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… Commentary on Halsbury's Laws of England , and he held this post for the next 19 years. He also served as a director of …
Type: Biography
… art’ in New Zealand. Wallis retired from his hospital post in March 1957. He had suffered from ill health for many …
Type: Biography
… Edward Muir, chief reporter for the Wellington Evening Post. In the 1920s Muir had been at the forefront of the …
Type: Biography
… They would carry this sense of social purpose into the post-war years. Mother of millions The Red Cross attracted …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Voluntary welfare organisations
… Auckland and from there travelled to Wellington, taking a post as compositor to the New Zealand Advertiser . The lure …
Type: Biography
… many of his ideas brought to fruition. He was offered the post of Dunedin city librarian in 1933, but declined. … from reluctant governments to increase the number of posts was just one aspect of the problem; he sought to …
Type: Biography
… After the war Tuaiwa joined the staff of the Raglan Post Office, where she met James (Tex) Rickard. Tex had been … from Rangitukia, a small settlement on the East Coast, into Post and Telegraph offices in Tikitiki, Tāneatua, Cambridge, … widened its scope and in 1979 she resigned from the Raglan Post Office to focus not only on Te Kōpua, but on local and …
Type: Biography
… but decided against it. With reluctance, he accepted a posting as sub-protector of aborigines in Wellington and … probably the colony possesses'. In his administrative posts Shortland proved himself to be extremely competent and …
Type: Biography
… to transfer to the active list. He was unable to find a posting before the Second World War began, but by November was posted to the 28th (Māori) Battalion as its intelligence …
Type: Biography
… club players’ batting and bowling averages to the Evening Post. He compiled rugby statistics for the same newspaper … statistics on international matches for the Evening Post for some years, and that season’s records became the …
Type: Biography
… of employment by religion in the Railway Department and the post office. Education provided the impetus for Cleary's … in Ireland or New Zealand. Although he resisted a series of post-war legislative measures calculated to harm Catholic …
Type: Biography
… , and later he performed the same function for the Evening Post . Such was his influence, it was said of his reviews …
Type: Biography
… Trades and Labour Council. He held at various times the posts of president and secretary of both the CUFTU and the … on a local leather industry (1916, 1918) and one on post-war reconstruction (1918). As minister of industries …
Type: Biography
… Europe when the armistice was signed on 11 November. He was posted to the reserve of officers on 19 December 1918. For … involved in the Māori War Effort Organisation. He was posted to the retired list on 28 April 1946 and awarded the …
Type: Biography
… promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1844 the regiment was posted to Sydney, Australia. Shortly after their arrival, … returned to New South Wales, but Robert Wynyard was again posted to New Zealand in 1847. Over the next 11 years they …
Type: Biography
… and lost his memory and the power of speech because of post-war psychosis and the stress of business failure – but … boy at Fletcher Construction, and then took a similar post at the Auckland Electric Power Board. In his spare time … from sergeant to private at his own request, he was posted to New Caledonia, where he was again promoted, to …
Type: Biography
… in the Otago Witness and ‘Rod and gun’ in the Evening Post . The latter was penned by ‘Minnow’, who cheerfully …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Freshwater fishing
… art collection to create a New Zealand ambience at overseas posts, to promote New Zealand artists and to enhance the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand culture overseas
… resigned in 1938, Ayson was reappointed to his former postings. Ayson was known as 'Judge Ayson' throughout his …
Type: Biography
… on Wickliffe Pier, which was roughly assembled from mānuka posts and planks, and only really usable at high tide. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ports and harbours