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… are able to move about inside the barn on wood shavings or paper litter. Each shed generally contains 25,000–45,000 …
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Part of story: Poultry industry
… returned to Christchurch, where he established several newspapers. In May 1884 Selig and Arthur Edward Bird founded the weekly sporting newspaper the New Zealand Referee. In 1891 the newspaper was purchased by the Christchurch Press Company and …
Type: Biography
… the ‘aliens’ were fingerprinted and obliged to carry papers. For some, this echoed the painful years of German … radio broadcasts. Four out of five never read Dutch newspapers. Studies show that the children of Dutch migrants …
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Part of story: Dutch
… Ribbon had commented that 'Much of her work, even on this paper, has been unappreciated because it has been unknown'. …
Type: Biography
… of these. Foils include very thin aluminium bonded to heavy paper. Blankets use a wide range of fibres, including wool, …
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Part of story: Building materials
… an international reputation. In 1908 an article in a London paper called it ‘the finest walk in the world’, and the … on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu. No high tea In 1889 the newspapers reported that hikers were flocking to Tokaanu, near …
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Part of story: Walking tracks
… Joe lied about his age to get a job in the Tasman Pulp and Paper mill at Kawerau. He was fired after nine months, and … sawmill closed in 1988, and Joe transferred to Whakatāne Paper Mills Ltd, where he took redundancy in 1992 after 29 …
Type: Biography
… (his first research was published in his second scientific paper in 1895). In 1893 Rutherford obtained an MA with … magnetised. This work was reported in his first published paper in 1894. Rutherford was a not particularly successful … to younger colleagues: often his name did not appear on papers covering important work which he had initiated. His …
Type: Biography
… from New Zealand with a flag flying from the masthead. The paper described this flag as the ‘new Zealand colours’, … is the first time these colours have been exhibited.’ 1 The paper does not state how this flag was greeted by the New …
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Part of story: Flags
… culture in British museums, and resulted in seminal papers on the evolution of Maori art and the award of a … the south seas , was published in 1959, and a volume of his papers, Comparatively speaking , in 1974. Ill with …
Type: Biography
… inflow was in the 1950s and 1960s when the growing pulp and paper industry imported Finnish technology. Groups of Finns …
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Part of story: Scandinavians
… was sold unwrapped and unsliced, and was simply put in a paper bag at the shop counter. Not sure to rise As a boy …
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Part of story: Food shops
… in botany, and had by this stage published 10 scientific papers, mostly on marine algae. He was almost the same age …
Type: Biography
… Energy, Fonterra, Methanex New Zealand and four pulp and paper manufacturers. In 2009 the coalition argued that …
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Part of story: Employer and business organisations
… New Zealand Golf Association. The following year he wrote a paper, entitled ‘In search of success’. In this he made …
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Part of story: Golf
… on time. In 1874 passenger Joseph Jones wrote to the local paper, saying ‘I should like to complain a little – not that …
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Part of story: Ferries
… jobs, dealing with a large staff and seemingly endless paper work. Elizabeth Dore and John's uncle George ran the …
Type: Biography
… finding trace amounts of cobalt. They published a series of papers on cobalt levels in rocks, soils and pastures, while …
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Part of story: Soil investigation
… for lamb and butter New Zealand imported children’s comic papers like Puc k and Playbox . Early local artists New … Full-colour weekly comic supplements in New Zealand newspapers, comprising mainly syndicated American strips, arose …
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Part of story: Comics and graphic novels
… industries furthered the region’s dominance. The huge paper and pulp mills north of Taupō sent products through …
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Part of story: Auckland region