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… pasture. Dairy cows were the most common large mammal, and introduced blackbirds, house sparrows and starlings were the … species Like much of New Zealand, Taranaki has battled with introduced plants that have become pests. Farmers have …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… In 1984 random breath-testing of drivers for alcohol was introduced and in 1993 compulsory testing of all drivers at … the issuing of licences. New legislation passed in 2012 introduced maximum trading hours and allowed communities to …
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Part of story: Alcohol
… on Easter Sunday continued, and chocolate Easter eggs were introduced in the early 1900s. In the 2000s both hot cross … were well-attended. Christmas trees, a German custom, were introduced to England by Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince …
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Part of story: Public holidays
… For the 1970 Grand Prix a new category, Formula A, was introduced. These massive 5-litre V8 cars immediately … Pacific, with high-performance 1,600-cc engines, was introduced. Since 2007 the New Zealand Grand Prix has been …
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Part of story: Motor sport
… its scope and it was suspended in 1930. Conscription was reintroduced early in the Second World War. During both wars, … did not match the needs of the war effort. CMT was introduced again in 1949 but could not meet the technical … of national service (selective conscription by ballot) was introduced in 1961. This ended in 1972. The Territorial …
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Part of story: Armed forces
… taken over the education portfolio and was working to introduce more manual and technical instruction throughout … training available to local artists. It proved successful, introducing influential figures such as F.V. Ellis, R.N. …
Type: Biography
… the National government's minister of internal affairs, introduced the more expansive £30,000 Golden Kiwi lottery in … When the Golden Kiwi lost its gloss in 1964, the government introduced four Golden Kiwi Mammoths, worth £135,000, to run …
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… formed. John Casserley set up New Dance in 1972. Casserley, introduced to dance while a student of Philip Smithells at … overseas in the 1970s and 1980s. Film and television also introduced dancers in New Zealand to works by foreign …
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Part of story: Contemporary dance
… example is rugby union (usually known as rugby). Introduced to New Zealand by ‘old boys’ of English public … in Australian club competitions. More recently basketball, introduced from the United States, has also entered a team …
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Part of story: Sports and leisure
… a child should be immunised. In 1960, the Health Department introduced a national immunisation schedule which … 83.1% were fully immunised. In 2008, the Ministry of Health introduced a programme that made vaccination against the …
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Part of story: Epidemics
… In 1938 the government introduced import control regulations to allow selection of … by echoing the imports they were replacing, they also introduced fresh trends by appropriating Māori-inspired …
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Part of story: Industrial design
… of noted American iris hybridiser Robert Schreiner, who introduced a selection of her cultivars to the American … breeding programme, she gained international recognition. Introduced in 1949, Pinnacle became one of the world’s more …
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… Cook, the whalers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries introduced a form of slang known as whaler’s Māori, which … workers from other occupational groups also introduced new terms. Beachcomber came from gold mining, and …
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Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… whom the bulb Gagea was named, and Sir William Gage, who introduced the greengage plum into England. On 6 August … and grew an impressive number of exotic species. She introduced several species into New Zealand including the …
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… by the Animals Protection Act 1960 which, although it introduced many reforms, made animal experiments legal. …
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Part of story: Animal welfare and rights
… of species. Decline Norway rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) were introduced by Europeans in the 18th century, and ship rats ( …
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Part of story: Kiore – Pacific rats
… lepidus ), which attacks white clover, was accidentally introduced to New Zealand in the 1990s and has since spread …
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Part of story: Pastures
… Forest health With introduced trees came many new pests and diseases. From the …
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Part of story: Forestry research
… in winter. Phosphorised pollard (wheat bran), which was introduced from Australia in the mid-1890s, proved more …
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Part of story: Rabbits
… Corruption or recognition? When a new Electoral Act was introduced in 1902, Napier MP Frederick Pirani claimed that …
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Part of story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation