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… William Wanlockhead Wilson, rose through the ranks of the Post and Telegraph Department to become a senior public … was apparent in his observations about buildings written on postcards to his girlfriend, Phyllis (Phyl) May Moffatt … were woody and textured, with broad gabled roofs, exposed posts, beams and rafters, and timber interiors utilising …
Type: Biography
… Marshall entered the army and after officer training was posted to Fiji with the 36th Battalion. Subsequently, he … in Parliament. One personal pamphlet, which Marshall posted to every householder in the electorate in 1946, was a …
Type: Biography
… in 1912, the war forced several provinces into recess. Post-war recovery was very slow and, Auckland apart, all …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rugby league
… Jones’s history of Tainui, Nga iwi o Tainui , was published posthumously in 1995. F. L. Phillips, who lived in … The town of Taumarunui, a long walk away, with its railway, post office, banks, shops, schools, hotels, boarding houses …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: King Country region
… derogatory term used for British immigrants). Yet many post-war British immigrants became ardent New Zealanders who …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History of immigration
… Averill's diocesan role was extremely demanding in the post-war years and those of the depression of the 1930s. The …
Type: Biography
… landmark biography The life of Captain James Cook appeared posthumously in 1974. Beaglehole was a historian. Anne … settled these islands – one of very few to counterbalance a post-contact history written largely by Pākehā. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Non-fiction
… were a seminal decade in Māori demographic history. After post-war improvements in mortality, rapidly falling …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taupori Māori – Māori population change
… wages. The largest employer of cycle messengers was the Post and Telegraph Department, which delivered telegrams and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Bicycles
… as harbourmaster and pilot at the Bay of Islands, but no post was available. In 1846 the family returned to Russell, …
Type: Biography
… in getting the town a new railway station; he opened a new post office in 1904 and the technical school in 1911; and he …
Type: Biography
… at a succession of schools in Canterbury. When his school postings were close enough to Christchurch he also attended …
Type: Biography
… World War, impressive work by Neville Colvin at the Evening Post and the Otago Daily Times’ Keith Waite. Kennaway …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cartooning
… Challenging the myths In post-Second World War years New Zealand manners were …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Manners and social behaviour
… survived by his fourth wife and six children. The Evening Post obituary described him as a 'creative artist whose life …
Type: Biography
… stations at Rotorua and one at Maketū. Anne, subject to the postings of her husband, assisted first with the mission …
Type: Biography
… went to church regularly – a lower proportion than in post-famine Ireland. By 1920 almost 60% of Catholics were …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Religion and society
… for better teaching conditions in primary schools in the post-war world. Reconstruction in primary education , a …
Type: Biography
… overall, and women were more than half of those enrolled in post-school education, there remained a considerable …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Women and men
… Pacific architecture is a lightweight architecture of posts and beams and panels and big roofs. This architecture …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori