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20th-century anti-Chinese legislation
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Legislation discriminating against Chinese people in New Zealand continued to be enacted until well into the 20th century. This table shows laws introduced between 1901 and 1944, when the poll tax was finally repealed.
on Oct 18
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Early investigations and bush sickness: 1900–1930
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Experiments in soil surveying As farming got under way, scientific expertise was needed to direct the use of fertiliser, especially on less productive land. Bernard Aston joined the Department of Agriculture in 1900, and undertook systematic study of New ...
on Aug 28
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The three articles of the Treaty of Waitangi
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Most Māori chiefs signed the Māori-language version of the treaty at Waitangi on 6 February 1840 or later in the north and at Auckland. A recent translation of the articles of the Māori version follows: The First The chiefs of the Confederation and all the chiefs ...
on Jul 19
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Perhaps because they live a great distance from any other country, New Zealanders have always had to invent things they could not easily obtain. Māori developed skills in weaving and carving, and at making voyaging canoes, stone weapons and fortified pā, that astonished the Europeans ...
on Jun 12
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Twinkling in the winter sky just before dawn, Matariki (the Pleiades) signals the Māori New Year. For Māori, the appearance of Matariki heralds a time of remembrance, joy and peace. It is a time for communities to come together and celebrate. In the 2000s, it became more common for both Māori ...
on Jun 5
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This map of New Zealand as Cook charted it on his first visit in 1769–70 was published in Journal of a voyage to the South Seas (1773) by Sydney Parkinson, an artist who had accompanied Cook. Although there were some inaccuracies in Cook’s map, few countries had been charted ...
on Apr 27
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Service cars were large cars used for passenger transport. They appeared in New Zealand from about 1905, when there were very few privately owned cars. Some horse coach companies moved into service cars. Rodolph Wigley, who had taken passengers to Aoraki/Mt Cook from Timaru by ...
on Apr 9
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What is a glow-worm? None of the world’s glow-worms are true worms. In the northern hemisphere the name is used for beetles that fly around at night with their tail-lights flashing. In New Zealand and Australia, glow-worms are the larvae (maggots) of a special ...
on Apr 1, 2024
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The Ngāi Tahu tribal area embraces all of the South Island except for its northern tips. Te Parinui-o-whiti in the east and Kahurangi in the west mark the tribe’s northern boundaries. By the early 19th century, Ngāi Tahu settlements were found along...
on Mar 10, 2024