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… East Ridge. Improved equipment Except for crampons and weather-proof parkas, the amateur climbers of the 1930s used …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Mountaineering
… At the bay , to Bruce Mason’s The end of the golden weather , the beach was a symbol of childhood. Conflicts …
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Part of story: Beach culture
… 1 It entered Otago Harbour in calm, sunny autumn weather two days later. While only about half of households …
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Part of story: Otago region
… Tūmatauenga could not overcome him. This explains why the weather continues to assail people. This story shows that …
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Part of story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society
… large feathered skins when needing garments for winter weather. A thin sliver of moa skin was discovered covering a …
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Part of story: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori
… reactions. Variations in emissions and the prevailing weather conditions mean that pollution levels are constantly …
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Part of story: Atmosphere
… best to keep the mail dry through river crossings and bad weather. Most of the provinces had developed regular postal …
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Part of story: Mail and couriers
… New Zealand soils, based on processes. It highlighted the weathering of soils and climatic factors, and emphasised …
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Part of story: Soil investigation
… Mackenzie Country went on strike because they said rainy weather made the sheep too wet to shear. They accused the …
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Part of story: Strikes and labour disputes
… a panicking mob. High country musterers can be thwarted by weather conditions such as fog-belts (low fog) and blue …
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Part of story: Rural language
… next set of high tides (around two weeks later). In cool weather, development may take longer, and they may not hatch …
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Part of story: Freshwater fish
… a wide range of podzolised soils – poorly drained, strongly weathered, acidic clay soils, out of which heavy rainfall …
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Part of story: Kauri forest
… from the enemy. However, they had to deal with rough weather, heavy seas and extremes of temperature. Stifling …
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Part of story: Asian conflicts
… However they were unable to reach the summit due to bad weather, and the film was never made. Nearly 60 years later, …
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Part of story: Otago places
… of ill health brought on by heavy work in all kinds of weather. He retired to his farm on a loop of the Wanganui …
Type: Biography
… could heat the cage too much and kill the insects. In dry weather the insects and leaves should be sprayed with a …
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Part of story: Stick insects
… streams to deliver babies and treat patients in all weathers and often under trying conditions. Many of these …
Type: Biography
… the interior reproductive parts of the flower from the weather. The middle petal (lip, or labellum) often forms an …
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Part of story: Orchids
… billies. The wagoners were a tough breed, enduring weather cold enough to freeze their beards. Companies Once …
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Part of story: Gold and gold mining
… decided to follow Piailug’s advice. They sailed into calmer weather. In 1995 Te Aurere sailed from the Marquesas Islands …
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Part of story: Canoe navigation