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… them or made special trips, including Andreas Reischek, Thomas Kirk, James Hector and F. W. Hutton. In 1907 the … 1931, with up to 6,800 sheep shorn annually in the 1920s. William Tucker, a former mayor of Gisborne, took up the …
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Part of story: Subantarctic islands
… cases, but two that he himself singled out were the case of William Bayly, who was convicted of murdering his neighbours … in which Leary acted as junior to E. H. Northcroft; and Thomas Hayr’s case in 1952, where Leary mounted a successful …
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… from the early 19th century. In 1832, missionary Henry Williams noted a game of cricket in Paihia, in the Bay of … a player who would become one of New Zealand’s most famous: Thomas (Tamati) Rangiwāhia Ellison. Ellison is credited with …
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Part of story: Māori and sport – hākinakina
… Otaraia station in Wairarapa, and in partnership with Thomas Henderson bought out the New Zealand Steam Navigation … in 1876. Martin had been made a justice of the peace by William Fitzherbert in 1876, and when in 1878 he was called …
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… children of Adelaide Ritchie Wells and her husband, Arthur Thomas McDonald, an Australian-born wool merchant. She was … where she trained as a dancer with Minnie Hooper, J. C. Williamson’s ballet mistress. She became a showgirl, and toured with the Williamson company. Because of her height she was in the …
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… was made engineer-in-chief, with O'Connor's contemporary, William Blair, as deputy. Each was professionally senior to … Instead, the new minister for public works, Thomas Fergus, gave the post to Blair. O'Connor was moved …
Type: Biography
… baptised on 1 June 1817, the second youngest daughter of William Rymill, carrier, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, … Heads, joining the Chapmans at Rotorua and Maketū, where Thomas Chapman employed her as a teacher. In 1850, however, …
Type: Biography
… John Shaw Sale, writing master at Rugby School under Thomas Arnold. George entered Rugby School in 1839, and his … stood on his bookshelf. Sale formed a firm friendship with William Rolleston, a fellow Cambridge classicist, who owned …
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… on 22 April 1907, one of three children of dental surgeon William Westbrooke Squires and his wife, Mary Beatrice … Christ Church Cathedral, she married Southland farmer Thomas Menzies (Sandy) Watson, son of Invercargill solicitor …
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… was baptised Āperahama (Abraham) by the Wesleyan missionary William White on 23 December 1833. Although usually known as … were taught 'experimental religion' by the Reverend Thomas Buddle . It was probably here that he learnt to read … that Āperahama Taonui wrote down for the young John White (William White's nephew) his 'He Pukapuka Whakapapa mō ngā …
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… considered his position untenable. In May 1837 Bourke sent William Hobson to report on the situation. Busby recommended … and suspected affronts, and resented the appointment of Thomas McDonnell as Additional British Resident in Hokianga …
Type: Biography
… the second son of Harriott Lucy Crewe and her husband Sir Thomas Tancred, the sixth baronet of Boroughbridge, … French and Italian. With his brother, the seventh Sir Thomas Tancred, he decided to emigrate to New Zealand. They …
Type: Biography
… native birds. The suggestion was taken up by Reischek and Thomas Cheeseman , the secretary of the institute, and …
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… on 26 April 1856, the son of Irish immigrant parents William Ward, a clerk, and his wife, Hannah Dorney. Joseph … their third surviving child; seven others died in infancy. William Ward's health deteriorated, probably from … casting vote, chose Ward's minister of agriculture, Thomas MacKenzie , to succeed him. Ward holidayed in …
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… of wealth in Poverty Bay. Nelson Brothers’ empire William Nelson set up his Tōmoana operation in 1880 as a … Frozen Meat Company opened a works at Belfast; and William Nelson started freezing operations at Tōmoana in … British companies with retail butcher’s shops – including Thomas Borthwick and Sons, Vesteys and the Co-operative …
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Part of story: Agricultural processing industries
… 1834. They were probably encouraged by Francis's brother, William , then a Wesleyan missionary in Hokianga. After … , an old friend of White and a skilled Māori linguist; William Wyatt Gill, a collector of Cook Islands traditions; …
Type: Biography
… in history and having completed an MA thesis on Governor William Hobson , he sailed for London in August 1926 with a …
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… in 1879, just two years after its invention in the US by Thomas Edison. Two thousand Canterbury settlers travelled to … ‘Blue smoke’, written by Ruru Karaitiana and sung by Pixie Williams. The record sold over 20,000 copies and was New …
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Part of story: Recording companies and studios