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… water surrounded by hills, with a narrow entrance to the sea. A raised rock platform (a legacy of the great 1855 earthquake) surrounds the harbour’s edge. Today … block to the east tilted down towards the fault, making a depression that later filled with water. Matiu (Somes …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… McLean was born on 4 April 1866 at Timaru, New Zealand, the eldest child of Ann le Ber and her husband, Duncan … her life. Mary McLean arrived with a vision of building a great school. Her brother Henry had preceded her to … public meetings and home discussion groups. In the depression years of the 1930s it also took up relief issues …
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… 1863 at Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, England. His parents, Catherine Ledward and her husband, James Pollard, a … element of colour and adventure into the religious life of depression-ridden New Zealand. Opposition was aroused from … platform personality, versatile musical ability, and great drive and organisational skills. Before the end of the …
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… on 4 May 1814 according to family information. He was the eldest son of Thomas Robinson, a tenant farmer, and his … as a stock dealer and overlander. About 1844 he purchased the Hill River run of over 100 square miles, and was soon a … capable of wider views and made shrewd contributions on a great variety of subjects, usually non-political. He aimed …
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… Occupational hierarchy Outside the elite, was there a class hierarchy in colonial New … people lived in the country or in small towns, there was no great job specialisation. There was movement between … would not tolerate criticism. 3 Things tightened up in the depression of the 1880s. It was harder to find work, and men …
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Part of story: Class
… The leading role the US has played in the international … could be made. A losing bet The Civic Theatre opened with great fanfare in Auckland in December 1929. Built at the onset of the great depression, it was not a financial success. Owner Thomas … The US and New Zealand …
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Part of story: International economic relations
… Exodus to Australia In the late 1880s times were hard in New Zealand, while … 1886 and 1891. … and to New Zealand In the 1890s, as depression overtook Victoria and New South Wales, New … people to Australia slowed and reversed during Australia’s great drought, which was at its worst in the early 1900s. …
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Part of story: Australians
… That New Zealanders still thought of themselves as British became evident once the Great War of 1914–18 was over. Peace brought regulations … style, but still in search of her roots. As the economic depression arrived in the late 1920s, there was a stronger …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… New influences At the end of the 19th century a stronger sense of a New … and the exploitative factory owner had no place. The depression of the 1880s brought these promises into … set out to restore the migrant dream. They broke up great estates, enacted factory legislation, introduced …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… When James Cook first arrived in New Zealand, in 1769, the ship’s naturalist, Joseph Banks, described the country … in October 4004 BCE), and that catastrophic events like the Great Flood shaped the land. Māori had their own traditions. … that the lake basins of the ‘volcanic Taupo Zone’ formed in depressions (calderas) created after major volcanic …
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Part of story: Geomorphology – a history
… was born in Lyttelton, New Zealand, on 12 March 1869, the son of Annie Adamson and her husband, Robert Forbes, a … was mockingly dubbed 'His Master's Voice'. By this stage depression gripped New Zealand. As minister of finance … on 22 September 1931. In the tense negotiations Forbes greatly relied on Masters, to the annoyance of his …
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… Robert Campbell Begg was born on 11 April 1886 in Dunedin, the son of Katherine Clarke and her husband, Alexander … response at a time when New Zealand was mired in depression, and about 2,000 people joined in the first … fly, and he wrote three memoirs. A somewhat aloof man of great integrity, Campbell Begg died on 26 July 1971 at …
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… England, according to family information on 5 January 1849, the son of William Hellaby, a farmer, and his wife, Eleanor … of R. & W. Hellaby on 1 November 1873. Richard Hellaby's great strength allowed him to perform any task he set his … bales before they were slaughtered; refused to buy stock at depression prices, aware that Hellabys' profitability …
Type: Biography
… Floods are the most frequent natural disasters in New Zealand – between … death’. A god’s revenge Māori legend includes a story of a great flood. Tāwhaki, god of thunder and lightning, was … heaviest rain commonly accompanies extra-tropical cyclones, depressions and frontal systems. Extra-tropical cyclones, …
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Part of story: Floods
… Kūkūtai's father, also named Kūkūtai, was a warrior of very high … He was also elected manager of his tribal farm. At the great meeting of Māori leaders at Paetai, near Rangiriri, to … In December 1866 he wrote to Selwyn stating that in depression after the death of his wife he had taken poison …
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… Boundaries and region The East Coast is a relatively isolated region. Bounded by … of enchantment and knowledge. But to this region his greatest feat was fishing up the North Island – Te … to a substantial urban centre. Following the economic depression of the 1930s, there was another period of …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… Karl Pallo was born at Reinu, Pärnu, Estonia, then part of the Russian empire, on 17 February 1896, the … Building; it eventually took over the whole floor. The depression years were difficult, and in August 1931 one of … was widely used at bowser stations and country stores. Of great precision and complexity, the pumps had an innovative …
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… Post-First World War The end of the First World War saw the first example of the … his long-standing wish to send the New Zealand Maoris to Great Britain . The team, captained by Wattie Barclay, made … mass defections towards rugby league during the economic depression. The role of the New Zealand Maoris, led by rugby …
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Part of story: Māori rugby – whutupaoro
… 1877 in Poverty Bay at Ahipākura, east of Gisborne. Her mother, Mere Hape, was of Rongowhakaata and Te … returned servicemen, providing for those in need during the depression, visiting borstals with clothing for girls, and … much respected champion of Māori, Mīria Pōmare was held in great affection by both Māori and Pākehā. She was very proud …
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… First arrivals James Cook, who mapped New Zealand in 1769 on the first of his three voyages to the country, was a … English birth. Nevertheless, the numbers arriving were so great that even considering this low percentage, there were … (65%) in the United Kingdom population in 1871. With depression in New Zealand, migration from England, as from …
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Part of story: English