavs, after which …
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Part of story: Dalmatians
… number of tourist-hotel licences available. These had been introduced in 1948 to enable some hotels to sell liquor to … run the place. A tourist accommodation development scheme introduced in 1963 gave substantial government assistance to …
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Part of story: Hotels and motels
… education and compulsory medical inspection which was introduced into primary schools under the education acts of … instruction in first aid and home nursing. From 1914 she introduced Saturday morning dance classes which included …
Type: Biography
… from the 1840s. A wide range of animals and plants were introduced, and farming began on the grasslands. … raised about the combined effects of burning, grazing by introduced mammals, and the spread of aggressive weeds. …
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Part of story: Grasslands
… and custom. For example, in 1844 Governor Robert FitzRoy introduced the Native Exemption Ordinance. This provided … Māori into European life came in 1912. A provision was introduced to the Native Land Amendment Act enabling Māori …
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Part of story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state
… law In 1878 two rival bills appeared in Parliament. One was introduced by Robert Stout, the young attorney-general in … Hall formed a new government. Back in cabinet, Whitaker introduced a simplified version of Stout’s 1878 bill, …
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Part of story: Voting rights
… were concerned that Europeans visiting New Zealand introduced Māori to prostitution, alcohol, muskets and … Musket Wars between tribes, and the even more devastating introduced diseases, may have undermined their confidence in …
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Part of story: Māori–Pākehā relations
… non-fatal. Many poisonous plants in New Zealand have been introduced for horticultural reasons. Only nine native … 1998 for plant poisoning, 93% of the plants identified were introduced species. The nightshades Top of the list for …
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Part of story: Poisonous plants and fungi