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… had a sequel years later when G. W. Rusden published his History of New Zealand (1883), in which he stated that Bryce …
Type: Biography
… lands. He also began working with the advisory committee on history and genealogy established by Te Puea. Charles Davis …
Type: Biography
… in 1958. The design, expressing a Māori concept of the history of the creation, was used instead at Tūrangawaewae …
Type: Biography
… , one of three other brothers, was already a lecturer in history there. When Professor Thomas Hunter became principal …
Type: Biography
… Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates . Much of the history of mountain building, earthquakes and volcanic …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Natural environment
… then created a comedy musical show, Bathie Stuart and her Maori maids. She went to Rotorua to select four Maori women for the act, and they taught her the words to … as Rotary and Lions clubs, travel clubs, museums of natural history and universities. When on tour she often drove on …
Type: Biography
… land and some were full of limestone rock formations. A history of the district published in 1975 noted that some …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: King Country places
… Zealand historian J. C. Beaglehole , turned to colonial history, emphasising themes of materialism, psychic … connection with the unpredictable flow of contemporary history (‘Our islands lost again, all earth one island, / … themes, challenging complacent accounts of New Zealand’s history and society. ‘Landfall in unknown seas’, …
Type: Biography
… issues. Because of his profound knowledge of traditions and history he was appointed a member of the Whakatāne and …
Type: Biography
… among later generations of readers. Mackay's place in the history of New Zealand poetry has been considerably … is an apt description of Jessie Mackay's own place in the history of New Zealand poetry. Jessie Mackay saw herself …
Type: Biography
… of the virus, many of them unprecedented in New Zealand history. The most significant was a nationwide stay-at-home … most expensive mass immunisation campaign in the country’s history, costing $1.4 billion. By December 2021, 90% of the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Epidemics
… ‘Haere mai’ (welcome). The building had a chequered history – the foundation stone was laid on 18 December 1905, … visited the show, making it the most popular in New Zealand history. New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Exhibitions and world’s fairs
… people were killed, both of them occupants of the hotel. History The town takes its name from the Māori village Te … constructed an impressive series of exhibitions about local history using life-sized figures and scale model panoramas. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taranaki places
… South Canterbury names belong to New Zealand’s sporting history. One of the world’s most successful racehorses, Phar … has collections covering the region’s natural and human history, including fossils and Māori rock art. New Zealand …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: South Canterbury region
… system in 1986 restricted total volume according to catch history and also allowed trading of quotas, so many …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel places
… Building and customising New Zealanders have a history of building or customising motorcycles. A Timaru … run. There was even a New Zealand-designed bike called ‘Maori’, produced in England. Its designers, A. R. Bannister … to chain-driven bikes. In 1915 a ship carrying about 20 ‘Maori’ bikes to New Zealand was lost at sea. In the 1980s …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Motorcycles
… technical or legal subjects, cookery and gardening, history and biography, atlases and dictionaries. They were …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Publishing
… of training manuals or classes, she read widely on the history of European pottery. She also attended William …
Type: Biography
… is food-processing company Wattie’s, which started in 1934. History Hastings was founded later than other Hawke’s Bay …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… of New Plymouth, with a 2013 population of 3,243. History Inglewood was founded in 1875, in a clearing in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taranaki places