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… on land and allows the insertion of Māori words in white lettering. Āraiteuru flag At Puketeraki, near Dunedin, in … carried. The black part has the word ‘Araiteuru’ in white letters. …
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Part of story: Ngā haki – Māori and flags
… there was no lighthouse; merely a beacon in a cottage. In a letter of complaint he vividly described the conditions the … was £125 per annum, inclusive of firewood. Well-written letters from her requesting lighthouse equipment and …
Type: Biography
… and articles – as well as the correspondence from Māori. Letters from the chiefs Early government newspapers provide … evidence of Māori chiefs’ opinions about colonisation. Letters written to Governor Robert Fitzroy were published in …
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Part of story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni
… example, the Post Office had a monopoly on the postage of letters but not of newspapers and parcels. In 1890 New … been the first airmail stamps in the world. Pigeons carried letters on very lightweight paper, which was tied to their …
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Part of story: Postage stamps
… A recurring subject in Māori letters to newspapers is the aspiration to participate in … government’s Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani . As their many letters attest, Māori welcomed the paper with exuberance, … national and overseas news, items from other papers, letters and obituaries, reports on tribal meetings, and …
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Part of story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni
… from any association with Völkner's death. Wēpiha wrote a letter to Grey saying Ngāti Awa had no part in it and that Te Whakatōhea had been totally responsible. The letter was signed by the chiefs of Whakatāne including those … Kapaiere and Wēpiha Te Mautaranui. Wēpiha also signed a letter written in March by the assessor Hōhaia Mata-ka-hokia …
Type: Biography
… flowers, including tobacco, 'all growing beautifully'. In a letter to his patron, eulogising the colony – a letter published in the New Zealand Journal , unofficial …
Type: Biography
… reveals another side to her character in a series of lively letters about the travails of writing and delivering the … her work, she wrote: ‘Many thanks for your sympathetic letter. I am about to order a case of sherry, 10,000 …
Type: Biography
… until May 1901. While in South Africa Twisleton wrote letters which were published in English newspapers. … Following his return to New Zealand he used these letters as the basis for a book, With the New Zealanders at … at Gallipoli on 20 May 1915. He wrote a number of private letters which provide an insight into the reality of trench …
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… Cook islands, a new New Zealand halfpenny stamp design, a letter card and a £1 postal note. By 1894 he had decided … craftsmanship. His lasting disappointment is evident in a letter he sent to the Post and Telegraph Department as late …
Type: Biography
… and powers of description to such an extent that his letters describing pioneer farm life with its many trials and pleasures make enjoyable reading. One letter tells of the great bushfire of 1890, when Fred and …
Type: Biography
… and publishing, and his observations are recorded in many letters. As a result of these trips, Wilson and Horton … attributes of blunt speaking, charm and good humour. His letters and diaries reveal a warm and active man keen to …
Type: Biography
… character and strong opinions are exemplified by a letter published in the Colonist in February 1889. Provoked … with man the labor of the education of the world.' The letter went on to express contemporary feminist belief in …
Type: Biography
… for military aid from New South Wales. Heke wrote a cryptic letter to FitzRoy; he said that he meant to improve his … continued his fight by means of the written word, sending letters to Robert FitzRoy, George Grey , and Henry Williams …
Type: Biography
… if the Crown took unoccupied land it would contravene the letter and spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi. Whiteley … be known to both settler and Māori alike. He was a prolific letter-writer, and in his letters he put the case for the settler community. He …
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… also a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters. An undergraduate creative writing course was first … alongside the playwright. International Institute of Modern Letters In 1997 New Zealand’s first Masters in Creative … programme, and the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) was established within the university in …
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Part of story: Arts education and training
… the earliest Māori ink drawings in existence – and penned letters to the CMS about their adventures in England. They dictated their letters to their companion, Francis Hall. He wrote their … copied this writing onto paper with quill and ink. The 19 letters still in existence represent the first written Māori …
Type: Biography
… centred on her family and her confidences shared in letters to her friend from school days, Margaret Taylor, … she lived a restless life – 'I do nothing useful'. In her letters to Margaret Taylor she occasionally wrote about the … 's term as native minister, Maria denounced in private letters what she regarded as her brother's over-cautious …
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… with Hongi against them. Nevertheless they all endorsed the letter he wrote on 27 September 1821 which assessed their … causes of our security amongst them.' This provocative letter was the immediate cause of his dismissal by the CMS … have been one of Kendall's major informants. In a series of letters written between 1822 and 1824, mostly to the CMS, …
Type: Biography
… nine children, was born. Sarah Barraud wrote numerous letters to relatives in England, describing her new life in New Zealand. The letters contain vivid descriptions of domestic events. …
Type: Biography