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… map, often told as a narrative or genealogy. In some cases posts or piles of rocks were used to mark boundaries. After …
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Part of story: Early mapping
… to be elected to the Wellington City Council. An Evening Post editorial proclaimed that 'Never before has Wellington …
Type: Biography
… to be held in New Zealand or Australia, in the newly opened post office building in Dunedin. Meluish took portraits of …
Type: Biography
… 1826, and over the following 29 years held a variety of posts in England and Ireland. In January 1855 he was …
Type: Biography
… victim. After it catches a bird, it takes it to a plucking post, and dislocates the bird’s neck using a special notched …
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Part of story: Birds of prey
… an old New South Wales ordinance, ordered Quaife to post several hundred pounds surety and pay a fine or face …
Type: Biography
… migrating to Britain. Germany Due to the size of its post-reunification economy, Germany has increased in …
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Part of story: Britain, Europe and New Zealand
… involved in mining, rail, shipping, banking, electricity, post and telecommunications – into state-owned enterprises. …
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Part of story: Public service
… was a dish fit for a king's breakfast'. The store served as post office, with Scott as postmaster. For a period he also acted as pilot for craft …
Type: Biography
… in remote areas were hit hard by the loss of traffic. The post-war years saw domestic travel boom again. Tourism in …
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Part of story: Tourist industry
… Trading Company also sold goods through mail order (the postal system was very efficient). It’s all Greek From the … pharmacy, hairdresser, baker, stationer/newsagent and post office. Larger rows might also include a real estate …
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Part of story: Shops
… can be dated to the establishment of an armed constabulary post in 1868 – a time when the government sought to …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… who have the longest continuous residence in the region. Post-migration period Through intermarriages with the …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… Refugees The outcome of the war and the divisive impact of post-war Soviet control of Eastern Europe made millions …
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Part of story: History of immigration
… isthmus. The southern harbour was named Mānuka (implanted post) in Te Arawa traditions, after the ancestor Īhenga, who …
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Part of story: Tāmaki tribes
… Sinn Fein (meaning ‘ourselves alone’) seized the General Post Office in Dublin, hoping to spark a revolution. The …
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Part of story: Irish
… Julia Wallace was an executive member of the New Zealand Post-primary Teachers’ Association (1953–60 and 1963) and in …
Type: Biography
… police, it was not long before he was secretly offered the post of inspector in charge of the Southland Provincial …
Type: Biography
… at the time he might well have been a contender for the post. Because of the Second World War a general election was … front bench, and in 1947 was formally named to the new post of deputy leader by Holland, following a straw vote in … notorious as a political graveyard; eight years in the post, however, enhanced Holyoake’s reputation as a …
Type: Biography
… his interest in the insane by taking T. S. Clouston's postgraduate course in the study of lunacy, although his … In the month following their marriage, Truby King took a post as ship's surgeon on the Selembria , and accompanied by … from his banking days, meant he had no difficulty securing posts in New Zealand. His knowledge of public health …
Type: Biography