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… the return of the confiscated Waikato land, the premier, Robert Stout , approached Wahanui. According to Wahanui, …
Type: Biography
… Larnach embarked on many abortive commercial ventures, and Robert Wilson, despite his success with National Insurance, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Otago region
… are generally known for other activities. Accountant Robert Muldoon was New Zealand’s prime minister from 1975 to …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Accountancy
… Using information from the New Zealand surveyor Edward Roberts, the eminent British geologist Charles Lyell …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Geological exploration
… Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on 14 May 1858, the son of Robert Ewart, a farmer, and his wife, Jane Paterson. He was …
Type: Biography
… orb of crystal.’ 4 Out of the shadows The American poet Robert Creeley wrote in 1976, ‘New Zealand light – intense, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Light
… what they saw and heard. Some, including Elizabeth Colenso, Robert Maunsell and William Williams (editor of the first …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… hybrid football it was playing. Monro and a club founder, Robert Tennent, suggested to Nelson College’s headmaster, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rugby union
… She was the daughter of Marion Jennings and her husband, Robert James Johnston, a surveyor and later a civil …
Type: Biography
… remaining six, including O'Driscoll, were found guilty. Sir Robert Stout, the defence counsel, appealed to the Supreme …
Type: Biography
… daughter, Margaret Marion (Gretta), and two sons, John and Robert. When the government took over Cheviot Hills in 1893 …
Type: Biography
… two principal builders were the Logan and Bailey families. Robert Logan and Charles Bailey both worked with their sons. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Sailing and windsurfing
… of gowns in district courts divided the legal profession. Robert Lithgow, a Wellington QC, argued that gowns, scarlet …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Law
… the Crown’s prerogative was made as early as 1845 during Robert FitzRoy’s governorship. Owner of the beach Herman …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Law of the foreshore and seabed
… with those in New Zealand and elsewhere. By the 1920s, Robert Speight and other geologists had found evidence for …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Geomorphology – a history
… Kāpiti Island and Pukerua Bay. In a 1990 artwork, Robert Pouwhare of Ngāi Tūhoe depicted the kite Te Kaea, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kites and manu tukutuku
… the economy and of completing several railway projects. As Robert Stout was defeated, Ward entered the house with other … in substantial amounts. It was managed by John Fisher and Robert Anderson, with Ward as managing director. For a time …
Type: Biography
… of the humanitarian policy in general and of Governor Robert FitzRoy in particular. Domett compiled the special …
Type: Biography
… victory. For five months fighting ceased while Governor Robert FitzRoy tried to arrange a peace which would salvage … barely reaches your knees and you cry, enough!' Governor Robert FitzRoy was replaced by George Grey , who arrived in …
Type: Biography