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… 14,872 students. The Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (which remained in the inner city) grew out of …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… and stages children’s theatre. The Southern Institute of Technology has a drama school, and also uses a television …
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Part of story: Southland region
… causes of illness and death, and developments in medical technology since the 19th century. Health inequalities …
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Part of story: Health and society
… New Zealand steel millers faced high labour costs, limited technology and a small market. There was also competition …
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Part of story: Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries
… bulbs. While these were well-suited for traffic lights, the technology needed further advancement before they could be …
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Part of story: Streets and lighting
… Deer farming in New Zealand led the world – both in its technology and its relative contribution to the national …
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Part of story: Deer and deer farming
… 1963. The broadcasting authorities resisted such newfangled technology. As the NZBC stated in 1963, it saw ‘no …
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Part of story: Radio
… for carving. In the 1860s and 1870s he used this new technology to great effect, creating powerful sinuous …
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Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… of sweeping landscapes. Marketing methods Innovative use of technology put New Zealand ahead of other national tourist …
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Part of story: Tourist industry
… dominion scientific representatives being shown the new technology of radar. Quickly gaining an understanding of its … touch with developments in radar and other scientific and technological fields. He was inquisitive and persistent, and …
Type: Biography
… in 2016 terms) to £15 in 1900 and less than £10 in 1930. Technology improved in the 1900s with the free-wheel, which …
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Part of story: Bicycles
… European plants such as potatoes, animals such as pigs, and technology including iron tools and muskets, altered Māori …
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Part of story: Daily life in Māori communities – te noho a te hapori
… and the internet. The subjects they reviewed expanded with technological change: from literature, art exhibitions and …
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Part of story: Arts reviewing
… at airports were introduced in 2005, and ‘smart gate’ technology at the border in 2009. From 1948 the two …
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Part of story: Australia and New Zealand
… relief so dentists rarely filled teeth. However, six major technological advances revolutionised dentistry from the …
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Part of story: Dental care
… rapidly, supported by research and development grants from Technology New Zealand (set up by government in 1990). The …
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Part of story: Government and industrial development
… about cheeky pōhutukawa fairies, was popular in the 1950s. Technological developments in the 1960s improved the quality …
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Part of story: Children’s and young adult literature
… no legal rights in 2016. The Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 regulates the use of assisted …
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Part of story: Diverse families
… provider of tertiary education is the Eastern Institute of Technology in Taradale, Napier. Health services In the early …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… and merinos and imported much modern agricultural technology. In late 1863 Grigg persuaded his brother-in-law, …
Type: Biography