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… they are trained onto a wire trellis system attached to posts in the ground. There are various ways of arranging …
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Part of story: Viticulture
… India, for some time holding the important administrative post of battalion adjutant. On 4 October 1864, at Murree, … colonel in the New Zealand Militia and given the important post of inspector of volunteers, with the additional post of assistant adjutant general. His other commitments …
Type: Biography
… starting in April 1910 as a copyholder for the Evening Post . In October 1913 he became a junior reporter on the … of his younger years. His writings in the Evening Post collected as Old Wellington days (1959) and More …
Type: Biography
… especially in comparison to many of his male peers of the post-war era. This was helped by his patrician bearing and … He was initially unsuccessful in securing an academic post, possibly due to the Erebus report fallout. Mahon was eventually appointed to an academic post in the University of Auckland’s law school. Sam Mahon …
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… mainstream society. Late in 1946 he applied for and won a post at Ōrākei School. From there he resumed his university … part time, completing his BA in 1949. He then landed a post at the Normal Intermediate School adjacent to the … and education. Matt was organising secretary for the first post-war gathering in Auckland in 1959. Its effect was …
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… Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) in September 1939 and was posted to the 20th Canterbury–Otago Battalion. He was of … skilful use of available cover and destroyed machine-gun posts with his favorite attacking weapon, the hand grenade. … men ‘in inspiring fashion’ and overrunning several enemy posts. During vicious fighting, Upham and one of his men …
Type: Biography
… discovering ergonomics Two weeks after his wedding, Coe was posted to the Pacific Theatre with the Wellington West Coast …
Type: Biography
… pupil of his, died unexpectedly; he volunteered to fill the post. His unconventional nature and wide education made him … In 1885 he became vice chancellor of the university, a post he held until 1903. Andrew unwittingly made a further …
Type: Biography
… were back in Alexandra South. Left in sole charge of the post office by a fishing postmaster, Will issued many miners' rights (though a minor …
Type: Biography
… Beale applied unsuccessfully for a militia surgeon's post, but was appointed to Nelson Hospital in September … deaths and marriages and also coroner. The fees from such posts, together with income derived as medical officer to …
Type: Biography
… Briggs suffered Field Punishment No 1: they were tied to posts in the open with their hands bound behind their backs. … of overwhelming odds. However, an obituary in the Evening Post in 1965 did not even mention his wartime experiences, …
Type: Biography
… Applications required After the First World War medals were posted to servicemen and women. The situation was rather … in two forms, ‘warlike’ and ‘non-warlike’. These covered post-Second World War operations for which no medals had …
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Part of story: Military medals
… local electorate committee felt that he deserved a cabinet post. However, he was on the left of the party on monetary … Labour returned to power in 1957 he failed to regain these posts or to secure election to cabinet. Clyde Carr's …
Type: Biography
… section of the railway service as a cadet, his first posting being to Ngāruawāhia. He had a flair for languages … the rank of second lieutenant. On arrival in Egypt he was posted to the Otago Infantry Regiment as a machine-gun …
Type: Biography
… and was advised to seek the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) post offered by the Presbyterian Church of Otago and … in Dunedin, New Zealand, in January 1879, Don found the post filled but accepted the alternative position of …
Type: Biography
… at Featherston Military Camp he was awaiting an overseas posting when the war ended. By 1922 Edwards and his family … sergeant attacked by the crowd. The following evening post and telegraph workers marched on the Auckland Town Hall …
Type: Biography
… a substantive and symbolic contribution to New Zealand’s post-war industrial development. Entrican was deeply engaged … the Forest Service was all-embracing. He set in train the post-war National Forest Survey, and in his final year as …
Type: Biography
… He told Mike Nicolaidi, chief reporter for the Evening Post , ‘You must appoint a dance critic. You can’t just keep … the music critic along to review the ballet.’ 1 The Evening Post appointed Jennifer Shennan as dance critic. She was …
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Part of story: Arts reviewing
… of products was increased to include concrete blocks, fence posts, farm troughs and laundry tubs. The first Labour … to prosper, particularly through military contracts. The post-war period offered new opportunities, and in two …
Type: Biography
… on the mahogany table, whatnot (open shelves supported by posts) and sideboard, all shipped out from England. A French-styled four-poster bed and rosewood library drawers were high-fashion, …
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Part of story: Furniture