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… the following saying: Ōnukutaipari marks the ascent to the post of Ōkurukuru, From Ōkurukuru to Te Whakangerengere, Te …
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Part of story: Taranaki tribe
… and rural areas often had inadequate roads. However, in the post-war years the government began to expand and upgrade …
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Part of story: Transport of animals
… eight of its defenders. Extending martial law Military posts were constructed along the Wellington–Porirua road. …
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Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… He enlisted in the British Army on 26 May 1838 and was posted to the 58th Rutlandshire Regiment of Foot. He married …
Type: Biography
… month he was annoyed to discover that instead of being posted to Fiji he was to command the Northern Division, the … but these came to nothing. He was discharged and posted to the reserve of officers in November 1945. In …
Type: Biography
… Affairs in promoting discussion of key issues of post-war organisation, development and security in New … in 1947. His background made him an ideal appointee to the post of director of the Agricultural Division of the Rural …
Type: Biography
… a number of the men and women who would later take high posts in communist China. There followed three years of more … it, Bertram would direct people to books by Laurens van der Post, saying 'they are true , in a way few other books about …
Type: Biography
… to temporary lieutenant colonel. In April 1943 he was posted to the Pacific as commander, New Zealand Permanent … load. Blazey returned to New Zealand in August 1944 and was posted to the reserve. He was made an OBE (military) in …
Type: Biography
… most conscientious member. Since 1869 Gisborne had kept the post of government annuities commissioner, although without … government fell in 1872. He resumed the £700 salary of the post (in 1874 renamed the government insurance …
Type: Biography
… into the Medical Corps, but was disappointed with her posting to Trentham measles hospital. However, she was … children. On rejoining the school medical service, Gunn was posted to Wanganui, where her duties took her as far afield …
Type: Biography
… University Medical Corps, which he was later to command. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Field Ambulance , … nurse undertake this training with a view to setting up a postgraduate nursing course at the University of Otago. The …
Type: Biography
… might have expected (and perhaps did expect) a cabinet post, but instead he was appointed New Zealand high … stood high, and his determination to hold on to his post was strong. When Labour was defeated in 1949, instead …
Type: Biography
… is 2.1 births per woman). Fertility increased during the post-Second World War ‘baby boom’ (from the mid-1940s to the … was high in the late 19th century and in the wake of the post-Second World War baby boom. The older population grew …
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Part of story: Population change
… as meeting members of the expatriate circle of the Irish post-impressionist Roderic O'Conor. After six months in … time he became aware of the varied stylistic currents of post-impressionism, he left for Concarneau to work out his …
Type: Biography
… Somebody from Home. A bit sissy, but it could be worse.’ 1 Post-Second World War In 1947 the New Zealand government, …
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Part of story: English
… the New Zealand Police Force on 9 May 1921. Initially posted to Auckland, he transferred to Hamilton in June 1924. …
Type: Biography
… the certificate in the 1920s. After leaving Dunedin she was posted to Gisborne as the area’s first regional supervisor …
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… became treasurer of the WFL in 1893, she turned down the post of president of the Auckland branch of the WCTU. …
Type: Biography
… one at the Wellington Lyceum Club in 1927, the Evening Post reported that 'Wellington is fortunate in having so …
Type: Biography
… – essential for ongoing success in a first-past-the-post electoral system. While Social Credit’s electoral …
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Part of story: Political parties