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Waiouru Military Camp in 1940-1941. Mount Ruapehu is in the background. Photographer unidentified. The bell tents were used in the late winter of 1940, and the early summer of 1941 while 800 Ministry ...

Journal of the Auckland-Waikato historical societies. Includes an article about James Cowan by Norton Watson, that John Cowan assisted with, on pages 15-18. Also a letter from Norton Watson to John ...

"When she embarked on a research project on tourism in Muriwhenua Dorothy Urlich Cloher discovered that she could not discuss this topic without going back far into the past. She describes this book ...

Kupu whakataki -- Ko whakatupuranga rua mano - te tīmatatanga (ngā tau tuatahi) me ōna kaupapa -- Ko ngā kawenga e toru. Te kawenga mātauranga. Te kawenga mō te ātiawatanga, te raukawatanga, te toa ...

"The post-1945 migration to the cities by Māori transformed Aotearoa New Zealand forever. Before the Second World War 90% of Māori lived in rural tribal communities; by the mid-1970s almost 80% lived ...

Ruhe sold land at Taiamai to George Clarke in 1835. Ruhe, a Ngāpuhi rangatira (chief) from Kaikohe, signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February at Waitangi. Beside his mark was the statement, ‘Te Tohu ...

Backgrounds the history of the railway workshops. Profiles former national president of the Railway Tradesmen's Association and his involvement in the railways. Talks about the reorganisation of the ...