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… the way. In Tahiti he recruited a military force, and met Robert FitzRoy , who denounced him as an impostor, and as an …
Type: Biography
… Albion Line won fame with its fast Aberdeen clipper Robert Henderson . In the late 1850s it was joined by Shaw …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Shipping
… Wrightson Wrightson began life in 1861 in Dunedin as Wright Robertson & Co., a partnership between John Wright and Robert Robertson. Advertisements from its first decade of business …
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Part of story: Stock and station agencies
… timber, there is always demand for denser, harder woods. Robert Franich at the New Zealand Forest Research Institute …
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Part of story: Radiata pine
… Auckland, which gained concessions from the governor, Robert FitzRoy , by reasoned representations rather than by …
Type: Biography
… by denying power to the rapidly-rising National leader, Robert Muldoon . In the cabinet reshuffle following Kirk’s … the party leaders became a major feature of the campaign. Robert Muldoon ran an aggressive campaign in which he …
Type: Biography
… standing orders. Even the leader of the opposition, Robert Muldoon , gave him credit for his ‘innate common …
Type: Biography
… John was then employed by his sister Annie and her husband, Robert Jones, who owned the Tokaanu hotel, general store and billiard saloon. When Robert and Annie died he became licensee of the hotel. As a …
Type: Biography
… his history project after a deputation headed by Sir Robert Stout sought assistance for him from the minister of …
Type: Biography
… the services of the young teacher and future politician Robert Stout . Three years later the family moved on to …
Type: Biography
… Party, conducted the funeral service; labour stalwarts Jim Roberts , Ken Baxter and Angus McLagan acted as pallbearers. …
Type: Biography
… the Dunedin pamphleteer J. G. S. Grant, Anglican Archdeacon Robert Maunsell and the Presbyterian Reverend William … Some intellectuals – including John Macmillan Brown, Robert Stout and Edward Tregear – considered that Darwinism …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ideas in New Zealand
… career. From curves to c ontrasts – the camera art of Robert Steele (1946) featured a series of Olympian tableaux … such as The brewery behind t o- days great d rink (1945) Robert Steele's high-camp film is a local forerunner to the …
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Part of story: Experimental film
… Society's National Antarctic Expeditions led by Commander Robert Falcon Scott in the Discovery during 1901–4, serving … and established a practice, going into partnership with Robert Talboys in 1919. The bulk of the work consisted of …
Type: Biography
… in 1919. Christchurch’s first public art gallery, the Robert McDougall Art Gallery (which became the Christchurch … voluntary capacity. The Dunedin Public Art Gallery and the Robert McDougall Art Gallery were heavily criticised for …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… the retirement of the veteran Wellington school inspector Robert Lee . When in January 1909 he joined Joseph Ward 's …
Type: Biography
… he worked closely with its militant secretary, 'Big Jim' Roberts . It was also said that Mack's farming experience …
Type: Biography
… lesser British aristocrat. Although Prime Minister Robert Muldoon sent off a New Zealand frigate to support the … Africa’s Springbok rugby team, but a subsequent leader, Robert Muldoon, appealing to the ‘ordinary bloke’, …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… northern Taranaki. Although he passed the information on to Robert Parris , resident magistrate at New Plymouth, …
Type: Biography
… of his who achieved distinction included Keith Sinclair , Robert Chapman , M. K. Joseph, Kendrick Smithyman , Alan …
Type: Biography