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… a leader of his profession. In January 1863 he secured the post of coroner for Dunedin, an office he held for 22 years. …
Type: Biography
… psychology was gradual. Psychologists continued to hold posts in philosophy departments and Hunter also taught …
Type: Biography
… unfit for further overseas service, and in May 1944 was posted to the reserve of officers. Jacks had resumed work at …
Type: Biography
… was absorbed into the New Zealand Staff Corps. After being posted to the retired list in December that year, he went to …
Type: Biography
… tradition in Canterbury, which combined with the arrival of post-impressionist influences to stimulate their new … their surroundings. Their work was praised for its modern, poster-like qualities and was well-suited to the portrayal …
Type: Biography
… into quarter acre lots in New Zealand history. The post-Treaty of Waitangi era in New Zealand, however, held …
Type: Biography
… Supreme Court of New Zealand on 1 April 1875; he held the post for 24 years. As the Wellington district of the Supreme …
Type: Biography
… highly dramatic coverage of suicides. Wellington’s Evening Post had no fewer than 8,601 stories containing the word …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Suicide
… and then at home, played the guitar, and belonged to the Post (disabled) Branch of the Girl Guides’ Association. As a …
Type: Biography
… convictions, although, with the exception of a brief post-war dalliance with the university Labour Club and local … of Frederick Sinclaire and of Kennaway Henderson (published posthumously in 1988). His last piece of writing was …
Type: Biography
… to give outstanding service during a difficult period. The post-war period saw the rise in the Rangitikei district of … worked quietly to maintain Christian orthodoxy and became apostles when the Rātana Church of New Zealand was registered …
Type: Biography
… for a whole generation god was only twice as high as the posts.’ 2 Drama The most influential play about sport was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sport and the nation
… and floors. During the 1980s neo-colonialism gave way to post-modernism, which incorporated a diverse range of forms, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Housing
… south. Finding themselves hemmed in by a cordon of military posts, they camped for some time in a deep, forested valley, …
Type: Biography
… the South Island Brass Bands' Association, retaining this post until 1928 and becoming their patron. He served as …
Type: Biography
… the early 1920s Wiremu Rātana founded the Rātana Church . Post-war Māori migration into the cities , together with …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History
… Tūpaea was a member of the Tamatea Māori Council, a post he was to occupy for several years. With Paraire … a majority of only one, and consideration of the issue was postponed. A district synod at Napier in October 1926 …
Type: Biography
… one of a large family. On leaving school he worked for the Post and Telegraph Department as an apprentice but soon …
Type: Biography
… After attending his father’s school, he worked for the post and telegraph office until 1887, when he emigrated to …
Type: Biography
… known as the Christchurch School, a regional response to post-war Modernism recognised by contemporaries as ‘the … as a leading figure in Christchurch’s new generation of post-war architects through his readiness to engage in the … with architect Burwell Hunt. In 1968 he attended a postgraduate course in urban design at the Architectural …
Type: Biography