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… in 1882. It was a turning point for New Zealand’s economic history, and for sheep farming. At first, an international … meat has been described as a turning point in New Zealand’s history. However, sparks from the engine that drove the …
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Part of story: Sheep farming
… Their professions and backgrounds are often in law, history, tikanga Māori, anthropology, business or community …
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Part of story: Waitangi Tribunal – Te Rōpū Whakamana
… Carleton is a unique and enigmatic figure in the early history of the colony. He seemed to have all the qualities … Carleton wrote a number of pamphlets on politics and history and a treatise on musical composition. The work for … biased it is an important and unique contribution to the history of New Zealand. …
Type: Biography
… in New Zealand, Standing in the s unshine almost 90 art and history exhibitions 30 dramatic or dance performances about … rather than back, there was far more attention paid to the history of women and their achievements. However, there were … to businesses to government departments, surveyed their history and their achievements. Many history books resulted. …
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Part of story: Anniversaries
… partnership. Drummond contributed regular articles on history and natural history to the Lyttelton Times and for 27 years his articles … work of Samuel Marsden (1913). In publications such as In Maoriland: old times in a new country (1907), he described …
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… collecting native plants and birds, ants and earthworms, Maori artefacts and moa bones. Initially he took the … he could find. Smith also began sending notes on natural history to both colonial and English journals. Despite his … horticultural societies. He continued to write on natural history topics in general and also on the new idea, gaining …
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… hero of Polynesian mythology. Much pre-European Polynesian history is related to this inventive character. Many of the …
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Part of story: First peoples in Māori tradition
… on official occasions. Its words may evoke a country’s history, foresee its destiny or express a political …
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Part of story: National anthems
… appearances around New Zealand’s coast. Throughout human history there have been stories of such sociable … lives, one of the worst maritime disasters in New Zealand history. Opo, the friendly dolphin Opo was a young female …
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Part of story: Dolphins
… membership of the British Empire. Military and colonial history Heroes of the Empire’s battles were recalled in such … many names from British political, military and imperial history such as York, Marlborough, Blenheim and Gladstone, …
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Part of story: Place names
… on the inner reaches of the Bay of Islands, it has a rich history. Waitangi is immediately to the north while Russell …
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Part of story: Northland places
… store girls’ and ‘They look like clones. Where are all the Maori girls?’ 1 As a result of increasing ethnic diversity, … cultural festivals: Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival of Māori history, heritage and culture (January); Lantern Festival …
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Part of story: Ethnic inequalities
… whom he regularly consulted on aspects of Māori culture and history. Fowler was director of broadcasting in Western …
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… and critical editorial policy. A trenchant supporter of Maori rights and critic of erring public servants, he focused on Maori interests, particularly the issue of land, and … was brief, Barzillai Quaife holds an honoured place in the history of the press and of race relations in New Zealand as …
Type: Biography
… was the first ocean to be explored and settled, and its history is one of voyages. New Zealand, isolated far to the …
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Part of story: Pacific migrations
… assistant with the Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch until 1948. In 1948–49 he was assistant … for schools, New Zealand drama: a parade of forms and a history , in 1973. This general survey of international and …
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… generated by the New Zealand census. However, diaries, oral history interviews, genealogies, novels, poetry, movies and …
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Part of story: Families: a history
… Upper Hutt 2013 population: 40,179 Māori history A succession of Māori tribes occupied the Upper Hutt …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… teacher, he lost his religious belief. Willi hoped to study history and classical languages at university but chose … Paderborn. He was, nevertheless, to retain his interest in history and Classics throughout his life. Fels's uncle, … He built up a library, principally of Greek and Roman history and literature, but which also included books by the …
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