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… Sidney George Holland was born at Greendale, Canterbury, on 18 October 1893, … one of eight children of English-born parents Jane Eastwood and her husband, Henry Holland , a farmer. His father later … There, with the help of a manager, he bred Romney sheep and Aberdeen Angus cattle, and whenever possible …
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… a Ngāti Whātua rangatira, a distinguished anthropologist, and an eloquent statesman, was held in high regard by Māori and non-Māori alike. He was a prominent leader of Ngāti … a lifelong interest in the property’s development as a sheep and beef farm. A 1960 André Mayer research fellowship …
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… , Tītokowaru , Te Kooti Arikirangi , Pāora Te Pōtangaroa and Mere Rikiriki . Rātana is widely believed to have been … was Wiremu Rātana, also known as Wiremu Kōwhai or Urukohai, and his mother was Ihipera Koria Erina. Through his … and bought land on which he developed a prosperous sheep and cattle station at Awahou, near Turakina. An …
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… (Gisborne), the son of Poverty Bay trader Thomas Halbert and Rīria Mauaranui, Halbert's fourth wife. Rīria was a … of Te Whānau-a-Kai hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, and also of Rongowhakaata. The child was baptised William … a very successful grazier, running an estimated 18,000 sheep by 1894. The contrast between his blundering with …
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… He was the eldest son of Tāwhiao , the second Māori King, and his senior wife, Hera. She was the daughter of Tāmati … demand. Mahuta's people were surviving by raising a few sheep and through subsistence farming on their remaining lands. In an effort to end the …
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… senior Ngāti Toa leaders in his generation, Te Pēhi Kupe and his son, Te Hiko-o-te-rangi of Ngāti Te Maunu. Te … was dominated by a struggle between the peoples of Kāwhia and other Waikato districts for control of the fertile but … established on Mana Island, and from 1835 John Bell had a sheep and cattle run there. The authority of Te Rangihaeata …
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… 1857, three weeks after his parents arrived in New Zealand. He was later to say that, although he was born a New Zealander, he only just managed it. His parents were William … intended he returned to New Zealand. He became a cadet on a sheep station near Ashburton and largely regained his …
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… the son of Irish immigrant parents William Ward, a clerk, and his wife, Hannah Dorney. Joseph was their third … shipping agencies and sold supplies such as grass seed, sheep dip, fertiliser and supplementary stockfeed to … party, but suffered a number of setbacks in areas where farming was by now well established. McNab lost his seat. …
Type: Biography