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… in Caversham, Dunedin, on 16 September 1886, the son of Robert Mercer, a gardener, and his wife, Sarah Jane Speed. …
Type: Biography
… biological problems, particularly in evolutionary genetics. Robert McLachlan of Massey University was a world leader in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Physics, chemistry and mathematics
… At that time he was also on the advisory committee of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. In 1928 he had resigned as …
Type: Biography
… step from journalism to politics was a natural one. He gave Robert Stout a scare in the Inangahua by-election held in …
Type: Biography
… promotion by merit. However, in 1913 Commissioner Donald Robertson introduced new disadvantages for women. He barred … their sex'. In October 1914 she was part of a delegation to Robertson and his assistant commissioners, Andrew Thomson and Robert Triggs, protesting against the reduced maximum …
Type: Biography
… declined (as with other mass parties in democracies), and Robert Muldoon alienated many supporters. By 2000 membership …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: National Party
… hypocritical concern for respectability. 3 Others, such as Robert Chapman and Phoebe Meikle, attacked the separation of …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: The New Zealanders
… in the subject of their collection. Collectors such as Robert McNab gathered manuscripts and books which formed the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Collecting
… take the religious oath of allegiance. Freethought leaders Robert Stout, a Dunedin lawyer, and John Ballance, a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Religion and society
… Guard (temporarily) and other Cloudy Bay whalers, including Robert Fyffe, moved there, financed by Wellington money. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Whaling
… in 1877 and moved to Dunedin, where he became law clerk to Robert Stout. He was admitted to the Bar in 1879, and in …
Type: Biography
… compensation was accepted reluctantly or refused. Governor Robert FitzRoy issued only two Crown grants on the basis of …
Type: Biography
… , a study of the human form directed by New Zealander Robert Steele. Although the couple remained firm friends …
Type: Biography
… the company: three of his sons, Norman, Denys and Robert, became directors and agencies were set up in …
Type: Biography
… 10 years. Selina stayed with Margaret and her husband, Robert Grant, on their sheep station, Bannockburn. Selina …
Type: Biography
… Esther Baber, a future headmistress of the school, and Robert Parker, the leading teacher of music in the city. As …
Type: Biography
… appeared logical to many in New Zealand – but Governor Robert FitzRoy, who abolished the tariff for six months in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Customs and tariffs