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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 ...

The history of rugby league in New Zealand began as a humble story of working-class communities and a popular ball game that ...

Anglican Priest. Born in Puketeraki, North Otago. Ordained priest in Dunedin, 1908. Went to England in 1911. Worked as a curate in Spain (1913) and London (1914). 1917-1918 served as chaplain to the ...

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"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 ...

Photographs of Brett Graham taken by Jocelyn Carlin for the publication 'Te Ira Taane: Bridging the gap', circa 1996. Some photographs show views of Graham with his father, sculpture Fred Graham, and ...

Mark your calendars for 19 September, the anniversary of the 1893 Electoral Act that granted New Zealand women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. Join our kaimahi for a special lunchtime ...