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… end-lines such as tongue-and-groove flooring, house blocks, posts, palings and scantling. The 1880s were a decade of …
Type: Biography
… the first person without dental qualifications to hold that post. She was considered to be sympathetic, tactful, …
Type: Biography
… the store and built them a bach. The store later became a post office as well, and Annie Huggan established a business …
Type: Biography
… to married women in the early twentieth century. Her known postings were to New Plymouth and Kaimiro in Taranaki, and …
Type: Biography
… manager for its early shows. Jickell resigned from his post at the council in 1919, but continued to practise as a …
Type: Biography
… and the two missionaries. Early settlement In the early post-treaty years, Māori assisted with building, planting …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Northland places
… to join the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Karika was posted to the New Zealand Rarotongan Company based at El …
Type: Biography
… Catholic life for some 15 years. Kelly brought to his new post an uncompromising attitude towards the perceived …
Type: Biography
… where he moved to the Oriental Bank Corporation. He was posted to Mauritius and, after a period in Cape Town, to …
Type: Biography
… he left Columbia when, at the age of 39, he was offered the post of president of the Massachusetts Institute of …
Type: Biography
… World War Mappin agreed to maintain the local store and post office while its owner served in the armed forces, and …
Type: Biography
… to date. Many of the masters graduates were to attain high posts in zoology; and in a wider world few were critical of …
Type: Biography
… who in 1928 was appointed to Western Samoa). McHardy was posted to Tunuru, north of Kieta, on the island of …
Type: Biography
… including forestry, railways, road works and the Post Office. These were restructured, with major job losses. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te rāngai mahi – Māori in the workforce
… the position of librarian at Victoria University College, a post he held for the next 38 years. Miller's development as …
Type: Biography
… Zealand’s identity has shifted away from being a distant outpost of the British Empire, it has increasingly emphasised … opposition to nuclear testing and the management of post-colonial political crises. There has been an underlying …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pacific Islands and New Zealand
… University of California Teaching Hospital, Tokyo’s central post office, and New Zealand’s Parliament Buildings and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Inventions, patents and trademarks
… already playing as they walked up the drive. As part of the post-war craft revival in New Zealand, Pat Perrin, with her …
Type: Biography
… World War (1939–1945) Auckland grew slowly. But during the post-war boom the population increased at twice the rate of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Auckland region
… his adult life revolved around contract bush-felling, fence-post splitting and cutting firewood. He married Isabella …
Type: Biography