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… permitting the training of nurses in private hospitals was introduced into Parliament in 1929. In the words of an …
Type: Biography
… New Zealand’s Territorial Force, had prepared the way by introducing compulsory military training. New Zealand had …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: First World War
… research. He utilised the concepts of landform evolution introduced to New Zealand by Charles Cotton of Victoria …
Type: Biography
… Otago and Canterbury were in financial difficulties. Vogel introduced a capitation scheme – provinces would be funded …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Colonial and provincial government
… Kirk also initiated the biological control of pests when he introduced the Australian ladybird (vedalia) to control the …
Type: Biography
… lake weed has been a problem since it was accidentally introduced in 1973. Lakeside sheep stations include Glendhu, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Otago places
… were many more species before mammalian predators were introduced. For example, Northland once had more than 17 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Lizards
… and the playful mountain parrot, the kea. There are also introduced species – white-tailed and red deer, and brown …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: National parks
… Māori MP Hēnare Kaihau , who was under Mahuta’s patronage, introduce to Parliament a Maori Council Constitution Bill, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement
… reached about 5,000 in the 1881. Prejudice saw a poll tax introduced in 1881 to discourage immigration. Most hoped to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Gold and gold mining
… would be seriously affected. The New Zealand Meat Board introduced the Lamb Market Diversification Scheme, under …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Meat and wool
… for women separated from their soldier husbands, were introduced during the First World War . Ethnicity While …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Family welfare
… and a system of guaranteed prices for butter and cheese was introduced. In 1943, standing for the New Zealand National …
Type: Biography
… potato) meant it had to be cultivated by men. Potatoes, introduced by Pākehā, did not have the same ritual needs and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Musket wars
… which led to wind and water erosion. Deer and possums, introduced in the mid-19th century, upset the balance of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Soil erosion and conservation
… and opportunities for exporting. In 2015 the government introduced a 28% tax credit on the cost of carrying out …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Knowledge-based industries
… More recently, the Māori term ‘tāwāhi’ (distant) has been introduced to describe new immigrants such as those from …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… Smithells’s wife, Olive, and Czech refugee Edith Sipos, introduced a hitherto unknown notion of dance to audiences. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Contemporary dance
… as the tide ebbed. Niccol was largely responsible for introducing the scow to the longer distance coastal trades …
Type: Biography
… the second petrol price hike of the 1970s, the government introduced rationing again, and it remained in force for 18 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Energy supply and use