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… have been held since 1931. Women’s amateur wrestling was introduced at national championship level in 1991. Most …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Boxing and wrestling
… years later, in 1968, he suggested that the firm should introduce a retirement policy. The senior partners were … the open plan of New Zealand’s post-war modern houses, introducing relatively small spaces interconnecting across …
Type: Biography
… tariff (including removing duty on basic necessities) and introduced a modest but symbolically important land tax. … organisations. In his capacity as colonial treasurer he introduced land and income taxes to replace the property …
Type: Biography
… be to give full effect to the 1852 constitution and to introduce responsible government. When Browne reached … out that he required new powers and more money. A bill was introduced into the imperial Parliament to create a …
Type: Biography
… an upper house and did not try to reform it. In 1947 he had introduced a private member’s bill to abolish the council … also rising. The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) taxation system was introduced and the Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand …
Type: Biography
… ranges had been formed. His grandfather, George Denton, had introduced him to the Wellington Philosophical Society, and …
Type: Biography
… Poet-boxer Poet Denis Glover was a keen boxer. He was introduced to the sport at high school and belonged to the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Boxing and wrestling
… half of the nineteenth century. When Sir George Grey introduced his rūnanga policy in 1861 Ngāti Awa embraced the …
Type: Biography
… her life she would use this ebullient manner of greeting to introduce her broadcasts. The cheerful tone of her programme …
Type: Biography
… be safe here but beware of the housekeeper'. Connie was introduced to socialism and atheism by her Uncle Sam and his …
Type: Biography
… to that of the director. Bird was at the centre of moves to introduce new educational ideas. Early in his career he had …
Type: Biography
… year he was responsible, at the headmaster’s request, for introducing football to the school and later for …
Type: Biography
… assisted by the New Zealand Company arrived. The company introduced long-term settlers directly from Britain, as …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History of immigration
… offensive on a record, making it unplayable. Television was introduced in 1960. Until 1968 imported television …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Censorship
… some publications. In 1949 age restrictions for movies were introduced. In the early 1950s films such as The w ild o ne …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Teenagers and youth
… including a 'puzzle number' and raised ink, were introduced in a new series of brighter $5, $10, $20, $50, …
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Part of story: Coins and banknotes
… appointed director of the Catholic Youth Movement and later introduced the work of the Young Christian Students into …
Type: Biography
… of science should begin an original investigation and be introduced to the primary scientific literature. He …
Type: Biography
… work. The issue became complicated when employers introduced new hammer drills and insisted that they be …
Type: Biography
… inclusion of SCF investors in the deposit guarantee scheme introduced by the National government following the global …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Business failures and corporate fraud