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… Introduction and liberations The first possum liberations in 1837 were unsuccessful, but that did not … that he believed the animals could ‘with advantage be liberated in all forest districts except where the forest is …
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Part of story: Possums
… Women must decide our fate!’ In the 1970s the women’s liberation movement surged onto the streets, demanding …
Type: Story Front
… northern districts of the electorate felt neglected by the Liberal government. Campbell lacked political experience but … election in 1911, aided by vote-splitting between the Liberal and independent candidates, Campbell topped the poll on the first ballot; he then defeated the Liberal party's H. I. Simson on the second vote. Once …
Type: Biography
… the mixed economy, despite pressure, led by Shand, to liberalise. Hanan initiated a number of modest liberal moves, notably in liberalising liquor laws and abolishing the death penalty. …
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Part of story: National Party
… the poll on the first ballot and defeated the sitting Liberal MP, J. T. Hogan, at the second. In return for Reform … for a time he seriously considered joining a reconstructed Liberal government. Instead, in April 1912, he became an … Labour’ candidate. In 1925 Veitch finally joined the Liberals, at that time known as the National Party. He …
Type: Biography
… had been mainly channelled through the politically dominant Liberal Party, but by 1905 there was growing disillusion on the left with ‘Lib–Lab’ (Liberal–labour) politics. Attempts to create an independent labour alternative to the Liberal Party were hindered by political divisions among …
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Part of story: Labour Party
… affiliations in Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, where his liberal views on the church were accepted. Around 1855 he … new pastor, J. T. W. Davies. Edger's preaching appealed to liberal Auckland people, although Baptists were shocked at … meetings. Moreover, theologically he stood with the most liberal of English scholars, in whose writings he was …
Type: Biography
… He entered politics as soon as he could, standing as a Liberal in 1896 for the seat of Wellington Suburbs; he won … an absence which also weakened his position within the Liberal party. In the crisis following the collapse of the … working conditions. In 1920 Wilford became leader of the Liberals on the death of W. D. S. Macdonald but was unable …
Type: Biography
… impressed by George Laurenson, who later became left-wing Liberal member of the House of Representatives for … he found himself to be one of a diminished band of rural Liberals who opposed the freehold policy of W. F. Massey , … of Lyttelton and Cheviot struck down the twin pillars of Liberalism: graduated land tax (in October 1931) and …
Type: Biography
… was highly regarded as a most capable lawyer of broad liberal principles. A man of culture and wide interests, he … censure or dismissal. MacGregor returned to the attack in Liberalism true and false (1899), a trenchant criticism of …
Type: Biography
… first time, when new premier John Ballance established the Liberal Federation. Ballance died in 1893 and was succeeded … and William Massey (Protestant) led the major parties, Liberal and Reform. Generally, though, it seldom raised … William Massey led an uneasy wartime coalition with the Liberals under Joseph Ward – a first for New Zealand. …
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Part of story: Premiers and prime ministers
… splits have developed between conservatives and liberals over such issues as the ordination of women and, … major Protestant denominations. In the wider society, the liberals in many Christian denominations have taken …
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Part of story: Society
… house in King Street, Rangiora, and entered politics as a Liberal, winning the Kaiapoi seat in 1893. In later years he … with the humanitarian and industrial legislation of the Liberal era. He was not a showy speaker, but clear and … (he had been defeated in 1919) demonstrated the strength of Liberal support in rural Canterbury, but it was also a …
Type: Biography
… after marriage continued to gather momentum. Women’s liberation movement, 1970 and 1980s Women’s liberation movement groups demanded equal opportunities for …
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Part of story: Women’s labour organisations
… in politics. In 1902 he contested a Wellington seat as a Liberal candidate. Although unsuccessful, he continued his association with the Liberal party and in 1905 wrote much of their election …
Type: Biography
… Loughnan turned the paper into a strong supporter of the Liberal government's policies. In 1896 he moved to Australia … being not just an agent of, but also the finest product of, Liberal rule. Loughnan was a small, red-haired man with a … Well known among journalists and politicians (especially Liberals), he was also prominent as a Catholic layman, and …
Type: Biography
… Māori land for settlement. Among those active in the Liberal Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was … to place settlers on family-sized farms. In the later Liberal government of Sir Joseph Ward, five out of ten … of Scots in public life. It was a church in which liberals were divided against fundamentalists, but the two …
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Part of story: Scots
… let 16 loose in Southland in 1876. Other mongooses were liberated near Moa Flat in Otago. Fortunately, they did not … ferrets a year in the 1880s. In 1888 the Amuri Rabbit Board liberated 1,000 stoats and weasels, 1,000 ferrets and 400 … released in Southland, because large numbers were bred and liberated privately. A costly failure From the 1870s to the …
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Part of story: Rabbits
… He did well at Rossall School under Dr John Woolley, whose liberal views may have had a strong influence. Rolleston … oblige. His speeches and letters express a broad, colonial liberalism: an enlightened élite, 'guided by the popular …
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… daughter of Ebenezer Skinner, former president of the Liberal Association of New South Wales. They were to have … and religious issues similar to those of fellow freethought Liberals John Ballance, Robert Stout and William Pember …
Type: Biography