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… Lake Brunner, named after Thomas Brunner, has the Maori name Moana Kotuku, meaning “lake of the white heron”. It lies in a glacial basin, 280 ft above sea level, 17 miles west of Greymouth. Elongated north-north-east, with a maximum length of 5.6 miles and …
… (1766?–1831). Shipbuilder. Captain David Clark was superintendent of Raine, Ramsay, and Browne's Horeke shipyard from late 1826 to 1830, and there built, launched, and sailed to Sydney on completion the schooner Enterprise (40 tons), the brigantine New Zealander (140 tons), …
… (1837–1926). Armed Constabulary officer and Magistrate. Frederick John William Gascoyne was born in 1837 at Cawnpore, India, the third son of Lieutenant-Colonel Manners Charles Gascoyne of the 5th Bengal … of Ardnamurchan, and of Sir Donald McLean. He was educated at Kumaon and in 1853 came to New Zealand with his …
… islands of New Zealand. An old Maori of Queen Charlotte Sound at the time of Cook's first visit in 1770 used a … for two lands south of Cook Strait, probably derived from “te wai pounamu”, meaning literally “the water greenstone”, …
… ( Salmo salar ). Salmon eggs were first imported in 1868, and until about 1911 many shipments of eggs … received. Although liberations were made in many river systems, they became established only in the Te Anau – Manapouri – Waiau River watershed. …
… (1810–83). C.M.S. missionary. Benjamin Yates Ashwell was born in 1810 at Birmingham, England, and was … to Sierra Leone as a lay missionary. The West African climate proved too much for his health, however, and he was obliged to return to England shortly afterwards. In 1835 Ashwell sailed for New Zealand, arriving …
… The Middlesex Regt.); 2 October 1863; Poutoko, N.Z., 22 September 1864. Died at Otahuhu Camp on 27 April 1866, aged 24 … (1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regt.); 18 March 1861; Te Arei, N.Z.; 17 July 1861. Colour-Sergeant Edward … MacKenna; 65th Regt. (1st Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regt.); 7 September 1863; near Camerontown, Waikato …
… where they borrowed canoes for the journey down river. Later in the year Marsden, Puckey, and Kendall visited Hokianga and found Muriwai engaged in an altercation with his neighbour Matangi, whose kumara gardens …
… and of Susanna, née Crash (d. 1817). He was educated at the Bury St. Edmonds Grammar School, and in May 1810 entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in HMS Nisus . He then … 1828 he served on the West African Station, where he assisted the explorers Clapperton, Denham, and Park, and was also …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Hone Heke was the son of Kau (brother of the chief … from Hawaiki. Heke married Ono (baptised Lydia), the daughter of Pehii. About this time Heke was himself baptised at … Lydia's lifetime Heke led a quiet and studious life, but after her death he increased his mana by marrying his cousin …