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… in 1880. He retired in 1902, by which time he had held the post for 43 years. Thorndon School's prosperity and harmony, …
Type: Biography
… year Toad of Toad Hall . In 1954 Ron Neale accepted a posting to the University of Rangoon, and the couple spent …
Type: Biography
… stamps, which came into use in 1957. In the same year, a post office was established at New Zealand’s Scott Base, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Nation and government
… occupations. State services such as health, education, the Post Office, railways and ‘general government …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Occupational structure
… at the Bank of England persuaded him to remain at his post. Neither the Bank of England nor the New Zealand …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Reserve Bank
… an appeal by the students’ association, had insisted on posting his name on the college notice board. He was …
Type: Biography
… and academic exchange between the two nations. With the post-war popularity of coffee bars and licensed restaurants …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: French
… 10 years he held all the important medical administrative posts in Auckland, being appointed coroner in 1858, …
Type: Biography
… vote in her own favour. Correspondents to the Evening Post variously condemned or supported Player, who was …
Type: Biography
… dominated the public service. His allegation that the Post Office authorities, under postmaster general and Catholic Sir Joseph Ward , were …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ethnic and religious intolerance
… In 1895 he became minister in Dannevirke, an honorary post which he combined with farming activities, probably …
Type: Biography
… examination. Roberts described a period of wartime teaching posts as ‘maybe my happiest years, apart from odd frolics in …
Type: Biography
… travellers entering Canterbury. In April 1866 he was posted back to the Mackenzie Country. Ryan was promoted to …
Type: Biography
… the London County Council until 1922, and completed further post-graduate studies in diseases of women and children. In …
Type: Biography
… wood, which was used by European settlers for fence posts, telegraph poles and railway sleepers. It is also a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Conifers
… at Auckland on the Persia on 21 August 1860. She was posted to a mission station in Waikato, but her work there …
Type: Biography
… right dimensions to be sent to troops overseas at a special postal rate. Friends and relatives bought the tea, emptied … tins, and packed them with food and other small items to post away. Bell struggled to keep up with demand. New …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Food and beverage manufacturing
… on teacher training from the 1950s. Social changes in the post-war years created challenges for teachers, including …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Primary and secondary education
… the pill arrived in New Zealand, 1961, was the peak of the post-war baby boom, when New Zealand women had an overall …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Contraception and sterilisation
… is a rich farming district which once had a school, hall, post office and church. The school and hall remain, but most …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Southland places