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… first decade churches, a school, hotel, general store and post office opened. In 1879 John Martin, a wealthy local …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… Generally Vietnamese who arrived in New Zealand during the post-war period (early 1980s) had limited education and only …
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Part of story: Vietnamese
… These changes were in tune with social shifts, especially post-war, and the increasingly casual New Zealand way of …
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Part of story: Home décor and furnishings
… kept prices down. This was particularly important during post-war labour shortages. Cooking up a controversy Though a …
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Part of story: Hotels and motels
… town of Hikurangi, where his father was both station- and postmaster. Fred, as he was known, became a pupil-teacher at … development of Whāngārei's port and the building of a new post office. An able sportsman, Murdoch had helped to found …
Type: Biography
… line construction was also begun during his tenure in this post. Promotion to inspecting engineer came in 1920 and with …
Type: Biography
… diversity. New attitudes The baby-boomer generation of post-war children grew up without knowing economic …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… officer for the Department of Internal Affairs. Her first ‘posting’ was in the Waikato, where she met Philip Smithells. …
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Part of story: Contemporary dance
… tail’. Rugby, regattas and Riverton A writer in the Evening Post claimed in 1995 that ‘[a]ccording to tradition, to be a …
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Part of story: Southland region
… apply for the position of curator, at that time the senior post. She allowed herself to be persuaded and was appointed …
Type: Biography
… feet, and beautifully carved with a figure-head and a stern post. Te Waaka Tarakau of Ngāti Matawhāiti presented the …
Type: Biography
… New services The post-war years witnessed a massive growth in telephone …
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Part of story: Telecommunications
… a full synod (division) of the Presbyterian Church in 1956. Post-war church In 1945 Hēmi Pōtatau, the first Māori …
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Part of story: Ngā hāhi – Māori and Christian denominations
… Tongariro, at National Park, and Wairakei Hotel near Taupō. Post-war legislation Significant changes to the cornerstone …
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Part of story: Mental health services
… illustrator at Giessen university. In 1927 she accepted a post as a laboratory technician at T’ung-Chi university, a …
Type: Biography
… Emmeline Constance Maxwell Hibberd, the daughter of the postmaster general of Natal. From 1907 to 1912 Robertson was … say, 'Send for the girls.' Although he retired from the post of honorary surgeon to Auckland Hospital in 1937 and …
Type: Biography
… College, and travelled to New Zealand to take up the post. He married Elise Frederica Scherff at Auckland on 16 …
Type: Biography
… government. In January 1860 he secured the newly created post of assistant native secretary for Otago as …
Type: Biography
… The two largest government agencies of the day, the Post and Telegraph Office and the Railways Department, were …
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Part of story: State services and the Public Service Commission
… On her return to New Zealand in 1944 she accepted the post of assistant supervising matron at Palmerston North …
Type: Biography