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… was home to several important writers and poets like Thomas Bracken, John Barr and Vincent Pyke. Dunedin professionals such as Thomas Morland Hocken, a physician, and William Mathew Hodgkins, a lawyer, helped develop the city’s …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… his brother-in-law, Auckland financier and businessman Thomas Russell, to join him in a partnership. They bought … problems, however. When the land boom of the 1870s ended, Thomas Russell insisted on selling the heavily mortgaged … was involved in public life as well as farming. He chaired William Moorhouse's unsuccessful campaign for the …
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… He was the son of Charlotte Bennette Clark and her husband, Thomas Shearman. Under the patronage of his uncle, William Hobson, first governor of New Zealand, Shearman left … of the Canterbury policing regime on the West Coast to Thomas Broham; the number of policemen there eventually …
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… and was living at Kororareka (Russell). Lieutenant Governor William Hobson recommended that McDonogh, who had already … in November 1840 to the declining Hokianga district. Thomas Beckham, his successor, discovered that McDonogh had … been fought over his reputation; his antagonist, the lawyer William Brewer, was killed by gunshot in the encounter. In …
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… When later his methods were denounced by Samuel Williams and William Williams , and McLean was called upon by Governor Thomas Gore Browne to explain his methods, he admitted the …
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… Between 1877 and 1880 the youngest Burton brother, John William, came out to Dunedin and joined the business but … By about 1882 Alfred had entered into partnership with Thomas Mintaro Muir, and acquired the lease of the building … Wanganui. In the company of Rochfort and the painter Edward William Payton, he made a pioneer journey through the King …
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… on 27 September 1920. Jellicoe was regularly consulted by William Massey , the prime minister, about imperial affairs, … Conference in 1930, though New Zealand's delegate, Sir Thomas Wilford , did use Jellicoe's views to buttress his …
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… he returned to Ōpōtiki in February with fellow missionary Thomas Grace . Arriving on the Eclipse on 1 March, they … spy, the issues are more complex. Völkner was described by William Fox as 'a man of remarkable simplicity of character, …
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… on 8 September 1841. After discussions with the governor, William Hobson, the party proceeded to Blind Bay (Tasman … set out in April. While the company awaited Commissioner William Spain's judgement on the legitimacy of its claim to … the site in the South Island. He chartered Captain Thomas Wing's schooner, Deborah , and left Nelson on 31 …
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… 1814. In that year Marsden purchased the Active , and sent Thomas Kendall and others to consult about setting up a … to protect his Pākehā, the first CMS missionaries, Thomas Kendall, John King and William Hall. He warned them of dangers, took great personal …
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… who were resisting pressure to sell their land, Governor Thomas Gore Browne proposed a Native Council to oversee a … for a second term as governor. A new ministry headed by William Fox deplored the system of double government, and …
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Part of story: Self-government and independence
… Gilbert Thomas Pinfield (later known professionally as Gilbert … on 3 February 1897 to Clara Ann Davies and her husband, William Pinfield, a journeyman bricklayer. Beginning formal …
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… rugby league while most others played rugby union. Brunner Thomas Brunner discovered a coal seam on the north side of … All five brothers enlisted to fight in the First World War. William was killed, and Samuel was awarded the Victoria …
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Part of story: West Coast places
… out by Joseph Dargaville Glen Murray, after local landowner William Murray Morrinsville, recalling the first settlers Thomas and Samuel Morrin Bulls, because English woodcarver …
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Part of story: Place names
… Pratt or Parata; Joseph married Betsy Honors; Mary married Thomas Wilson; Elizabeth married James Wybrow; Susan married … Mary Wilson, daughter of Wharetutu's daughter Mary, married William Lee. Wharetutu is one of the earliest founding …
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… branches of the Department of Crown Lands. A biologist, Thomas Kirk, was appointed to give advice on insect pests of … fertiliser. They also convinced the Prime Minister William Massey, a farmer himself. In the negotiations over …
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Part of story: Agricultural and horticultural research
… than its New Zealand counterparts. Its founder, William Mathew Hodgkins, had envisaged a collection … a great personal triumph, was her 1958 purchase of Thomas Gainsborough and John Hoppner’s full-length portrait …
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… known as Kate, third daughter of Archdeacon Henry Williams , was celebrated at Rangiātea Church, Ōtaki, New … admitted to deacon's orders in September 1838 in Sydney by William Broughton, bishop of Australia, and at Paihia, Bay … the most unpopular man in the colony. Grey's successor, Thomas Gore Browne , consulted the archdeacon and other …
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… he came under the influence of the Wesleyan missionary William White , who was setting up mission stations along … Ngāti Māhanga land, and was baptised there as Wiremu Nēra (William Naylor) by the resident Wesleyan missionary, James … was one of the chiefs who subsequently visited Governor Thomas Gore Browne in Auckland. The supporters of the King …
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… daughter of Emily Sexton and her husband, Richard (Tiki) William Mahupuku, a sheepfarmer of Longbush. Richard was the … ended, and at Greytown on 24 October that year she married Thomas Asher, a widower of Māori, Dutch and Jewish descent …
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