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… New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 30 April 1915 and was posted to the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. After serving in … official in the British-occupied zone of Germany, a post he held until August 1950. Following his return to New …
Type: Biography
… a chain of newspapers based at Stratford ( Egmont Post , Eltham Guardian , Hawera Morning Post ), then newspapers in Pahiatua ( Pahiatua Argus , …
Type: Biography
… brought back into more widespread use. Later knitting The post-Second World War baby boom created significant demand … shops flourished in the 1950s. However, the wider post-war demand for manufactured goods affected public …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sewing, knitting and textile crafts
… Christchurch’s Wilding Park and many city cricket pitches. Posting to Hobart The Tasmanian Tattersalls Lotteries … Tobacconists who sold tickets hung up the sign, ‘We post to Hobart’ outside their premises for decades. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Gambling
… The following year it established its first diplomatic post in South East Asia, and in 1956, in a new peacetime … then regarded as New Zealand’s most important diplomatic post. In 1963 he was knighted (KCMG). During his time in …
Type: Biography
… to knock plumes off their opponents’ helmets; heads and posts, where they sliced off ‘heads’ on wooden posts; tent pegging, where riders speared small wooden pegs …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Military and sport
… the son of Elizabeth Carne and her husband, John Murray, a postman. The youngest of six children, Bill attended the … In 1912 he began work as a telegraphist and clerk at the post office in Bolton, Lancashire. After serving with the … class seniority list, which was determined alphabetically. Posted to Wellington's Taranaki Street station, Bill Murray, …
Type: Biography
… David Ballantyne David Ballantyne was one of the post-war writers who did not achieve the recognition they … the war novel A soldier’s tale (1976). He is unusual among post-war New Zealand writers for his diversity of genres, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Fiction
… 1870 and 1875 he was in command of Armed Constabulary posts at Cambridge and elsewhere in Waikato. For some time he also acted as postmaster in Cambridge. In 1871 the government presented …
Type: Biography
… was recommended until babies reached four to six months. Post-natal depression For a long time post-natal depression (PND) was kept quiet because of the … Postnatal and baby care …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pregnancy, birth and baby care
… all began or expanded while protected from competition. Post-war rebuilding and development After the Second World … development was held back by a labour shortage. In the post-war years, the government set up immigration programmes …
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Part of story: Government and industrial development
… and then the Shell Petroleum Company, which eventually posted him to Christchurch. Roberts joined the Territorial … Roberts in command. With war in the Pacific looming he was posted as officer commanding RNZAF Fiji, also responsible …
Type: Biography
… Holland refused to accept McIntosh’s resignation from this post. Frustrated by this obstacle, Shanahan hoped that … McIntosh might be induced to accept an overseas diplomatic post. In 1957 Shanahan turned down the offer of the …
Type: Biography
… growth was due to a number of factors, including a marked post-war diaspora of Indian people, and the arrival of the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Indians
… Temuka, Timaru, Waimate and Ōamaru in the South Island. Post-war immigration After the Second World War dire …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Greeks – the Hellenic community
… returned to Moawhango where he opened a store and later a post office. He expanded his business, establishing teams …
Type: Biography
… in the mirror-like pool below.’ 1 Competitions Some of the post-war canoeing clubs focused on exploring rivers, but …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Canoeing and rafting
… shore of the Hokianga, which he named Te Pouahi (the post of fire). Kohukohu, Te Pouahi and Whānui were Kupe’s …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāpuhi
… first Māori to be ordained a priest of the Catholic Church. Post-war church From the 1940s the church fostered Catholic …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… Port Chalmers on the Blundell in September 1848. George was posted to East Taieri. Neither brother, however, seems to …
Type: Biography