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… chesterfields [sofas], whatnots [open shelves supported by posts], elbow one another for place; writing desks peep out …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Furniture
… Marlborough about the same time, causing problems for the postal authorities. In 1910, the chief postmaster suggested that the Hawke’s Bay township change … the Clive River, with a 2013 population of 1,764. A trading post was established at Clive (then known by its Māori name …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… Dunedin solicitor, died of injuries sustained when a parcel posted to him exploded in his office. Despite a careful and …
Type: Biography
… lintel), tekoteko (figure) or poutokomanawa (supporting post). The wharepuni acquired a front porch as a moderating …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori
… assimilation. He moved away in January 1886, to a post as gymnastics master at Christ's College, Christchurch, …
Type: Biography
… the large-scale mural paintings that flourished briefly in post-war Auckland in the hands of May Smith, James …
Type: Biography
… In 1960 he founded the Woolf Fisher Trust to enable post-primary schoolteachers and principals to study overseas …
Type: Biography
… rather than trying to beat it, places it within a genre of post-war New Zealand novels. Ice cold river (1961), a more …
Type: Biography
… the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, a manifesto for the post-Cold War age. Among the ‘fundamental political values’ …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Empire and Commonwealth
… Hearth Fire Movement and in 1915 taking up the Sydney-based post of secretary of the girls' work department for …
Type: Biography
… When she died at Wellington on 29 February 1960 the Evening Post noted that ‘Dame Elizabeth, but for her sex, might well …
Type: Biography
… and came back by October 1896 to the newly created post of chief veterinary officer. He began advocating …
Type: Biography
… increased provision of pre-school education services. The post-Second World War baby boom increased demand for …
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Part of story: Early childhood education and care
… 1942 she was a member of the consultative committee on the post-primary curriculum which produced the Thomas report, in … two or more Elizabeth Gregory studentships each year for postgraduate study. Then, in 1988, the association … with the highest overall level of attainment enrolling for postgraduate study in the School of Consumer and Applied …
Type: Biography
… secretary of the YWCA of Australia and New Zealand. In this post, which she held for 10 years, she was able to assist in …
Type: Biography
… not enough babies to meet the demand for adoption. But the post-war baby boom meant that women in the age groups most …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Adoption
… Life Movement brought a renewed focus on growth. During the post-1945 baby boom, churches were built in the burgeoning …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Presbyterian Church
… 1940s and had more than doubled by 1962, a consequence of post-war population growth which surpassed that of other …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato places
… In 1926 and 1927 she made considerable advances towards a post-impressionist technique. A typical example of this …
Type: Biography
… His father worked as a clerk in the accounts branch of the Post and Telegraph Department and eventually became …
Type: Biography