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… and Ngā Ruahine in the south, the Taranaki tribe has a history of constant vigilance and war, which has given rise …
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Part of story: Taranaki tribe
… a 20 month course, which included mathematics, Classics, history, geography, English, French, drawing, navigation, … of South America alone would have assured him a place in history, as would his pioneering work in meteorology. In New …
Type: Biography
… used allegorical imagery to explore her own family history, the lives of women and indigenous people, her spirituality, and Pacific and New Zealand history. She worked hard to balance the competing … that New Zealand women artists were neglected by art history, and deliberately included details of her life in …
Type: Biography
… and public examiner. As its Hulsean Professor of Modern History, he lectured on the separation of the eastern and … and independent thought. Tancred initially lectured in history at the college and, with his wife, even enrolled in … His widow endowed the Tancred prizes at Christ’s College in history and literature in his memory. This replaces an …
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… and writing for the women's column, 'Wāhine', in the Maoriland Worker , the weekly paper of the labour movement. … parted from Alfred, taking her eldest son with her. Family history suggests that at this point she gave birth to a … visit to Te Puea Hērangi in Ngāruawāhia, she recounted the history of land alienation in Waikato and was clearly …
Type: Biography
… led to an important paper on the pasture invasion and life history of the hard fern Paesia , published in 1942. The … and had previously been supplied by Japan. Moore organised Maori school children on the East Coast to collect seaweeds … for the Auckland Botanical Society, and also produced a history of Warkworth Public Library. Lucy Moore died on 9 …
Type: Biography
… The bonds of l ove ), is a 40-year epic saga of family history as a reflection of national history. Serious issues Dean Parker’s first play, Smack …
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Part of story: Plays and playwrights
… Dominating the recent history of New Zealand’s fauna – birds, reptiles and insects …
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Part of story: Natural environment
… Most major rivers in New Zealand have a history of destructive floods, and European settlers soon …
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Part of story: Floods
… Amy Castle was born on 9 May 1880 at Maori Gully, near Greymouth, the seventh of eleven children … has been formed, who show a keen desire to study the life-history of butterflies and moths'. They attended weekly …
Type: Biography
… than just at major turning points) for the first time in history. The 21st birthday The 21st birthday, often called …
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Part of story: Birthdays and wedding anniversaries
… and developed it into one of the largest in the country’s history. Tramlines radiated from Tūrua and logs were floated …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… and prints; other prints are held at the Rotorua Art and History Museum and the Alexander Turnbull Library, …
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… as its first secretary, and began a Sunday school for Maori children in Arowhenua pā. He retired from the Post … deacon of the Miramar Baptist Church and wrote its jubilee history. In 1952 Horace Grocott was made an MBE. When Ada …
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… subsequent courtship and marriage became a legend in Māori history. Later, in his old age, Kahungunu married a woman of …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu
… these areas are known by the Māori names Arapito and Umere. History Little gold was found in the area in 1860s, and so …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… The showcasing of Māori traditional knowledge and history has given a unique character to some redeveloped …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… of sedimentary rock layers. To palaeontologists they are a history of life, showing what previous organisms looked like …
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Part of story: Fossils
… and tried to expose Aucklanders to New Zealand art history and international modernism. An exhibition of …
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Part of story: Painting