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… a people’s culture. For example, writers such as William Shakespeare or painters such as John Constable were … Inside, the issue contained a poem by the local master, Thomas Bracken, entitled ‘Our pet kangaroo’! 3 This did not …
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Part of story: Arts and the nation
… case and was elected with little effort. A great admirer of William Fox , he nevertheless declined Fox's offer of the … which he had incautiously left hostage to his eldest son William's business capacity. When a warehouse fire …
Type: Biography
… known also by his baptismal name of Wiremu Maihi (William Marsh), or Wī Maihi, was born in the early … the wife of Hātaraka), Te Ranga, and possibly Kāhau. Thomas and Anne Chapman set up a Church Missionary Society … lay in front of the house, Whakaokorau; Archdeacon W. L. Williams gave an address in Māori, and at its conclusion the …
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… his four boats. A fight was narrowly averted when Captain William Hay, aboard the Sydney vessel Siren , attempted to … to Sydney on the Success at the invitation of John Jones. William Hobson had just sailed for New Zealand to attempt a … Korako, Karetai signed the Treaty of Waitangi for Major Thomas Bunbury at Ōtākou on 13 June 1840. Karetai later …
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… Prendergast returned to London, entered the chambers of Thomas Chitty, enrolled at the Inner Temple and was called …
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… while wallpaper designer, artist and interior designer William Mason made his own wallpapers by hand. Otago … Ariki ; poet, playwright, novelist, editor; written by Mark Williams Dennis, Jonathan Spencer ; film archivist, … social commentator; written by Margaret Tennant Scott, Thomas Henry ; pacifist, psychology researcher and lecturer, …
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… race in 1971. Ocean Spirit 's English co-skippers, Leslie Williams and Robin Knox-Johnston, recognised Blake's … a private pilot's licence in England that year. In 1977, Williams and Knox-Johnston invited Blake to be watch leader … against armed intruders. His funeral took place at St Thomas à Becket Church, Warblington, Hampshire, England, …
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… and ju-jitsu; and from the Reform Party, whose leader, William Massey , declared in 1911 that Cullen would make an … retirement, the short-lived Liberal government of Thomas Mackenzie appointed Cullen as commissioner of the New …
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… in the Heretaunga block, illegally leased from the Māori by Thomas Tanner . Subsequently the block was legally leased … enemies. In the early 1860s they were town settlers, like William Colenso , who wanted agricultural settlement; in the …
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… with business, and Macandrew set his heart on succeeding William Cargill as superintendent. By that time Macandrew … on the provincial council. He had founded in 1856, with William Cargill and his son John, the Otago Colonist. On the … days earlier the provincial council requested the governor, Thomas Gore Browne , to remove Macandrew from office. He did …
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… a job on the weekly paper, the Otago Colonist , edited by William Lambert. Within weeks, however, he formed a partnership with William Cutten, editor of the rival Otago Witness , with the … He appointed a number of reporters, such as Edward Gillon , William Harrison and Ebenezer Fox, who later had notable …
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… Edward Shortland was the third son of Captain Thomas George Shortland, RN, and his wife, Elizabeth Tonkin, … Willoughby, who had accompanied Lieutenant Governor William Hobson to New Zealand, Edward Shortland arrived in … Sicilian campaign that year. In 1862, at the urging of William Martin , former chief justice of New Zealand, …
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… He was the third son of George Hall and his wife, Grace Williamson. George Hall was a master mariner and shipowner, … the Samarang on 31 July 1852, his brothers George and Thomas arriving soon after. He inspected sheep country in … Unfortunately the two principal figures, John Hall and William Rolleston , although appearing to be natural allies, …
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… youngest of 17 children of Anne Brennan and her husband, Thomas Moore, a farmer and publican. Throughout his life he … joined over 600 other mourners. In his panegyric, Cardinal Thomas Williams recalled that three generations of Masterton …
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… was based on a 'beautiful design' by the English architect Thomas Allom, and was built by Samuel Duncan Parnell . … During his term of office he assisted Chief Justice William Martin in preparing a report on Supreme Court …
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… charge of her four brothers. She and her husband, Captain William Young, brought Charles Davis and his brother Edward … formal schooling, was tutor to the children of the Reverend William Woon. He also acquired great facility in Māori. In … a fee from some Māori clients brought him a reprimand from Thomas Beckham, resident magistrate at Auckland. Complaints …
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… his wife, Nani Weller (Hana Wēra). Raniera’s parents were Thomas Ellison, an English whaler, and Te Ikairaua, the … two sons of the marriage, Edward (Ted) Piriniha and Record William Huriwhenua (Huri). In the inter-war years Kuini …
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… 1844 and set out on exploring expeditions, first with William Giles, then with George Grey ; he made another … of Āpihai Te Kawau of Ngāti Whātua. In the company of Thomas S. Forsaith, a sub-protector of aborigines, he …
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