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… to reduce the cutting of native trees. But there was a post-war building boom. Government price controls on timber …
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Part of story: Logging native forests
… with recreational drug use until the urbanisation of the post-Second World War years. During the 1970s use of …
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… to such emigration as ‘the chicken run’. 1990s: post-apartheid migration In South Africa’s 1994 elections, …
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Part of story: South Africans
… Timaru Technical College. On leaving school she worked as a post office telephonist until her marriage in Timaru on 11 …
Type: Biography
… remained an activity for the rich in the interwar period. Post-war travel From 1940 new developments in aviation …
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Part of story: Holidays
… retiring to the town. A low proportion of people had post-school qualifications, probably reflecting limited work …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… was 700,000, and it had reached 1 million by 1911. Post-war life expectancy increases Non-Māori life expectancy …
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Part of story: Death rates and life expectancy
… 2013 population of 1,098. History Founded as a military outpost in 1865, Pātea was originally named Carlyle. By the … architects Gummer and Ford. Where’s Waverley? A signpost marks the old boundary between Taranaki province and … north, Manutahi, with its redoubt and blockhouse, became a post in the line of communication with Whanganui. North-west …
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Part of story: Taranaki places
… missions, which from the 1990s became the standard overseas posting for New Zealand Defence Force personnel. Former …
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Part of story: Peacekeeping
… related to Australia and other countries of the Pacific. Post-war exploration of the oceans provided a new view of …
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Part of story: Geological exploration
… later changed to Blenheim. By 1857 it had a courthouse, a post office, plans for a customs house and a substantial …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… place-kicking the ball over the crossbar of the goal posts after a try (a conversion – two points) or when the …
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Part of story: Rugby union
… with the Otago gold rushes, including the St Bathans Post Office and the former diggings at Gabriels Gully. …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… Information about sex was banned. Under a 1906 law the Post Office could destroy letters or packages suspected of …
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Part of story: Sexual health
… Zealanders’ war service meant that they were well known in post-war Britain. In her entry on expatriates in An …
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Part of story: Kiwis overseas
… the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The rugby god The Evening Post reported that on the occasion of the first …
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Part of story: Culture and recreation in the city
… Parliament became unicameral (comprising a single House). Post-war politics During the period of prosperity after the …
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Part of story: Parliament
… build my house Its ridge pole will be made of hīnau Its posts will be made of māhoe (whiteywood) and patatē …
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Part of story: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology
… and eating out With growing economic security in the post-war years, the family budget often permitted teenagers …
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Part of story: Restaurants and food outlets
… had felt, as well as demands that GeoNet hurry up and post the location and magnitude. Damage There were few …
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Part of story: Historic earthquakes