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… in the use of the bowie knife, a weapon he is said to have introduced to New Zealand. In July 1853, in the company of a …
Type: Biography
… which he consistently (but inaccurately) claimed to have introduced to New Zealand in the 1940s. This …
Type: Biography
… origin of the New Zealand Authors’ Fund, which he was to introduce in 1973, and of his own considerable collection of … someone whose commanding presence and extravagant rhetoric introduced a new idealism to political debate in New Zealand. …
Type: Biography
… Wakefield, after his release from prison in May 1830, was introduced to a collection of young and reputable … against Wakefield, the new ministers asked Wynyard to introduce at once full ministerial responsibility; this they …
Type: Biography
… still life, and landscape painting. Art history lectures introduced her to what would become an enduring interest in …
Type: Biography
… By using the technique of deep hypothermia, originally introduced in Japan but perfected by Barratt-Boyes, he was …
Type: Biography
… to James Carroll , the minister of native affairs, to introduce legislation against the sale of liquor to Māori …
Type: Biography
… in gaol, supposedly awaiting trial. Bryce lost no time in introducing the Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Māori …
Type: Biography
… outbreak' in Dunedin gaol. Tighter discipline was introduced, 'mutiny' broke out, and Burgess was lashed. He …
Type: Biography
… of his enthusiasm for war. Lesson was amused when Clarke introduced Hongi to him as a gentleman and was incredulous …
Type: Biography
… to adulthood. Like many women of her generation she was introduced to sewing by her mother, and began making her own …
Type: Biography
… he became a fervent critic of the policy when Julius Vogel introduced it, reverting to strong provincialism after …
Type: Biography
… , he commented on native land laws, and the anomalies introduced in the course of frequent revisions. This letter …
Type: Biography
… evils. He started up a Wairoa branch of He Toa Takitini and introduced its credit union. He also used his contacts in …
Type: Biography
… roles in the Anglican church he sought to manage change, introducing it slowly to avoid disruption, whether it was …
Type: Biography
… visitors were entertained widely. Waikato and Hongi were introduced to George IV. The painter James Barry portrayed …
Type: Biography
… marching into the page. As well as the coalition ass, Low introduced into his cartoons successful symbols such as the …
Type: Biography
… , specialist itinerant art advisers visited schools to introduce new skills, activities and approaches into the …
Type: Biography
… form a sports club in the area. Eve contacted Savage and he introduced her to paraplegic sports, opening the possibility …
Type: Biography
… 1894, he made several attempts over the next two years to introduce his own bill for periodic revaluation of the …
Type: Biography