1951 Birthday Honours (New Zealand): For services to music.
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7/22/2019
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1951 Birthday Honours (New Zealand): For services to music.
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Trombonist Rodger Fox founded the Rodger Fox Big Band in 1973 and toured extensively throughout New Zealand and overseas. He was a huge part of the Tauranga Jazz Festival and completed his 50th anniver...
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5/27/2024
Yesterday
Trombonist Rodger Fox founded the Rodger Fox Big Band in 1973 and toured extensively throughout New Zealand and overseas. He was a huge part of the Tauranga Jazz Festival and completed his 50th anniver...
Yesterday
Dene O'Kane became a household name as a quarterfinalist in the World Snooker Championships in 1987 and 1992 and was a three-time World Masters champion.
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New Zealand Herald:
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5/15/2024
5/15/2024
Dene O'Kane became a household name as a quarterfinalist in the World Snooker Championships in 1987 and 1992 and was a three-time World Masters champion.
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New Zealand Herald:
Radio New Zea...
5/15/2024
3.4.1 Te Mahanga and Maatara. He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti The Declaration and the Treaty In their growing discovery of european society, Bay of islands Māori were by now beginning to look further afie...
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4/30/2024
4/30/2024
3.4.1 Te Mahanga and Maatara. He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti The Declaration and the Treaty In their growing discovery of european society, Bay of islands Māori were by now beginning to look further afie...
4/30/2024
Gottfried Lindauer (5 January 1839 to 13 June 1926) was a Czech born New Zealand painter famous for his portraits, including many of Māori. When he was called up for service in the Austro-Hungarian arm...
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4/20/2010
4/20/2024
Gottfried Lindauer (5 January 1839 to 13 June 1926) was a Czech born New Zealand painter famous for his portraits, including many of Māori. When he was called up for service in the Austro-Hungarian arm...
4/20/2024
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3/18/2024
Obituary :- STAR (CHRISTCHURCH), ISSUE 16382, 22 MARCH 1921, PAGE 9 * Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Florence Louise Beatrice Rae (born Moreton) by SmartCopy : Jul 24 2015, 5:57:38 UTC
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3/8/2024
Obituary :- STAR (CHRISTCHURCH), ISSUE 16382, 22 MARCH 1921, PAGE 9 * Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Florence Louise Beatrice Rae (born Moreton) by SmartCopy : Jul 24 2015, 5:57:38 UTC
3/8/2024
Tall of stature, Kelly was of a dignified and sensitive character. As an artist she was extremely self-critical, maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, but she was generous in her help t...
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1/28/2024
1/28/2024
Tall of stature, Kelly was of a dignified and sensitive character. As an artist she was extremely self-critical, maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, but she was generous in her help t...
1/28/2024
The work of Māori artist and broadcaster Selwyn Muru included painting, sculpture, journalism, broadcasting, directing, acting, set design, theatre and poetry. In 1990 Muru was awarded Te Waka Toi's Te...
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1/24/2024
1/24/2024
The work of Māori artist and broadcaster Selwyn Muru included painting, sculpture, journalism, broadcasting, directing, acting, set design, theatre and poetry. In 1990 Muru was awarded Te Waka Toi's Te...
1/24/2024
Wiri Nehua, educated at Te Aute College: Forward & three-quarter (18 Matches). Member of the 1888–89 New Zealand Native Football Team that made the 107-match odyssey through New Zealand, Australia, and...
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4/16/2010
1/5/2024
Wiri Nehua, educated at Te Aute College: Forward & three-quarter (18 Matches). Member of the 1888–89 New Zealand Native Football Team that made the 107-match odyssey through New Zealand, Australia, and...
1/5/2024
Born into a Māori-Catholic family, Hone Papita Raukura (Ralph) Hotere spent his childhood in Mitimiti, Te Tai Tokerau/Northland. During the early 1960s, he studied and exhibited in England and Europe. ...
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12/25/2023
Born into a Māori-Catholic family, Hone Papita Raukura (Ralph) Hotere spent his childhood in Mitimiti, Te Tai Tokerau/Northland. During the early 1960s, he studied and exhibited in England and Europe. ...
12/25/2023
Arthur James Iles was born in Omaru on 10 June 1870. He set up a photographic studio in Lawrence, Otago, in 1891, and moved to Thames in 1893. He married Rebecca Elis-- Ripeka Rangi Mahora Ututaonga on...
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11/16/2023
Arthur James Iles was born in Omaru on 10 June 1870. He set up a photographic studio in Lawrence, Otago, in 1891, and moved to Thames in 1893. He married Rebecca Elis-- Ripeka Rangi Mahora Ututaonga on...
11/16/2023
Charles Purnell Parkerson by Neil Follett: Details of the attempted flights from UK to Australia (and on to New Zealand) by Charles Purnell Parkerson in de Havilland DH.60G Moth G-AALM, the first attem...
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11/16/2023
Charles Purnell Parkerson by Neil Follett: Details of the attempted flights from UK to Australia (and on to New Zealand) by Charles Purnell Parkerson in de Havilland DH.60G Moth G-AALM, the first attem...
11/16/2023
Charles Edward (Ted) Le Grice lived near Okere Falls and worked as a photographer and artist. Known to be active as a photographer in the Rotorua district between 1908-1915. Source:
Ted married Lucy ...
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11/16/2023
Charles Edward (Ted) Le Grice lived near Okere Falls and worked as a photographer and artist. Known to be active as a photographer in the Rotorua district between 1908-1915. Source:
Ted married Lucy ...
11/16/2023
Dorothy Catherine Wentworth Jenkin (née Venning; 23 October 1892 – 13 April 1995) was a New Zealand watercolorist, botanical illustrator and printmaker. She was a founding member of the Invercargill Ar...
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11/11/2023
Dorothy Catherine Wentworth Jenkin (née Venning; 23 October 1892 – 13 April 1995) was a New Zealand watercolorist, botanical illustrator and printmaker. She was a founding member of the Invercargill Ar...
11/11/2023
Thomas Welch Horton, DSO, DFC & Bar (29 December 1919 – 6 December 2021) was a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, pilot, and combat veteran who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in a numb...
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11/11/2023
11/11/2023
Thomas Welch Horton, DSO, DFC & Bar (29 December 1919 – 6 December 2021) was a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, pilot, and combat veteran who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in a numb...
11/11/2023
A native of New Zealand, Holland worked with the Institute of Pacific Relations from 1928 until 1960. The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was established in 1925 as a private non-partisan forum fo...
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6/28/2019
11/11/2023
A native of New Zealand, Holland worked with the Institute of Pacific Relations from 1928 until 1960. The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was established in 1925 as a private non-partisan forum fo...
11/11/2023
Dame Rangimārie Hetet DBE (née Hursthouse, 24 May 1892 – 14 June 1995) was a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver). She identified with the Ngati Maniapoto iwi.Hetet was born in Oparure, Ki...
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11/10/2023
Dame Rangimārie Hetet DBE (née Hursthouse, 24 May 1892 – 14 June 1995) was a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver). She identified with the Ngati Maniapoto iwi.Hetet was born in Oparure, Ki...
11/10/2023
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11/10/2023
Eily Elaine Gurr (8 November 1896 – 12 December 1996) was a New Zealand medical doctor and medical administrator and advocate of the discipline of general practice. Source:
...she moved to Auckland, ...
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11/10/2023
11/10/2023
Eily Elaine Gurr (8 November 1896 – 12 December 1996) was a New Zealand medical doctor and medical administrator and advocate of the discipline of general practice. Source:
...she moved to Auckland, ...
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