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… Frederic was selected as its manager, and held the post from 1875 almost until his death. Starting at a time of …
Type: Biography
… ‘talking pictures’ wreaked great damage on live theatre. Post-war developments At the end of the 1940s professional …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Opera and musical theatre
… at the age of 16 to take up an apprenticeship in the Post and Telegraph Department as a draughtsman, a vocation …
Type: Biography
… terminally ill with cancer, retired from his official post in February 1968 and died in Dunedin on 29 May. He was …
Type: Biography
… Dot McNab represented the centrist conservatism of many post-war New Zealanders, for whom National was the natural …
Type: Biography
… wrote about wild landscapes, complained that ‘[i]t has been post-modernly uncool to see mountains over malls, to weigh …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Perceptions of the landscape
… after by advertisers). Competitive effect Television’s post-1989 environment of undiluted commercialism and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Television
… was appointed clerk to the Auckland Provincial Council, a post that he held until 1860. On 31 December 1858, at …
Type: Biography
… near the prison. Facilities included a community centre, post office, swimming pool and primary school. Prison …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: King Country places
… family connections, Patteson was the obvious choice for the post. On 24 February 1861 he was consecrated in St Paul's …
Type: Biography
… of seats, an exceptionally good result for a first-past-the-post electoral system. A jump to 29% followed the change to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Gender inequalities
… Times , later moving to the Dominion and the Evening Post. He continued his interest in literature, publishing …
Type: Biography
… Andersons made 5,000 Bakelite telephone earpieces for the Post and Telegraph Department. Local design of both moulding …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Industrial design
… against the loss of jobs and conditions, and the closure of post offices brought whole communities out in protest. The …
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Part of story: Parades and protest marches
… first consul general to Indonesia, and then, when the post was upgraded to a legation, he served as chargé …
Type: Biography
… for sending obscene literature through the mail. The Post Office said the letter was obscene as it contained the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Contraception and sterilisation
… to the cemetery board, but the remuneration from these posts was not always sufficient. In August 1898 he was …
Type: Biography
… Sullivan was heavily involved in planning New Zealand’s post-war development. In 1953, as minister of housing, he …
Type: Biography
… gradually permeated physical education programmes in post-primary schools. She was made a fellow of the Physical … Taglicht’, as she was known, taught kindergarten students, postgraduate nurses, dental nurses, housewives and older …
Type: Biography
… Battalion at Papakura Military Camp. In August 1943 he was posted to the retired list. On 19 June 1943, at Rangiatea …
Type: Biography