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… Mackay, who was of Scots descent, was born in London, England, on 16 November 1831 to James Mackay and his wife, Ann. He arrived at Nelson, New Zealand, on 26 … father's land at Wakapuaka. He then took up a licence for a sheep and cattle run near Farewell Spit, and later purchased …
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… The distinguished writer and journalist Christine Cole Catley was one of New … Bull. Christine spent a happy childhood on the family’s sheep station near Hunterville, though her parents were … female household tasks while Eileen helped muster sheep on horseback. ‘It was simply taken for granted that …
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… Edward William Stafford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 23 April 1819, eldest son of Berkeley Buckingham … Downs. He explored an inland route to the Wairau, imported sheep and horses from Australia, and led a successful … he judged the time suitable. He built up his business and farming interests, imported deer, birds, horses and sheep …
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… Rīwai Couch (or Rīwai-Couch) was known throughout his life, and by his own preference, as Ben Couch. He was born at … George Manning Moke Couch, who had an English father and Ngāi Tahu mother, and his wife, Hinerua Rīwai of Rāpaki, … of police, he stripped to the waist and shore several sheep, to the surprise of the inmates. He was less …
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… Jones was the son of Daniel Lewis, a European storekeeper, and Paretekōrae Poutama of Ngāti Maniapoto. He was born on 9 … Harataunga (Kennedys Bay) on the eastern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. Shortly after Pei's birth, Daniel Lewis … its Māori shareholders. It had also developed a 1,600-acre sheep farm. The sawmills, timber factories and logging …
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… Jury, John Alfred Te Whatahoro Jury, Te Whatahoro Jury, and Hoani Turi Te Whatahoro, was born on 4 February 1841 at … Poverty Bay. He was the eldest son of Te Aitū-o-te-rangi and her husband, John Milsome Jury, who was working as a … 1845, soon after European settlers had taken up leases for sheep stations in Wairarapa, the family sailed over the open …
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… Section: Creative and Intellectual Life Architecture and Design Domestic … puha – whales Whales Section: Settled Landscape Animal Farming Beef farming Beekeeping Dairying and dairy products Deer and deer farming Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer Exotic farm animals Goats and goat …
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… The Coates brothers, Edward and Thomas, who sailed into the Waitematā Harbour on 19 … for devaluation of the New Zealand currency. Coates's farming background convinced him it was essential to boost … Coates, Breeders of Stud Hereford Cattle and Stud Southdown Sheep. Politically, Coates lowered his profile, although …
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… 1898 at Murchison, the daughter of Thomas Bell, a farmer, and his wife, Eliza Sheat. She began her education at … a tramcar accident in Wellington. He was unable to continue farming and the family moved to Nelson, where he became the … This allowed her to conduct research on bush sickness in sheep for the newly established DSIR, which sparked her …
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… Octavius Hadfield, the 10th child and youngest son of Joseph Hadfield, silk merchant, and his wife, Amelia Caroline White, was born at Bonchurch, … market; Hadfield became known as a successful breeder of sheep and cattle. Over the years Wellington newspapers …
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… on 18 December 1825 at Knottingley House, Yorkshire, England, the oldest son of William Moorhouse, a magistrate, and his wife, Ann Carter. He went to sea as a youth in … but returned to Lyttelton, where Benjamin later took up a sheep station. About 1853 William bought the brig Gratitude …
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… in more than 120 newspapers worldwide during the 1980s and 1990s and spawned a stage musical, a movie and a wide … 1960s. The strip’s narrator and central protagonist was a sheepdog known only as ‘the Dog’, whose combination of human … fish and chips after rugby matches. It traced the cycles of farming life, including docking, drenching and shearing, and …
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… James Macandrew, the son of a merchant, Colin Macandrew, and his wife, Barbara Johnston, was baptised in … immigration subsidies and a new market for Australian sheep. By the end of the 1850s his interest in politics had … Macandrew, James …
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… father, a carpenter, later a skipper of boats, wheat farmer and minister of religion, was John Driver Tregerthen. He had been one of the apostles of the South Island prophet Hipa Te Maihāroa and was to become the first … About 1909 Eruera left school and became a cadet on a sheep farm at Hanmer, followed by a stint as a horse-breaker …
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… was born in Whanganui on 2 November 1915, the seventh and youngest child of Robert Lilburn and his wife, Rosamund Louisa Shield. Home, until the age of nine, was the picturesque and prosperous sheep farm Drysdale Station in the upper Turakina River …
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… on 20 August 1857, one of eight children of Joseph Carroll and his Ngāti Kahungunu wife, Tapuke, a woman of mana. His … with the local Māori communities. He eventually turned to sheep and cattle farming on the property known as Huramua (Hurumua). The …
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… Ramai Hayward was a pioneering documentary and feature film-maker. She trained as a photographer in the … life: The little shepherdesses (1960), about high-country sheep farming; A North Island dairy farm (1964); and Alpine …
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… William Rolleston was born at Maltby Hall, Yorkshire, England, on 19 September 1831, the ninth child and youngest son of the Reverend George Rolleston and his … on as a cadet at Lake Coleridge and bought a neighbouring sheep run. His health improved and his spirits rose. He had …
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… Andrew Hamilton Russell was born at Napier, New Zealand, on … fit of the blues' Russell resigned his commission to go sheepfarming in New Zealand. He joined his uncle, William … Russell, Andrew Hamilton …
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… Isaac Earl Featherston was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 21 March 1813, the son of Thomas Featherston, a wealthy retail grocer and his wife, Jane Earl. He was educated at a private school … particular, he acquired land in Wairarapa and established a sheep farm there. Featherston had eight daughters and four …
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