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… was able to pursue several commercial interests. He had introduced cattle to Ruapuke on returning from Sydney in …
Type: Biography
… to the new rūnanga system which the governor proposed to introduce. When Mantell resigned his portfolio in December, …
Type: Biography
… following year. When the Anthropology Department moved to introduce stage II Māori in 1952, it was blocked by senior …
Type: Biography
… token woman on so many bodies’. 1 That year, Davies’s union introduced the 16-point Working Women’s Charter, instigated …
Type: Biography
… his employment prospects and fears that New Zealand would introduce conscription led Hickey and his family to move to …
Type: Biography
… became increasingly suspicious of government attempts to introduce structures for Māori self-government; there was, …
Type: Biography
… then accepted the scheme. From then until 1947, Nordmeyer introduced benefits for hospital outpatients, pharmaceutical …
Type: Biography
… had been established around the country. She also helped introduce Rape Crisis centres into New Zealand, after seeing …
Type: Biography
… in 1983. Frank Sargeson's major achievement was to introduce the rhythms and idiom of everyday New Zealand …
Type: Biography
… and moved to London to seek a living. In 1848 he was introduced to the Canterbury Association, probably by John …
Type: Biography
… would make a fair copy, standardising word division and introducing punctuation. He kept very closely to Takaanui's …
Type: Biography
… Boys’ High School from 1930 to 1933, where he was introduced to military training as one of the school’s …
Type: Biography
… in the university and in schools. Class field trips introduced Cumberland to Canterbury landscapes, which were …
Type: Biography
… and was awarded annual prizes of poetry anthologies which introduced her to the work of poets in other countries. At …
Type: Biography
… family. Establishing identity Frame’s sister June Gordon introduced her to Frank Sargeson , a focus of literary …
Type: Biography
… being considered unfit to govern the country.' His ministry introduced a wider range of reforms than any of its …
Type: Biography
… was mentored by a neighbour, the author Mona Tracy , who introduced Ramai to the world of books and persuaded the …
Type: Biography
… parliamentary scrutiny of the executive, including introducing a daily oral question period. The existence of …
Type: Biography
… land. He protested against the Māori Land Settlement Act introduced by the Liberal government in 1905 on the grounds …
Type: Biography
… for a seismic shift in New Zealand’s drinking culture by introducing a simpler, more liberal regime. Later, he …
Type: Biography