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… bayonet charge across open ground, seizing four machine-gun posts and an anti-tank gun. Coming under fire from another gun post, he charged and captured it on his own. Although badly …
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… from 30 to 50 miles (48 to 80 kilometres) per hour in 1948. Post-war trends Injuries and fatalities rose gradually in … possible speeds led to more fatal accidents after the post-war baby boom there were more young adults who could …
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Part of story: Road accidents
… buildings include the Bank of New Zealand (1878), the post office (1901) and the Hamilton Hotel (1923), all now … casino, which opened in 2002 behind the former central post office building (1940) with its art-deco dome. At the …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… cocoa and bananas in Western Samoa. In 1937 he was posted to London to relieve New Zealand’s scientific liaison … took a leading part in planning the DSIR’s contribution to post-war development. The department was restructured into …
Type: Biography
… Elizabeth Pearson. Robert began his working life at the post office at Musselburgh, where he worked for 14 years. He … Zealand Truth , Robert Hogg was removed from his editorial post in 1922 and given six months' leave on full pay. He …
Type: Biography
… (RAF) in December 1936. After pilot training, Lucas was posted to No 10 Squadron at Dishforth, Yorkshire, in August … 15 December 1941 Joan Lucas died and in March 1942 Fred was posted back to New Zealand, where his parents were to look …
Type: Biography
… determination captured the enemy’s machine-gun and mortar posts. This courageous action led to the ultimate collapse … Haane Manahi’s interest in swimming continued in the post-war years and he coached many promising swimmers from …
Type: Biography
… Research Institute in Palmerston North, New Zealand, a post he was to hold for 36 years. In New Zealand, he faced a … McDowall was involved in a variety of projects in the post-war period, including the elimination of landcress …
Type: Biography
… gave him every expectation of succeeding to a dual post of engineer-in-chief and under-secretary. Instead, the new minister for public works, Thomas Fergus, gave the post to Blair. O'Connor was moved sideways to become marine …
Type: Biography
… to command the United Kingdom Section of the force, a post he held until December 1946. From February 1942 he was … fulfilled. From 1956 to 1960 he also filled the honorary post of colonel commandant of the Royal New Zealand …
Type: Biography
… the onset of the Second World War a few months after his posting in 1939, his mandate to reform this troubled, … split between the ministers of education and child welfare. Post-war affluence created new social problems; the …
Type: Biography
… skittle alleys, billiards rooms, a bank branch, courthouse, post office and constable. Within 15 years the alluvial gold … hill country to the east. Ōkaramio was an early staging post between Nelson and the Wairau for Newman Brothers’ …
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Part of story: Marlborough places
… to 15 in 1944, increased technical high school enrolments. Post-Second World War developments From the late 1940s … developments boosted enrolments, which grew rapidly in the post-war period as demand for more skilled workers …
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Part of story: Tertiary education
… sheep markets, as well as country fairs. The city’s main post office was in one corner and coaches, trams, and cabs … produce to the townsfolk. These were logical sites for a post office, where people met to exchange the latest gossip …
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Part of story: City public spaces
… from individual ministers to an independent body. Rural posts Between 1867 and 1912, during an era of considerable … the process of ‘backdoor’ appointments to public service posts. The McCarthy Commission, however, was tasked with …
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Part of story: Public service
… saw her become deputy mayor in 1945. She resigned that post later in the year when she was elected New Zealand … and minister of social security (1957), her only cabinet post with a portfolio, Hilda Ross took a close personal …
Type: Biography
… sinuous figures on the maihi (bargeboards) and amo (front post) of his house Houmaitawhiti (1860). The surface … deep relief of the Te Hau-ki-Tūranga style. The pou (carved posts) and heke (rafters) of the Rotorua School houses …
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Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… and remained so until his retirement. The professorial post, with its comfortable income (£700 per annum plus … of his employment, Thomas retired from his professorial post. His investments had brought him comfortable wealth; …
Type: Biography
… for Browne before setting up his own timber and trading post on Whanganui Island, at the mouth of Coromandel … Barrier Island. He established timber agents and trading posts on several of his properties. His own headquarters at …
Type: Biography
… hectares was irrigated. From the early 1930s through to the post-war period, developing irrigation was seen as something …
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Part of story: Irrigation and drainage