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… From the beginning jet boats were used more for private recreation than competitive sport. New Zealanders pioneered …
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Part of story: Powered water sports
… the clocks forward in summer to allow for after-work recreation, such as gardening and sport, in daylight. He was …
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Part of story: Timekeeping
… bodies. Rescues are common in New Zealand, where outdoor recreation is popular. Every year, many people get into …
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Part of story: Search and rescue
… house or guest house that was used for the purpose of recreation. Charles Te Ahukaramū Royal notes, ‘Whare Tapere …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori songs – waiata tawhito
… 21st centuries saw a burgeoning of economic activity around recreational opportunities, along with events such as music …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… the reality was a little different. Tourism and outdoor recreation had become a major part of the economy, and there …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… dancing, including folk and ballroom, has been a favourite recreation since the 1840s. More recently other kinds of …
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Part of story: Creative life
… in 1879. Since then it has only been used for fishing and recreation. Riverton has kept many colonial buildings, and …
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Part of story: Southland places
… his services to music. Throughout his life his favourite recreations were golf, bowls, gardening and travel. He went …
Type: Biography
… of voluntary organisation in areas such as health and recreation. The War Effort Organisation was based on tribal …
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Part of story: Voluntary welfare organisations
… encouraged athletics, cricket and other sports for both recreation and discipline. …
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Part of story: Sport and society
… developed alongside streams and wetlands for public recreation. Christchurch’s Travis Wetland Walkway was the …
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Part of story: City public spaces
… heritage status has brought a growth in tourism and outdoor recreation. Haast Pass An important pass across the Southern …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… meeting point between Māori and Europeans. It served as a recreation and provisioning centre for trading and whaling …
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Part of story: City history and people
… city’s major public garden. Set aside as a space for public recreation in 1841 by Governor William Hobson, Auckland …
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Part of story: Public gardens
… Ōpua is now seldom used, except as a ferry wharf and recreational marina. There are now several other port …
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Part of story: Northland region
… on hospitals, treatment centres, medical equipment, gifts, recreation material for the sick and the rehabilitation of …
Type: Biography
… in the 1990s. A new quayside commercial, office and recreational complex was opened in 1995. It provides a haven …
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Part of story: Northland places
… taking up dissolved nutrients. For people, they provide: recreational and educational opportunities – nature study, …
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Part of story: Wetlands