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… given regardless of the wealth of the school. State aid, introduced in 1970, was lower for wealthier schools. By the … funding varied widely in the 1970s to 1990s. The state aid introduced in 1970 originally covered 20% of teachers’ … to grants existing before 1970. A new method of calculation introduced in 1995 saw the private schools get a percentage …
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Part of story: Private education
… the show-ring from the early 1900s, and loudspeakers were introduced in the 1930s. Entertainments Entertainment events … Sideshow alleys appeared in the late 19th century – one was introduced at the Hawke’s Bay show in 1892. Emerging from … ‘shoat’ (half sheep, half goat). In 1897 Manawatū introduced a steam-driven merry-go-round, but these did not …
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Part of story: Shows and field days
… takahē remain in the Fiordland mountains, and have been introduced to several predator-free island and fenced … – the conditions were harsh enough to limit numbers of introduced predators and competitors. Takahē bone remains … as some believed they would not survive on a diet of introduced grasses. But the birds have survived and bred – …
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Part of story: Large forest birds
… his visits to New Zealand between 1769 and 1777, James Cook introduced a number of northern-hemisphere plants and … The Protection of Animals Act 1867 aimed to safeguard introduced game rather than native animals. Nevertheless, … species, were badly affected by forest clearance and introduced predators such as rats and cats. Their decline …
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Part of story: Conservation – a history
… long hours fanning the nectar to dry it. Native versus introduced bees Native bees usually get nectar from flowering native plants, while introduced bees visit other flowers. Native plants have …
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Part of story: Beekeeping
… but their exact parentage is unknown. Boysenberries were introduced to New Zealand from Knott’s Berry Farm, … raspberry bush dwarf virus, which had been inadvertently introduced with an imported cultivar. The virus spread from …
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Part of story: Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts
… shelves and display stands. Open dispensaries were also introduced so customers could see the white-coated … to screenings and at intervals. Once refrigeration was introduced, ice cream was a major seller. Confectioners had …
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Part of story: Shops
… the bullocks, and double- and three-furrow ploughs were introduced. Ploughmen were often called teamsters, because … of the 1930s. It leapt in 1936 when the Labour government introduced compulsory unionism. …
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Part of story: Rural workers
… brought them to New Zealand. There is no record of who introduced stone fruit to New Zealand. Groves of wild … be more suited to New Zealand’s soil and climate than most introduced cultivars. Favourites were Golden Queen peaches …
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Part of story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry
… for low productivity on farms, although plagues of newly introduced wild rabbits and pigs were a major factor. A government wanting to be seen to act introduced a bounty on kea, providing an easy way to make …
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Part of story: Birds of mountains and open country
… which supported these schools, in the later 1840s. This introduced government inspection, but also introduced principles on which the education should be based …
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Part of story: Māori education – mātauranga
… in the northern hemisphere abandoned migration when introduced to the more temperate New Zealand climate. Introduced ducks and geese also stopped migrating, although …
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Part of story: Bird migration
… In the late 1800s and early 1900s attempts were made to introduce other salmonid species such as whitefish, Atlantic … Brook char ( Salvelinus fontinalis ) Brook char were first introduced in the late 1870s or early 1880s. They were …
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Part of story: Trout and salmon
… restricted to walking pace. However, as trams and cars were introduced, it made little sense to maintain this speed … largely ignored them. Parallel white lines were then introduced to better define crossings and deter jaywalking. …
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Part of story: Street life
… to a different climate and adopting new resources. Introduced plants and animals While it is possible that plants introduced to New Zealand by Polynesians – such as kūmara …
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Part of story: Te ohanga onamata a rohe – economic regions
… species, only 9% (about 2,500) are native. At least 1,800 introduced plant species have become naturalised, which … or outgrow native species. They are sometimes called introduced weeds, adventives, exotics or alien plants. Weeds …
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Part of story: Weeds of the bush
… has become an aggressive invader, listed among the 20 worst introduced weeds there. …
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Part of story: New Zealand species overseas
… opened a new preliminary training school in 1959. Having introduced study days for pupil nurses in Oamaru Hospital, … She was a strong advocate for the new curriculum introduced in 1957, which included obstetrics and preventive … nurse training programme, a shorter, more practical course introduced in 1966, and she also sought to attract older and …
Type: Biography
… Introduced to New Zealand in 1960, television has been a … with the internet, many more television channels were introduced and programmes could be viewed online. Scarcity …
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Part of story: Television
… social and humanitarian factors. In 1991 the government introduced a points system for professional and business … immigration slowed in the late 1990s. After New Zealand introduced an English-language test as a condition for …
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Part of story: Koreans