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… – the major kākāpō population is now on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, off the west coast of Stewart Island. An area … rarest and smallest, and the only dolphin endemic to New Zealand, is semi-resident in Te Waewae Bay. Southern right, …
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Part of story: Southland region
… and world’s fairs Intellectual property law Intellectuals New Zealand culture overseas Pacific arts in New Zealand … of the forest Southern beech forest Tall broadleaf trees Fish, Frogs & Reptiles Eels Frogs Life in fresh water …
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… her to conduct research on bush sickness in sheep for the newly established DSIR, which sparked her interest in soil … Bell married Alfred Ernest Hefford, chief inspector of fisheries and director of fisheries research, on 20 June … everyday importance, such as the vitamin content of New Zealand fruit, vegetables, fish and cereals. She provided …
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… art and design, advertising and visual communications in New Zealand. His company, W. Haythorn-thwaite Ltd, best known … purposes. Despite the disapproval of Elam Director Archie Fisher , teachers Stephen Champ and John Weeks encouraged …
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… already enveloped in deep purple shade.’ 1 Aoraki/Mt Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain (now 3,724 metres), lies in South … rapidly, choking rivers and reducing food supplies for fish and birds. Forming in the lower reaches of the Waitaki, …
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Part of story: South Canterbury region
… following year it became a borough. In the late 1940s the newly established Putaruru Timber Yards built several mills … nearby in the 1920s. The mills were taken over by New Zealand Forest Products in the 1970s, but changes in the … between the dam and the hydro lake, which is popular for fishing and watersports, includes a 152-m swingbridge used …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… in their former homelands in Polynesia. The houses in their new country were only semi-permanent because the occupants … features designed to keep the occupants warm, as New Zealand’s climate was significantly colder than that of the … Other types of pātaka were used to store equipment such as fishing nets, weapons or prized ornaments and garments. …
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Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori
… Endeavour during Lieutenant James Cook ’s first visit to New Zealand in 1769. The ship’s botanist, Joseph Banks, … were wounded. Then a botched attempt to kidnap seven fishermen resulted in the death of four of them. Tupaia, …
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… was about 60 years old. When Rewarewa pā, near present day New Plymouth, was attacked by Taranaki in the early … Puni-kōkopu, from puni (deep pool) and kōkopu (fresh water fish). This name was usually shortened to Te Puni. Another … by enemies, welcomed the establishment of the New Zealand Company settlement at Port Nicholson (Wellington). …
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… long-term leave from the navy. He settled at Pelorus Sound, New Zealand, where until 1864 he spent most of his time fishing. In April 1864 payable gold was discovered in …
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… good opportunities for play. Climbing trees, making huts, fishing and rafting were popular activities. Reading and … free children from parental attention. In his 1993 memoir, New Zealand historian Keith Sinclair recalled his 1930s Auckland …
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Part of story: Childhood
… an appointment as assistant chaplain to the colony of New South Wales. In 1793 he was ordained, and at Hull on 21 … Marsden's attention gradually turned to the Māori of New Zealand as a promising people for evangelisation. He often … increasing numbers of Māori at Parramatta and taught them fish-curing, ropemaking, and brickmaking. He also added to …
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… was for more than 10 years the undefeated champion at the New Zealand Māori golf tournament. In 1904 he coached and … as the right days to plant and harvest various crops, or to fish or hunt for different species. Paraire also supplied …
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… and activities. She was entitled to a first share of the fish called moki caught each season at Cape Runaway, and … to sing waiata in support of other women speakers. She knew innumerable waiata and sometimes composed her own. But … to invest in land for the returning soldiers of the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, Mihi gave the rentals of …
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… Kawiti was born, probably in the 1770s, in northern New Zealand. He was descended from Nukutawhiti, commander of the … that the water was too deep for you alone to net the big fish, but you would not listen. Now the water just barely …
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… was then known as Mary Bruce) in Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, where she died in 1810, leaving a daughter … in 1807, where he met George III, and returned to New Zealand in 1809. In 1805 Te Pahi and four of his sons took … that Te Pahi had arrived in Whangaroa with a cargo of fish to trade, after the attack on the Boyd had begun; while …
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… William Colenso , with whom he had a close connection, knew him as Maunsell Te Kehu and he was commonly known as Te … for his elegant European clothes. Exploring parties of New Zealand Company settlers and officials visited Wairarapa in … part in the highly controversial sale to the government of fishing rights in Lake Wairarapa. He induced Te Hiko to go …
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… died in infancy. On the wall beside her cot Ellen pinned a newspaper picture of the French pilot Louis Blériot, who had … an ambition that had to be gratified, Jean went back to New Zealand with her mother to raise money, without success. She … they finally took root, buying a villa in the small Spanish fishing village of Los Boliches, near Málaga. They lived …
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… beds of lakes, that Māori were confined to 'use rights' of fishing and navigation of lakes, and that the Treaty of … on to find that such rights applied to the whole surface of New Zealand, whether covered by water or not. Acheson also found …
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… of his engagement. In February 1866 he sailed for Hokitika, New Zealand, on the Alhambra , arriving on 1 March. He went to … took the government launch out on Wellington harbour for fishing, and went riding in later life, partly to escape the …
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