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… survived by her husband and her children. Her sixth born, Robert (Bom) Gillies, served in ‘B’ company of the Māori … War. My sincere thanks to the Gillies whānau, especially Robert, Te Taupua, and Robyn, for welcoming me so generously …
Type: Biography
… But, motivated partly by rivalry with Civil Commissioner Robert Parris , McDonnell provoked war by attacking the …
Type: Biography
… requests for resident troops. In February 1844 Governor Robert FitzRoy assured the chiefs in the Nelson area that …
Type: Biography
… him into contact with men of note such as Richard Seddon , Robert Stout and John Hall , and with former provincial …
Type: Biography
… In April 1845 he earned the frosty displeasure of Governor Robert FitzRoy by pointing out that the Māori of the …
Type: Biography
… his Ngāti Ruanui followers entered into peace talks with Robert Parris , the government official. But the …
Type: Biography
… sailed for Wellington, where he was presented to Governor Robert FitzRoy , and then returned to deal with the New …
Type: Biography
… Janet Paul. 1970s and 1980s In 1969 Tuwhare was awarded the Robert Burns fellowship at the University of Otago, Dunedin. … were recognised with many awards and honours. He was twice Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago (1969 and …
Type: Biography
… his death. At various times he worked with his father and Robert Maunsell revising the Māori Old and New testaments …
Type: Biography
… and senior cadet officer. He also won the prestigious Robert Deans Scholarship. In 1923 he began teaching at St …
Type: Biography
… Unit seized a copy of Bloody mama , a gangster novel by Robert Thom, from a Wellington bookshop. Bloody mama was …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Censorship
… along the coast. Despite opposition from Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, the iwi continued their battle and were …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Taranaki region
… Poverty Bay, probably in 1885 or 1886, one of twin sons of Robert Cooper and Mere Morera (or Christie). Both parents …
Type: Biography
… soldiers of the Victorian era', including Lord Roberts. He was present at the siege of Lucknow in 1858. …
Type: Biography
… among them Geoff Cochrane, Chris Orsman, Andrew Johnston, Robert Sullivan and the versatile playwright, fiction writer …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Poetry
… 1838 Augustus Earle died in London. Between 1828 and 1840 Robert Burford of London designed a number of popular, …
Type: Biography
… Magazine enlisted leading intellectuals like William Fox, Robert Stout and the Reverend William Salmond as writers, …
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Part of story: Magazines and periodicals
… Hannahs is New Zealand’s best-known footwear firm. Robert Hannah trained as a cobbler in Northern Ireland and … set up in the 1940s by podiatrists Mervyn Adams and David Robertson, who saw that many New Zealanders were having …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Clothing and footwear manufacturing
… also influenced by the writings of the popular socialist Robert Blatchford. On 25 November 1903, in Glasgow, Janet …
Type: Biography
… argument against change, supported by Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, centred on protecting the birth mother’s …
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Part of story: Adoption