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William Nelson (15 February 1843 – 16 November 1932) was a New Zealand industrialist and farmer [1] described in his obituaries as "the father of Hawkes Bay". He personally managed his Nelson Brothers freezing works at Tomoana for nearly 40 years.
This included 15 for New Zealand Māori, 66 Super Rugby and 143 National Provincial Championship (NPC) matches. He captained New Zealand A and New Zealand Maori, the Hurricanes, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. [1] Career highlights include: Hawke’s Bay's defeats of the 1993 British Lions (29–17) and the 1994 French tourists (30–25).
The first time this happened was in 1855 when the 1st New Zealand Parliament was dissolved after its third session on 15 September 1855, with Alfred Christopher Picard dying two days later. [3] Job Vile, who had represented the Manawatu electorate during the 15th New Zealand Parliament, died on 6 December 1905.
Westcott met New Zealand cameraman Ross "Rosco" Kenward in Canada and moved to New Zealand with him. They worked together at TV3. Kenward died in 2014. [12] Westcott died on 10 July 2020 in Hawke's Bay of breast cancer, aged 65. [1] She is survived by her son, Jamie Kenward, and a grandson, as well as her father and seven siblings. [7]
[25] [26] In January 1931 the first part of the new building was described as almost complete. [27] The technical college was never moved to this building due to the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. [3] It was two storeys high and had red bricks. [28] On 1 March 1931 the technical college had an enrolment of 1008, of which, 605 were boys and 403 ...
Oruawharo Homestead in 2009. Oruawharo Homestead is an historic homestead built in 1879 in Takapau, Central Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.It was designed by Wellington architect Charles Tringham in the Italianate style and built from native timbers for Sydney and Sophia Johnston by Sydney's father, the politician and merchant John Johnston.
The National Library of New Zealand has digitised 100,000 pages of his papers, [8] and the collection is featured on their website. [9] The collection includes over 3,000 letters written to McLean by Māori from throughout New Zealand. [10] It is the largest surviving group of 19th-century letters in Māori.
Takapau is a small rural community in the Central Hawkes Bay in New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres west of Waipukurau, off State Highway 2, and has a population of more than 500. [3] The original township was founded in 1876 by farmer Sydney Johnston from Oruawharo station. Johnston's family donated land for a school and churches, and ...