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… rank of sergeant major. He was severely wounded at Quinn’s Post and invalided home in 1916. The following year he …
Type: Biography
… wanting photographs to send home. From 1946 the wave of post-war marriages made the studios hectic. Some Saturdays …
Type: Biography
… River later in 1831; he eventually purchased the trading post from Montefiore. Like many other Pākehā traders, Harris …
Type: Biography
… as censorship liaison officer in Auckland; he was later posted to Ceylon and London. During this time he wrote a …
Type: Biography
… also opened up more isolated beaches to holiday traffic. In post-war years, the beach holiday enjoyed its heyday. Some …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Holidays
… Force at the end of 1916. The following year he was posted to the retired list and granted the honorary rank of …
Type: Biography
… Māori settlement called Rāhui Pōkeka, Huntly was a military post during the Waikato War and a Pākehā settlement … was named after the home town of Scots settler James Henry, postmaster from 1870. Huntly expanded when commercial coal …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… dairy products to Chile, Peru and Mexico, and diplomatic posts were opened in Lima and Santiago in 1972. However, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Latin Americans
… survived, many were maimed or suffered from shell-shock (post-traumatic stress disorder), imposing a longstanding …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: First World War
… day the Second World War ended, she climbed ‘onto the old Post Office Hotel balcony dressed as Winston Churchill, …
Type: Biography
… a private, but the First World War ended before he could be posted overseas. Jones shared both his father's nickname, …
Type: Biography
… of the Auckland Institute and curator of its museum, a post he held for the next five years. While in Auckland Kirk … (1875), and Students' flora of New Zealand , published posthumously in 1899. Thomas Kirk died in impoverished …
Type: Biography
… Telecom became a state-owned enterprise when the former Post and Telegraph Office was corporatised. Telecom was then …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Large companies
… in 2nd gear – clipped the benzene pump and hit a concrete post. I don’t think he wanted to repeat the experience as …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Coaches and long-distance buses
… Olympic yachting team for Tokyo in 1964, but declined the post in order to compete in the Finn class, finishing a …
Type: Biography
… A gifted sportsman, Mapu represented New Zealand at a post-war athletics meet in Paris and won a bronze medal in …
Type: Biography
… good health, and that modern discoveries taught at a Post Graduate centre would soon cure 75% of the troubles …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hospitals
… colonial politics led him to accept, reluctantly, the post of acting surveyor general in New Zealand at the end of …
Type: Biography
… when she was seconded to the Department of Education as a post-primary school inspector, she taught at the school …
Type: Biography
… was instructed to appoint him as gaoler. Monson held this post from 1 September 1851 until 15 November 1861. Until his …
Type: Biography