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… Plischke , it would be her home for nearly five decades. Post-communism In 1956 Shirley shifted her political …
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… Tōpia left the Ōpōtiki area in the mid 1940s after being posted to Waiiti Native School (later Rotoiti Native …
Type: Biography
… general in the Atkinson ministry, holding this and other posts until the ministry fell in October 1877. When Whitaker …
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… labour legislation down. In the end Reeves was offered the post of agent general for New Zealand in the United Kingdom. … in January 1896. This was not regarded as a demotion; the post was considered the greatest in the control of the …
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… New DNZB essays reflect life in the 1970s and 1980s This post was first published in Te Ara's Signposts blog on 18 October 2019. Most New Zealanders who lived … New Zealand’s first female ambassador to head a bilateral post. Tom Ah Chee was the driving force behind Foodtown …
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… Force (2NZEF). After basic training at Burnham he was posted to the 30th (Infantry) Battalion and eventually sent …
Type: Biography
… the legislation setting up the new government. In the post-war Reform cabinet, Massey looked more and more to …
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… an appointment prized among Scots officers. His next posting, in 1861, was even more highly valued: chief command …
Type: Biography
… almost half the company’s output was sold during the war. Post-war developments From the late 1940s Tom worked to …
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… flourished, placing second in a national competition for a poster symbolising peace sponsored by the League of Nations … range, a formative event in the development of Australian post-war Modernism. When STP relocated to Hobart, Higgs …
Type: Biography
… him off. Hongi did not carry out his threat. Sentries, posted by Kawiti along the route to Whangaroa as a …
Type: Biography
… contribute significantly to composition in New Zealand. The post-war increase in professional music-making in New …
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… 1941 to 1943 and worked after school delivering the Evening Post newspaper, developing a work ethic that was to be a … home, and held annual gatherings for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. MacDiarmid worked long hours. In his …
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… to discuss the keeping of peace in Wairarapa, a huge tōtara post was erected and named after Ngātuere, 'Poroua Tāwhao'. …
Type: Biography
… in hospital, she returned to New Zealand. Adjusting to life post-polio Over the next few years Opie continued to work on … with a severe disability who wanted to undertake postgraduate study. Personal relationships June Opie never …
Type: Biography
… organisations. When the Royal Society held its first post-war science congress in Wellington in 1947, Salmon was …
Type: Biography
… of law at the University of Adelaide in South Australia, a post he was to occupy until 1906. This period saw the …
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… urban migration was fast increasing. In 1940 Maharaia was posted to the Kāwhia Methodist church, where he cared for …
Type: Biography
… of manuscript and printed materials. Andersen took up this post in 1919, attempting over the next 18 years to turn what …
Type: Biography
… 1955 that the Methodist conference allowed him to return. Posted to Ōtaki, Burton revitalised the local church. He …
Type: Biography