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… New Zealand culture overseas Pacific arts in New Zealand Regional cultural life Young people and the arts Cultural … and Horowhenua region Manawatū and Horowhenua places Marlborough Marlborough region Marlborough places Nelson Nelson region …
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… the Kia Rīwai Trophy was established in 1967 at the annual regional conference for the South Island and Chatham … ability to listen and to solve problems. In the Nelson and Marlborough regions, Māori youth would descend on the towns in search of …
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… occasional matches against touring teams. There were also regional groups with their own trophies, such as: the … Thames Valley and Waikato) the Seddon Shield (Buller, Marlborough, Nelson in various guises and West Coast) the …
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Part of story: Rugby union
… what became Molesworth Station provided a link between Marlborough and Canterbury . A coach road built over … a dollar. Stock, generally cattle, were bought in one region, and driven and fattened on the ‘long acre’ (the …
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Part of story: Transport of animals
… but highly dangerous. At Hunua Falls in the Auckland region, abseiling has become a commercial venture. The South … depicting three waterfalls – the Huka Falls, a fall in the Marlborough Sounds and the Whangārei Falls. Waterfalls have …
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Part of story: Waterfalls
… and their social and environmental responsibilities to regional councils. The Waterfront Industry Reform Act axed … in container cranes and other machinery. Northland and Marlborough have built terminals in deep water for ships …
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Part of story: Ports and harbours
… in landforms on earlier field trips in North Canterbury and Marlborough with J. Allan Thomson , and also through the … into not only the more recent geological history of a region, but also the nature and structure of the underlying … (A planned second volume, intended to offer a more detailed regional treatment, was never completed.) Over the following …
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… Margaret Cowles Miles. From 1920 to 1924 he was educated at Marlborough College, Blenheim, where he took the first … University College and, after preparing a thesis on Marlborough’s political history, was awarded an MA with … in 1941–42, and to maintain close relations with the region’s dominant power, the United States; this stance was …
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… solemnity. Dieffenbach made important journeys in the Marlborough Sounds, the Hutt Valley, Taranaki, along the … west coast of the North Island into the central volcanic regions, and in Northland, and spent about four weeks at the …
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… at Toropuihi and Kahurangi on the west coast of the Nelson region from the early 1800s until the 1820s. Whalers came … Nelson labourers squatted on vacant sections. Runholders in Marlborough had their main residences in Nelson, and sheep …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… Charles Clifford, farmed the huge Flaxbourne estate in Marlborough, New Zealand. She arrived at Wellington on the … on 28 November 1906. By the end of the 1880s the Horowhenua region had been opened up to European settlement. To the new …
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… He developed a geological history of the West Coast region, helped to clarify the Cretaceous–Tertiary … as the Fiordland coast and north to the Nelson Lakes and Marlborough, a distance of around 400 miles. Based on …
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… sand and silt). Aftershocks continued to rattle the region. Army of helpers After the Darfield earthquake … and infrastructure in northern Canterbury and neighbouring Marlborough. Landslides cut off road and rail links to …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… of cuisines, and immigrants arrived from Asia and other regions, cooking at home and in restaurants became … country was based initially on white wines, notably Marlborough sauvignon blanc. By the early 2000s pinot noir …
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Part of story: Society
… were once again evident. The establishment of Marlborough as a separate province in 1857 placed the large … the West Coast to examine the coalmining potential of the region. The steamer Wallaby , on which he was travelling, …
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… Jim Eyles, at the archaeological site of Wairau Bar in Marlborough in 1942 and over many subsequent years. The … was his great passion, he promoted the common cause of regional museums and served as council member or officer of …
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… New Zealander with deep roots in the Rangitīkei region, she identified strongly with her New Zealand … purchased a 3.2 hectare property in Whatamongo Bay, in the Marlborough Sounds, which they named ‘Cape Catley’. … thought her too outspoken. Cape Catley The move to the Marlborough Sounds and withdrawal from journalism saw …
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… Manawatū, Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay are also significant regions. Beef cattle : Cattle, especially the Angus and … followed by apples, legumes and onions. Vineyards : Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne have led the growth of …
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Part of story: Economy
… Brodrick's hut. All this work helped promote the Mt Cook region as a tourist attraction. In 1904 Brodrick took charge … of the purchase and subdivision of Flaxbourne estate in Marlborough under the Liberal government's land settlement …
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… children around 1878, settling initially in the Kakanui region, where William worked as a farm labourer and Leah as … employment difficult to obtain. The family then moved to Marlborough, where he worked as an antimony miner; they …
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