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… in 1918. Minutes record her saying that a by-law should be introduced prohibiting spitting on trams or in the street, …
Type: Biography
… copied Māori in going eeling, and later fished for introduced trout. Guests People often visited friends or …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rural recreation
… Speaker of the lower house of the Kotahitanga parliament introduced a motion from Meri Mangakāhia, requesting that …
Type: Biography
… the European farming techniques, animals and plants introduced by traders, settlers and missionaries into their …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: King Country region
… Puketapu empathised with the needs of urban Māori and introduced important initiatives such as kōhanga reo (a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori
… of Māori opposition. After 1865 the Native Land Court introduced a new land tenure system based on the ownership …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… for injured and sick ex-servicemen. Red Cross nurses also introduced new forms of occupational therapy to improve the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Veterans’ assistance
… was ripe to expand into new fields of research. The MRC introduced fellowships to promote research by attracting …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Medical research
… on 25 May 1922. She was a pioneer, struggling to introduce to New Zealand Anglicans the novel concepts of …
Type: Biography
… to quash the Otago and Southland Reunion Bill when it was introduced to Parliament in 1870, but the bill was passed on …
Type: Biography
… instructor, by now sporting his characteristic moustache. Introduced to the West Coast by two of his pupils, he …
Type: Biography
… House, also in Remuera (1944–50). Group Architects then reintroduced the gabled roofs of New Zealand’s own … Bay in 1951 and 1954 respectively. The Rotherham House introduced a daring mezzanine bedroom floating in the centre …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Domestic architecture
… James Hector , and a son, Charles, was long thought to have introduced rugby football to New Zealand. …
Type: Biography
… 1942 was successful, and later that year the government introduced a comprehensive economic stabilisation programme. …
Type: Biography
… the national finale in August. A composition division was introduced in 2000. Popular music Smokefreerockquest is an …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Young people and the arts
… Kimbra and Franz Ferdinand. In 2011 Rhythm and Alps was introduced in Queenstown and Cardrona. Alternative festivals …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Arts festivals
… feeding Eels were once considered a threat because they ate introduced trout. But they are now economically important in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Eels
… be extinct – have survived because humans protect them from introduced predators. They include species that no longer …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Extinctions
… Most Christian denominations found in New Zealand have been introduced by migrants, and new forms of Christianity …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Diverse Christian churches
… for rating on the unimproved value of land. He also introduced three bills in favour of proportional …
Type: Biography