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… support. He was instrumental in the building of several post offices, the East Coast railway and the bridges between …
Type: Biography
… Drainage Board while still retaining his city council post. He worked for the board until 1915, overseeing the …
Type: Biography
… and spent a year at Goodwood School before taking a post at Parnell School in Auckland. Her brother Robert was …
Type: Biography
… as tōtara for carving. Once transformed into poupou (carved posts), the timbers took on the properties of the chiefs and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… not found until next day, half-frozen in the snow. A reward posted by his wife was not claimed, but dozens came to the …
Type: Biography
… their plans were too radical and were never realised. Post-war developments After the Second World War the inner …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Inner-city living
… snow fell for nearly three hours in Gisborne. The Evening Post newspaper reported that: ‘without precedent in living …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: East Coast region
… who, according to one of her pupils, gave 'good strong signposts through the confused paths of history', Coad believed … she said how she hoped women would be a stronger force in post-war political life. Nellie Coad died, aged 90, at …
Type: Biography
… along with more recent publications such as NZ Korea Post, Goodday New Zealand, Korea Sunday Sisa News and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Koreans
… and Hamilton High School, Bert became a messenger in the Post and Telegraph Department. He played rugby league, but …
Type: Biography
… writing to ministers and generals seeking an active service posting overseas, even offering to provide his own kit and …
Type: Biography
… representatives of the British government took up their posts in New Zealand, they needed new terms to explain to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state
… George Rose's Art m an (also known as The sadness of the post-intellectual art critic ) (1979). Film historian Roger …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Experimental film
… Zealand's pioneering ophthalmologist, it is for the latter post that he is best remembered. Mary Ferguson predeceased …
Type: Biography
… well educated’. 2 This happy experiment paved the way for post-war Dutch migration. …
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Part of story: Dutch
… a pipe and usually sported a moustache. Described as a ‘post war dandy’, self-opinionated and humorous, he made his …
Type: Biography
… City newspapers, often dropped off by the rural delivery post, remain an important source of information for rural …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rural services
… except a railway line – an improved harbour, a substantial post office, a high school and an impressive main street …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: East Coast places
… congregation at Auckland, New Zealand. He was to hold this post for the next 54 years. When Goldstein arrived in …
Type: Biography
… Initially in charge of the Christchurch station, he was posted temporarily to Akaroa from late 1862 to 1864. He was …
Type: Biography