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… of European names, which became evident once a national postal system was established in the 1870s. Usually the more … back to Kohurau. James Herries Beattie complained that the Post Office and Railways were ‘clapping on manufactured …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Place names
… building (later converted to a hospital), the combined post office and courthouse, and Edinburgh House. Mason was …
Type: Biography
… for its parliamentary leadership. When lots were drawn the post went to the more militant Harry Holland , with whom …
Type: Biography
… also secured permission to withdraw from a highly exposed post. His detailed reconnaissance, sounding out of …
Type: Biography
… world war did little to make New Zealand more welcoming. A post-Second World War labour shortage and the government’s …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Britain, Europe and New Zealand
… of their store and trading concerns. The area's first post office was located in this store and Mitchelson was postmaster from 1871 to 1880. In 1876, when Joseph … works; he held this portfolio until his appointment as postmaster general in 1889. He supported the premier's …
Type: Biography
… bodies from an air crash at Mt Erebus. Police took part in post-conflict assistance in Namibia in 1989–90 and …
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Part of story: Police
… after decades of grumbling by some critics and artists. Post-Second World War urbanisation and population growth, … New Zealand was a Pacific nation rather than a British outpost created an appetite for contemporary New Zealand art. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… and resonant and bigger than a house – the only other post-war building type we had made in our own image.’ 1 …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Public, commercial and church architecture
… promoted in 1859 and transferred to Geelong, combining the post with that of acting sub-inspector of Victorian …
Type: Biography
… and the environment. Nek minnit In 2011 a short clip posted to the video-sharing website YouTube propelled the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… international organisation) in 1875, and the Universal Postal Union in 1892. These two organisations grew out of a … its ports. Changing trade relationships New Zealand’s first post-war trade agreements were with former enemy states: …
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Part of story: International law
… personally annihilating at least two enemy machine gun posts’. Two other witnesses attested to his bravery in …
Type: Biography
… her as a 'remarkably gifted' teacher. Her next teaching post was as governess to Leslie and Eva Wilson’s family on …
Type: Biography
… by constructing a series of small redoubts as staging posts for the advance. A major midnight attack launched by …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand Wars
… superior, chose from volunteers five sisters and one postulant. Mother Mary Regis Murray was selected superior … Josepha made frequent trips to Australia to bring back postulants from the Singleton convent, as well as … foundations of the Sisters of Mercy in 1927. At the first post-amalgamation elections in 1927 she was re-elected …
Type: Biography
… to reduce Māori housing waiting lists, pointing out that post-war Māori were living in fowl-houses, disused stables …
Type: Biography
… previously. The child population grew and peaked during the post-Second World War baby boom, when past patterns of early …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Population change
… planning, low-pitched roofs supported by wide-spaced posts, overhanging eaves with heavy fascias, large window …
Type: Biography
… was prepared before joining the stations they had been posted to. At the Auckland Central Police Station Pearce’s …
Type: Biography