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… movies. Courses in Māori language and customs were later introduced at all levels of the three-year training. These …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori theatre – te whare tapere hōu
… the most up-to-date facilities – but when the Dunedin club introduced the newly-invented water closet in the 1870s …
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Part of story: Men’s clubs
… 2ZB in Wellington, as one of a group of Māori broadcasters introduced by Scrimgeour at this time. Haddon became well …
Type: Biography
… visited Frederick Sinclaire in Melbourne in 1931 and was introduced to local socialist groups. In 1931 the Hendersons …
Type: Biography
… other game – the fruits of the land – had been destroyed by introduced predators. She wanted the land to be settled by …
Type: Biography
… members. Compulsory schooling to standard six (year eight), introduced under the Education Act 1877, was sometimes …
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Part of story: Families: a history
… had no immunity (like measles, influenza and tuberculosis), introduced by Pākehā settlers. The musket wars of the 1820s …
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Part of story: Population change
… not have alcohol before Europeans arrived; when they were introduced to it, most did not like it. It was called …
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… he attacked compulsory unionism, which was shortly to be introduced by the Labour government as part of its sweeping …
Type: Biography
… could speak a connected sentence in Māori, and he hoped to introduce them to their own culture. The group visited all …
Type: Biography
… children and easy-listening vocalists, talent shows did introduce some significant original acts. Shona Laing was …
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Part of story: Popular music
… matter of utility. He remarked on the short-sightedness of introducing birds of prey and insect-eaters to help …
Type: Biography
… John Seddon. He was greatly impressed with the recently introduced Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of …
Type: Biography
… his two friends, Willie Fitzherbert and Alexander Bowler, introduced a primitive form of football (using a bullock's …
Type: Biography
… in 1963 with Robinson as its founding chairman; he had introduced regional government to New Zealand. In 1965, …
Type: Biography
… He excelled at writing and editing study guides that introduced the thought of contemporary theologians such as …
Type: Biography
… gardener and Wellington Horticultural Society member, he introduced bamboos to Wellington. He also promoted the …
Type: Biography
… to playwrights. Male playwrights Male playwrights also introduced new sensibilities and aesthetic strategies. …
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Part of story: Plays and playwrights
… Racing Conference and was among those responsible for introducing a totalisator at Riccarton in 1880, the first …
Type: Biography
… animals and methods of agriculture which he observed being introduced at the Kerikeri mission station. He began work …
Type: Biography