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… dangers underground Johnston and his fellow 'scabs' had to weather the hostility of the picket lines on the surface. …
Type: Biography
… Harold Piper, from Croydon to Darwin in February 1930. Bad weather, mechanical problems and emergency landings turned …
Type: Biography
… basin were originally fine volcanic ash and debris that weathered. The Thames valley has poorly drained gley soils, …
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Part of story: Waikato region
… the 1960s. Other than the risks of aggressive dogs and bad weather, being a postie is a good outdoor job, requiring …
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Part of story: Mail and couriers
… 200 feet of the summit in 1890, but bad luck, changeable weather and lack of time frustrated each attempt. The summit …
Type: Biography
… The climate is wet, cold, windy and very cloudy. Rough weather Thomas Musgrave, shipwrecked on Auckland Island in …
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Part of story: Subantarctic islands
… rode a bicycle or drove a horse and gig, undeterred by bad weather or poor roads. Powell was a mainstay of the WCTU, …
Type: Biography
… of British women. But they did not like British food or the weather and many yearned for their real home across the …
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Part of story: First World War
… The New Zealand frigates Pukaki and Rotoiti acted as weather ships during British nuclear bomb tests near …
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Part of story: Cold War
… the occasion. The success of the show depended much on the weather – rain would bring a big decline in attendance. In …
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Part of story: Shows and field days
… ‘eh’ , used in phrases such as ‘Cool game eh’ and ‘Great weather eh’. This tag was initially identified as a marker …
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Part of story: Linguistics
… eaten by birds and insects, or it may be a response to warm weather the previous summer. Mountain beech Mountain beech ( …
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Part of story: Southern beech forest
… lakes, ponds and dams elsewhere in Central Otago when the weather is cold enough. The opening of Coronet Peak skifield …
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Part of story: Otago region
… both Maori and Pakeha, riding on horseback through any weather over rough tracks and difficult roads. She advised …
Type: Biography
… sketches. But his habit of painting in all seasons and all weathers did nothing for his health. While painting near …
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Part of story: City images
… Georgian design with a hipped, shingled roof and weatherboard cladding. Other early houses were prefabricated … better ‘habitation than a tent, especially in wet or windy weather.’ The Mathews bought doors and windows from a …
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Part of story: Housing
… gullies also occur in volcanic pumice and Northland’s weathered sandstones. Mass-movement erosion When gravity …
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Part of story: Soil erosion and conservation
… large sandspits. The granite rocks along the coastline have weathered into wave-cut platforms and distinctive landmarks. …
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Part of story: National parks
… in the rough limestone outcrops, particularly where the weather and rubbing animal bodies wore ledges into the …
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Part of story: Fossils
… days) fell on land already saturated after previous severe weather. Worst affected were rivers in South Taranaki, …
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Part of story: Floods