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… Zealand’s leading scientists, shares with R. J. Tillyard the distinction of founding professional entomology in New … Their work was based on the contributions of several great amateurs. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 21 … the control of insect pests. During the economic depression of the early 1930s, appreciating the need to have …
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… was married as a child but his wife died in 1910. Jelal’s father, a laundryman or dhobi by caste, emigrated with some of … and marriage to a non-Indian. In later years he urged greater modernisation and adaptability among New Zealand’s … He extended credit to farmers and sawmillers during the depression, donated generously to collections during the …
Type: Biography
… and Heke-i-te-rangi, a Ngāti Maniapoto woman, eloped. When their tribes were reconciled at a great feast, Te Ngaere began the festivities by saying, … but any hope faded when its growth stalled during the depression of the 1880s. Industries gradually closed in the …
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Part of story: Waikato places
… Auckland, Hamilton or Tauranga. It has two distinct zones: the mountainous, volcanic Coromandel Peninsula and the flat … dominates the region. To local tribes the peninsula is a great waka (canoe), its stern at Moehau, near the tip of the … of flat land in the North Island – the 1,600 sq km Hauraki depression or basin. Māori settlement The region has an …
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Part of story: Hauraki–Coromandel region
… Paris was born on 22 June 1882 at Dunedin, New Zealand, the son of Eleanor Margaret Pocock and her husband, William … especially the inner city circuits, Percy Paris encountered great personal and social need. It was in response to this … the national and international community. Throughout the depression of the 1930s he promoted Christian pacifism, …
Type: Biography
… – sheep and, later, beef cattle – has been a key part of the Hawke’s Bay economy, past and present. Pastoral … with two heifers, two cows and a bull. Their arrival was of great interest to Māori, who had never seen these animals … Pastoral farming was not profitable during the economic depressions of the 1870s and 1880s, and the 1930s. The …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… farm at Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland, Alexander Peebles was the second child of George Peebles, a farm labourer, and his … Hill, Kuaotunu, and was awarded a prospector's claim. The Great Mercury and Red Mercury companies were floated to … in 1926. The firm gave credit to customers during the depression but was devastated by a fire in 1931. All …
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… Conflict over Māori rights The churches played significant, often controversial, roles … Bringing activism from Britain, they spearheaded the great reform movements of the age, campaigning for: Bible in … which it contrasted with the heartless and anti-family depression-era coalition government. Savage famously …
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Part of story: Religion and society
… at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland, on 8 August 1869, the son of Thomas Orr Richmond, a farmer, and his wife, … daughters, one of whom died in infancy. About 1900 Nelson greatly expanded his meat operations and asked Richmond to … of Poverty Bay. He faced financial ruin again early in the depression, but was saved by the goodwill of farmer clients …
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… as Jean) Stevenson was born in Dunedin on 7 November 1881, the eldest of 13 children of William Stevenson, a grocer, … to become national general secretary in 1932, just as the depression was taking hold. The YWCA and other women's … on 19 April 1948 and was mourned as ‘one of the Dominion’s great women leaders’. …
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… Solomon Score was born at Lyttelton on 28 January 1924, the daughter of Miriama Te Ahi Pūhia Pītini-Morēra … and fishing people. In later life she recalled that the depression mattered little to them because they had so … Ngāi Tahu claim and Wharetutu was thus exposed early to the great issue that was to dominate her later life. Her father, …
Type: Biography
… Broughton was born on 21 April 1940 at Whanganui. His father was Ruka Rākei Broughton of Ngāti Hine, a hapū of Ngāti … age he became interested in Māori tradition through his great-aunt, Taihape Rimitiriu Te Hurahanga Unahi, who had … the house. Later, Ruka built an ahurewa (sacred place) in a depression on their farm at Maxwell, where he laid out …
Type: Biography
… The Coates brothers, Edward and Thomas, who sailed into the … the farm with Rodney because of their father's manic depression, learned the importance of freehold, which he was … as much time as possible with his family, sometimes at great personal inconvenience. Rumours about Coates's 'other …
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… of a wealthy Clapham family. William Reeves was a member of the London Stock Exchange, where he defaulted in 1854 but … was often in ill health, on several occasions he displayed great physical courage. Reeves soon came to detest the law … and ideologist of what would be the Liberal party. The long depression of the 1880s had stimulated radical thought in …
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… was born in Chelmsford, Essex, England, and baptised there on 26 July 1808. He was the third son of Elizabeth … four daughters and one son. Carrington's grandfather and great-grandfather were prebendaries and chancellors of the … Māori disputed possession of the land. Further, the depression of the early 1840s left Carrington short of money …
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… Canterbury, New Zealand, on 14 February 1870. He was the son of Allen Bell, a farmer, and his wife, Mary Mathews. … Allen senior was apparently forced off his land in the depression of the 1880s and the family moved to Taranaki. … Bell had a profound affection for the region and made a great contribution to the development of modern Kaitāia and …
Type: Biography
… William Blakeley was born in Lower Hutt on 3 April 1915, the son of George Philip Wilson Blakeley and his wife, … the country’s generating capacity in the wake of the depression. He initially worked at the Tūai station, near … on engineering calculations under Bill Latta, whom he greatly admired and who was responsible for all design work. …
Type: Biography
… Bockett and his wife, Lilian Mary Bridger, who farmed in the area. Bert and his twin brother, Arthur, were educated … He modernised the department and expanded its functions greatly. During the post-war period it had a central role in … had made a substantial contribution to the shaping of post-depression New Zealand. …
Type: Biography
… botany and his interest in man's complex interaction with the environment were to be guiding influences for his son. … theories. Their collaboration produced results of great significance for New Zealand's pastoral farming. In … He oversaw the reinvigoration of the department after the depression and instigated the formation of the Animal …
Type: Biography
… Road boards In the 1840s and early 1850s there was little road … 13 in Otago. In the 1850s there were toll houses on the Great South Road in Auckland, which helped to pay for the … rail development at the expense of roads, and the economic depression of the 1890s saw tight control of government …
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Part of story: Roads