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… found it!’ 1 Another story says the name was made up of letters from the names of all the women in the party. On …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato places
… tower on 21 February 1931, Rhona Haszard fell to her death. Letters written the following month between her doctor in …
Type: Biography
… under the pseudonym 'An Old Acquaintance'; he wrote many letters to the press on the rabbit problem. Writing was to …
Type: Biography
… officer informed the agent general in London that ‘letters written home by immigrants who have been made …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: The voyage out
… strength, sense of community, and Roman Catholic faith. In letters home they bravely refrained from mentioning the …
Type: Biography
… advances to Cresswell, who then attempted to extract a letter of confession and resignation from the mayor. …
Type: Biography
… October 2006 Buckingham Palace agreed to present a personal letter from Queen Elizabeth II recognising his gallantry, a …
Type: Biography
… couple were to have 10 children. In 1860 Martin obtained a letter of credit for £1,500 and went to Otago to join his …
Type: Biography
… reading the New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. She wrote letters to the newspapers, stating, 'I am proud to be a …
Type: Biography
… Tom Heeney … to blazon the name of this dominion in letters of gold across the whole civilised world … Thousands …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sport and the nation
… Māori society and its consequences for law and order. His letter was passed on to Earl Grey, the secretary of state …
Type: Biography
… affiliation to the Hockey Association. Hockey hooligans? A letter to the New Zealand Times in the early 20th century …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hockey
… in the household couldn’t read, someone else would read letters to them and write out their reply. The household’s …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Household management
… flight were recorded by Pearse or onlookers. In two letters, published in 1915 and 1928, the inventor writes of …
Type: Biography
… games I think. These other included Fill the Gap, I Wrote a Letter, Twos and Threes, Green Gravels, Fox and Geese, …
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Part of story: Children’s play
… dried pipi and preserved muttonbird), knitted garments and letters were sent overseas, receptions were held for …
Type: Biography
… he left Chatham Island Ritchie kept a remarkable series of letters (now in the Canterbury Public Library) from Maori …
Type: Biography
… of the Child Welfare Division could receive sharp letters rebuking them for their child-rearing practices or …
Type: Biography
… throughout the 1850s there are constant references in their letters to the state of her health. She was unable to return …
Type: Biography
… duties. These included preaching at services, writing letters – particularly official communications with the …
Type: Biography