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… purchased during this period. These transactions existed on paper only for over two decades. Ngāti Maniapoto’s …
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Part of story: King Country region
… on protozoa, and on microscopic algae. He published over 70 papers and letters, more than half in the Transactions and …
Type: Biography
… Zealand insects. In addition he published 162 scientific papers, reviews, articles and reports, including the basic …
Type: Biography
… area between George and Caswell sounds. A subsequent paper on this work earned him the New Zealand Institute of …
Type: Biography
… – shopkeepers and hawkers. In the early 20th century newspaper columns often carried correspondence about the need … to the exorbitant rents which he has to pay.’ The paper noted that vegetables and fish were ‘hawked door to …
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Part of story: Markets
… who was also engaged in charitable work and writing to the paper, eventually married. Helen Nicol never married; she …
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… Planned towns Many townships were conceived first on paper. Some were founded by governments, both national and …
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Part of story: Country towns
… Newspapers In 2012 each of the major metropolitan areas had only one daily newspaper, although all had previously had both a morning and an evening paper. The market for daily newspapers, local and community …
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Part of story: Media and politics
… the University of Otago. Parker produced over 40 scientific papers, all of a high standard. Several represented research … some of whom vented their opposition in the local newspapers. His most vehement opponent was the pamphleteer and …
Type: Biography
… teeth drawn, led around like a dancing bear at a fair’, the paper suggested that ‘the motto of “Our Digger Prince” …
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Part of story: Royal family
… C. Bowen 's share of the Lyttelton Times and became the newspaper's manager. After Crosbie Ward's death in 1867 he … 1870s it remained the most fiercely provincialist of newspapers, but by the late 1880s had matured into the country's … and immigration; and advocated closer land settlement. The paper also included contributions from William Gisborne , R. …
Type: Biography
… between 1,000 and 2,200 residents: Mataura – once home to a paper mill and freezing works Winton – a farm service centre …
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Part of story: Southland region
… Coast, and has been followed by many local histories. Newspapers More than a dozen local newspapers have been published over the years, but only two daily papers remained in the 2010s: the Westport News and the …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… integrity. In 1888 Spragg was the first to use parchment paper for wrapping butter, and in 1913, in order to maintain …
Type: Biography
… from sheets with scissors. Reprints occurred on different papers and in different colours but by 1870 the printing …
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Part of story: Postage stamps
… the year. As results were often published in local newspapers, there was great pressure on children to pass, and … The impending school examination was announced in the local paper, and the names of children who were promoted to the …
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Part of story: Primary and secondary education
… disallowed because a returning officer had marked voting papers incorrectly. Statham's personal integrity and marked …
Type: Biography
… to cabinet, Mary expressed her pleasure that several papers had recognised her as 'the figure in the background, …
Type: Biography
… spot Coe’s Ford, Selwyn River, was described in a 1927 newspaper: ‘Scores of cars are parked every Sunday on the … to beauty spots. ‘Here, as in England, tins, bottles, paper and waste food are permitted to be thrown recklessly …
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Part of story: Picnics and barbecues
… and his customers were asked to bring their own wrapping paper and string. Certain groups, however, were less than …
Type: Biography