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… hall and church, and the use of imported materials and technologies, such as weatherboard, corrugated iron, glazing … ambitious exercises in incorporating European forms and technology within a Māori architectural project. The … showed a desire to use the most contemporary materials, technologies and ideas to hand to embody Māori ideas about …
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Part of story: Māori architecture – whare Māori
… exploration But even the most sophisticated satellite technology cannot provide analyses of the ocean beyond a few … how it interacts with the sea (global coupled models). This technology is in its infancy. Modelling is most effective …
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Part of story: Ocean currents and tides
… Molecular identification In the last few decades, molecular technologies (such as DNA mapping) have enabled … on the tradition of biological discovery, using molecular technology. …
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Part of story: European discovery of plants and animals
… maps as long as they acknowledged the source. Digital technology Computerisation has had a major impact on … three-dimensional models of the land. Changes to printing technology have also made the production of maps easier. … the New Zealand region but was less useful with satellite technology based on global models. In 2001 a new map …
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Part of story: Modern mapping and surveying
… Technology and Crimes Reform Bill 1995 The first attempt to legislate for internet content in New Zealand was the Technology and Crimes Reform Bill 1995, introduced by … the definition of ‘importing’ such material. Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 The most controversial …
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Part of story: Digital media and the internet
… very few of those survived into the 21st century, as new technology and cheaper freight replaced small-scale craft … on imported cars to encourage local assembly. As vehicle technology advanced, the industry required a knowledge of …
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Part of story: Workshop industries
… ceased to deplete natural resources such as forests, and technological innovation was slow. Capital accumulation such … new peoples (and diseases), materials, plants and animals, technologies and ideas, together with new sources of capital …
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Part of story: Economic history
… became aware of just what could be done on a surfboard.’ 1 Technological breakthroughs In the 1960s the big revolution … Mitchell, Peter Way and Ted Davidson set up business, and technology improved, boards got shorter – from over 10 feet …
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Part of story: Lifesaving and surfing
… Investment is usually required to introduce changes in technology that allow new outputs, or more of an existing … out and its productive capacity diminishes, or because the technology it embodies has been superseded by new technology and become obsolete. When tractors were …
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Part of story: Investment
… markets. Farmers have increased productivity by using new technologies and using more water and fertiliser. Impacts In …
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Part of story: Farming and the environment
… Technological developments A less formal approach to making pictures was made possible by technological developments in the 1880s. Changes in film technology allowing for shorter exposure times, and the …
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Part of story: Photography
… of the New Zealand Road Transport Federation. Modern technology One driver expressed amazement at the technology used by taxis in the 2000s: ‘If you’d told me … Wellington Combined Taxis installed a $1.6 million ‘smart technology’ computer dispatch system with satellite tracking …
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Part of story: Taxis and cabs
… gas extraction. The engineering problems were immense – new technology was required, under tight deadlines. … be exploited in the late 2000s. Drilling other fields The technology to develop shallow offshore gas fields is now …
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Part of story: Engineering on the sea floor
… – or at least supplemented – by the use of evolving media technologies. First, newspapers became the main medium for … Commercial agencies, communications consultants and new technologies communicated with and listened to voters. …
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Part of story: Elections and campaigns
… at some or all of the stations, and upgraded gradually. Technology Initially lights were fixed, but because they … to 2.5 million candles. The end of manned lights Automated technology at Bean Rock lighthouse raised the possibility of …
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Part of story: Lighthouses
… of milking sheds has been completely transformed, due to technological innovation and the vastly increased size of … first rotary platform was built to take 14 cows, but as the technology improved their size increased. Platforms were …
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Part of story: Farm buildings
… made life much easier because they had a seat. Harvesting technology McCormick’s reaper won the gold medal at the … Exhibition of 1851 in London, and revolutionised harvesting technology. Before that, crops were mown by hand using …
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Part of story: Arable farming
… originated in the United States, which developed the technology that made the game popular. Automatic pin-setting … scoring in the 1980s. Since an indoor rink using such technology is expensive, all tenpin bowling alleys in New …
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Part of story: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin
… receivers for calls from anyone in trouble. Today, technology has moved on. While many people assume they can … messenger devices offer two-way communication. Each technology has pros and cons, so you should research the …
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Part of story: Search and rescue
… before moving to exotics. Because most pulp and paper technologies originated in the northern hemisphere, using … prices in 1973 prompted forestry scientists to develop a technology to produce ethanol from wood. While pilot studies …
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Part of story: Forestry research