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… Mass. When he could no longer pick out even the large-sized letters he relied on his memory. He spent hours listening to …
Type: Biography
… newspapers should be translated and included. In numerous letters printed in the two papers she solicited financial …
Type: Biography
… arrived in New Zealand in 1843. A 10th was born in 1846. A letter written by Sarah to her mother describes one way she …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Parenting
… and the government claimed to have intercepted treasonous letters from Pōmare to Pōtatau Te Wherowhero . As a …
Type: Biography
… satisfactorily paid and schools sufficiently funded. His letters to members of his family contain many thoughtful …
Type: Biography
… evidence that Völkner acted as a spy is well documented in letters he sent to Governor George Grey in January and …
Type: Biography
… books. The interests on which he wrote were legion: art, letters, architecture, music, libraries, archives, politics, … him he could still be moved to forthright indignation. His letters, most fully perhaps, reveal the range of his …
Type: Biography
… some relief from the heavy demands placed on him. His letters patent defined his northern boundary as Lat. 34° N. … in the local press, to which he responded in a pastoral letter. He spoke what he saw to be the truth and was …
Type: Biography
… enjoyed writing and researching works of pure history. A letter from James (1972) chronicled the difficult lives of …
Type: Biography
… of arrowroot sent in bulk from the New Hebrides – one letter mentions 6,850 pounds; and selling shells and 'native …
Type: Biography
… about nine linear metres of material including over 30,000 letters, were presented to the library of the University of …
Type: Biography
… the island included defending Maleme airfield. In a moving letter to his wife, Eruera described his horror at the …
Type: Biography
… policy in a boat ticket, and set off for New Zealand with letters of introduction. Historian J. C. Beaglehole and his …
Type: Biography
… point of view. E. H. McCormick’s 1940 centennial survey Letters and a rts in New Zealand gave a critical overview of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Arts reviewing
… the peace with Ngāti Maru. His son and A. N. Brown wrote letters on his behalf, and on 19 September 1835 a party of …
Type: Biography
… her passion to stem the moral decline of society by writing letters to film censors and newspapers. Patricia left the …
Type: Biography
… together the story of his life from further interviews and letters. Bent usually wrote to Cowan in Māori. In 1911 Cowan …
Type: Biography
… timber prices forced its closure. In 1891 Best received a letter which heralded a major turning point in his career. …
Type: Biography
… prepared to break down the conservatism of the elders. In a letter to Peter Buck he wrote: 'The torch-bearer will I …
Type: Biography
… are honoured at their 100th birthday with a congratulatory letter from Queen Elizabeth II (New Zealand’s formal head of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Older people