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… Willis met James Wood, sub-editor of the Southern Cross newspaper. Having tested his capabilities, Wood persuaded the … where they started the Hawke's Bay Herald. The little paper made good progress. About two years later, much to … Press. By this time he had decided to establish a paper of his own, and at the suggestion of friends and his …
Type: Biography
… that are automatically excluded from release. Cabinet papers are often automatically excluded, as in Queensland, Australia, for example. In New Zealand cabinet papers are often released only days after cabinet has …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Freedom of official information
… and rails. Processed products The New Zealand pulp and paper industry began in the 1950s at Kinleith and Kawerau in … central North Island. Mills produced newsprint, industrial paper, tissue and pulp. Other wood-processing industries …
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Part of story: Radiata pine
… with the assistance of promissory notes and merged the two papers, keeping the Evening Star name; like the Independent … This venture, perhaps New Zealand's first penny morning paper, ran until July 1873. Bell then sold the name and …
Type: Biography
… From the 17th century in Europe printed handbills and newspapers became the main carriers of advertisements. Early … well have been encouraged to migrate by short notices in UK papers. Other forms of advertising were also used, such as … Colonial newspapers …
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Part of story: Advertising
… crockery, wines, beer, biscuits, bread, confectionary, newspapers, and boots and other leather goods. Manufacture of … wasn’t always easy. After numerous attempts to produce paper failed, two paper mills got going in 1876. One entrepreneur, who had …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manufacturing – an overview
… and the Lubecki Scholarship in applied science. A paper based on her MSc thesis, about a rare parasitic plant, … to 1942. Greta Stevenson wrote many articles and scholarly papers on mycology and published three popular books on …
Type: Biography
… were not. In 1994 the ministry published a seminal paper, Towards sustainable agriculture: organic farming , … nutrient recycling, and reduced reliance on chemicals. The paper concluded that the organic approach would benefit …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Organic farming
… from his samples. He presented the first of his many papers to the Auckland Institute in 1875. From 1876 to 1888 … the last in 1893. Later descriptions were published in the papers of scientific societies. As a result of this work, in …
Type: Biography
… and reported on the reasons for his choice in a brief paper to the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1889. This paper drew the attention of other engineers to the Remutaka … no means his only concern. While in New Zealand he read a paper on economic reform to the New Zealand Institute. In …
Type: Biography
… a principal player (and winner) in Christchurch's 'penny paper war' of 1934–35, the climax of the longest and most bitter newspaper war in New Zealand's history. At its height in 1935 all four Christchurch papers had reduced their price to a penny per issue. The …
Type: Biography
… Purpose The government newspapers, published under several titles from 1842 to 1877, … goodwill and unity between Māori and Pākehā. But this paper and its successor, Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani … Government newspapers …
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Part of story: Māori newspapers and magazines – ngā niupepa me ngā moheni
… as 'a pack of thieves', and was banned from the paper's columns. When he stood for Parliament again in 1887 … , the New Zealand Observer and Free Lance and other local papers, and in his own short-lived weekly paper, the Tribune …
Type: Biography
… government officials, who soon attempted to censor the paper, initially without success. In the controversy Martin … of the Supreme Court to a duel, which he declined. The paper's governmental shareholders suppressed its editorials in early March and closed the paper down on 6 April. Martin brought an action against …
Type: Biography
… holding a hebe specimen. Together they wrote important papers on the northern high-peak vegetation of Mt Moehau and … Zealand species. This work prompted her to write separate papers on asteliads, Bulbinella , Libertia and orchids. …
Type: Biography
… William junior began work as a printer for the Colonist newspaper, established by his father. An advocate of temperance, … his business, and in June 1887 established a spiritualist paper called More Light , the title page of which carried … declare we unto you.' All the work required to publish the paper, from writing articles to typesetting, was done by …
Type: Biography
… of chief surveyor in Otago, Adams published over 30 papers and articles covering a wide range of topics. He was … the New Zealand Surveyor ) from 1892 until 1917. His paper on field astronomy, which appeared in 1905, was …
Type: Biography
… ailments. To keep out the cold he wore layers of brown paper or newspaper under his increasingly patched clothes, and even under … hat. He had the odd habit of stuffing his ears with brown paper wads soaked in mutton fat, to protect against the cold …
Type: Biography
… became the 'lasting event' of her life. Before the adoption papers were signed, the Kings went to Japan for six months … illegitimate babies were being pressured to sign adoption papers, and questioned the motives of adoptive parents to …
Type: Biography
… of letters by Māori can be found in the Sir Donald McLean papers (in the National Library) and the Grey collection (Auckland Libraries). Māori-language newspapers Māori newspapers offered Māori the rare opportunity … Māori letter-writing and newspapers …
Type: Story Page