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… was desperate to marry. She first threatened West by letter, then, at a confrontation in Nelson Crescent, Napier, …
Type: Biography
… as the number of yachts rose, the system changed in 1921 to letters: from A-class for keel yachts to Z-class for …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sailing and windsurfing
… aboard the steamer Rimutaka. He took with him several letters of introduction, including one from the premier, …
Type: Biography
… him a new understanding of life, movingly described in a letter to Bultmann. Briefly dean of theology at the …
Type: Biography
… exacting and somewhat mercenary in business matters, his letters to friends and family reveal an affectionate nature. …
Type: Biography
… the principal manuscripts, early printed books, autograph letters, etc., contained in the Auckland Free Public Library …
Type: Biography
… into English. During the Second World War he censored letters written in Māori by members of the 28th New Zealand …
Type: Biography
… and through the process of chain migration – where letters from friends and relatives who had already settled …
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Part of story: English
… the NURSE vowel and occasionally with the second vowel in ‘letter’. Younger Southland speakers pronounce /r/ in ‘third …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Speech and accent
… plant with burrs). Language colonist The 19th-century letters of early colonist William Colenso show early blends, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… rumours of ‘wild animals, snakes and English people’. Letters home helped provide a more accurate view. But it was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Scandinavians
… the New Zealand Literary Fund’s £1,000 scholarship in letters. A visitor to the Andrews home when the children …
Type: Biography
… 1876, taking the name of Sister Mary Gertrude. In 1882 a letter was received in Mountrath from James Murray, bishop …
Type: Biography
… and became known (by transliteration) as Te Piiki. His letters reveal some standard prejudices. On one occasion he …
Type: Biography
… the pseudonym 'Pākehā' in the Auckland City Mission's newsletter. She may also have worked at the mission on a … her closest friend in New Zealand was shown a hand-written letter from Valentino. A notably attractive woman, with a …
Type: Biography
… Grierson, Aimer and Draffin, where he detailed the lettering on the Auckland War Memorial Museum. In 1930 he …
Type: Biography
… child. Her readers responded to her columns by writing letters, which she rewarded with praise and advice. As Aunt …
Type: Biography
… A week later she was one of the signatories to a letter to the Evening Post thanking the 'noble and brave' …
Type: Biography
… children from other families who worked for their keep. Letter writing was used to sustain contact with family …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Families: a history
… courses, especially the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington financial …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Fiction