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Onward and upward: 1940s to 1960s

… early 1950s, NAC settled on the Vickers Viscount aircraft. Introduced to the main trunk in 1958, it was popular with …

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Part of story: Aviation

Origin of New Zealand’s insects

… food for waterfowl like blue duck, and for native and introduced fish. These insects have their nearest relatives …

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Part of story: Insects – overview

Researching native forests

… the extent of natural regeneration and the effects of introduced animals. The survey project was an enormous …

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Part of story: Forestry research

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Introduced animals

Distribution of introduced birds

Differences between native and introduced frogs

Takahē eating introduced grasses

The call for electoral reform

… a royal commission to consider whether New Zealand should introduce a proportional representation electoral system, or …

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Part of story: Electoral systems

… discomfort of their work. It has been claimed the habit was introduced by Californian miners who had become addicted … New Zealand were Chinese migrants. The drug had been introduced to China by the British, seeking an export from … (Guangzhou), from where many Chinese gold miners came. They introduced recreational opium-smoking to New Zealand. In …

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Part of story: Drugs

Rawlinson, Gloria Jasmine

… publication of Gloria’s book in 1933 when she was just 14. Introduced by Elsie K. Morton , many of the poems had … Rawlinson was credited as co-author. In 1952 she edited and introduced a painstakingly researched collection of Robin …

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Rhodes, Harold Winston

… graduated MA with honours. At the university he was also introduced to the political ideas that were inseparable from … Wall . Rhodes gave voluntary lectures on modern literature, introducing grateful undergraduates to Eliot and Lawrence, … Conference held at Canterbury University College, and he introduced the first full university course on New Zealand …

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Trends in violent crime

… which did not attract a heavy penalty. The new legislation introduced specific family violence crimes, and criminalised … the next five years. The police's new recording method, introduced in 2014, shows the number of violent crime … and parole. However, in 2010 the National-led government introduced a version of the American ‘three strikes and …

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Part of story: Violent crime

Howard, Mabel Bowden

… health portfolio) continued to control policy. However, she introduced important legislation which provided for better … and the teaching of obstetrics and gynaecology. She also introduced legislation to improve facilities for the … of the Animals Protection Act in 1960, which she had first introduced in 1957. She was obsessively fond of cats, always …

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Knox, Walter James

… freeze, put penal provisions in industrial legislation, and introduced ballots on compulsory union membership. There was … a proposal for tax cuts instead of a wage rise, Muldoon introduced tax cuts and imposed a wage and price freeze in … the government and the employers. In 1983 the government introduced significant and detrimental changes to state …

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Parr, Christopher James

… first steps towards being accepted as a teacher when he was introduced to J. M. Alexander, an Auckland solicitor. Parr … religious instruction and school buildings. He also introduced a pioneering system of teacher grading. In …

Type: Biography