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| Timespanner: Laurie Brothers, of Newton and West Auckland The Laurie family arrived in New Zealand on the Duchess of Argyll in 1842. The sons Robert, James and Matthew by the 1850s were engaged in brickmaking in the Newton area, behind the present-day site of the George Court building on .... Here are two examples. The first can be found at the "Peace Garden" apex of the in... Heritage on billboards II. In October last year, I came across four heritage billboards at Henderson Train Station. Now, there's four new ones. ... |
| Timespanner: The experimental history of Riversdale Reserve "A number of imported American and Australian varieties of kumaras are being grown in rows alongside the New Zealand standard varieties New Zealand No 1 and New Zealand No. ... "On a recommendation of an inter-departmental committee set up to consider the utilisation of organic wastes, an area of some 4 acres was leased at Avondale, Auckland, and experiments under semi-commercial conditions are now being laid down to assess the value of using municipal compost in ... |
| Timespanner: The Women of the Treaty Last week, I attended one of the Auckland Central Library's lunchtime talk sessions, "Honoured Māori women who signed the Treaty of Waitangi (Ngā Wahine Rangatira i hainatia i te Tiriti o Waitangi)" by Anahera Sadler, Auckland Libraries .... A link worth checking out: the NZ History.net.nz's Memorials Register. They've even included my image from here of the Avondale RSA memorial... Guest Post: The Wild Child. My good friend Liz (aka author of the Mad Bush Farm blog) has ... |
| Auckland Council plans a 20-year vision for CBD City centre ... ... Newton); Covering of sections of the motorway ring road with useful public space and mixed use activity opportunities; New destination uses including a downtown Chinatown; Conservation areas to protect heritage ..... AKT website offers this image of Queen Street in Brisbane as an example of how Auckland's Queen [...] Luke says: February 1, 2011 at 12:20 am. very common everywhere apart from NZ! All 6 big aussie cities (canberra excepted) have pedestrian malls along a ... |
| 'OHANA – JENNIFER ANISTON DOES ARCHITECTURAL POETRY THIS WEEKEND ... Te Ohaki is also reflected in the Waikato tribes at Douglas Road of Matamata of Aotearoa New Zealand too, a marae I have visited when I once sung with a group of Maori touring singers in The Rise Up tour in 1990. All good people there. ... |
| The future of books – and Santa? | Open Parachute He's been such an annual fixture on the Whitcoulls' Queen Street building in Auckland. Whatever the financial and customer service problems this move does seem to signal significant changes. Inevitably there will be staff losses and closure ... It's hard to know what the future of book retail in New Zealand is going to be like. In the last 25 years I have lived through similar upheavals in the music and photographic industries. I guess I have also lived through a similar ... |
| IMBEDDED MATESHIP – AUSTRALIA'S JULIAN GILLARD SWANS ON DOWN TO ... “Prime Minister John Key introduced Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to the Glen Taylor School in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie as his “special friend”. The pair were welcomed with a Maori welcome. ... Julia Gillard loves the fact that celtic heritage of New Zealand and Australia is what both nations have strongly in common. New Zealand and Australia are both lucky to have these two youthfully driven leaders at the helm of both nations strong mateship hard drive ... |
| MAORI ST.AMPS, TE MATATINI CULTURAL FESTIVAL AND A KIWI NEWS QUIZ ... New Zealand Post marketing commercial director James Te Puni said: “Kapa Haka is unique to New Zealand, and a great way to celebrate our heritage. The series highlights a performance from beginning to end with each discipline showcased ... |
| TRUE FACT – WHAT AMERICA SEES WHEN YOU TYPE IN “MAORI” ON GOOGLE ... We're meant to believe that a) a new Mayor of Auckland City decides Maori's leadership potential in the biggest city of Aotearoa New Zealand. A two hundred year-old reoccurring joke of New Zealand humor, that perhaps needs a ... |
| BORN THIS WAY – MAORIS WITH SWAY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HOT PERFORMERS ... If you missed the naturalness of ten-year-old singing sweetheart, Teri Maree Kopa, of Aotearoa New Zealand, yesterday, check her singing out here. Love her! She's Oprah TV worthy with her natural talent. At the same age, she reminds me ... |
