Browsing by Author "Hart, Philip"
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Adam Porter: a miner who became a ‘self-made man’
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Adam Porter won the accolade of being a ‘self-made man’ because of rising from humble beginnings in Scotland. After arriving in New Zealand, aged 12, and working hard for some years, he joined the South Island gold rushes ... -
Aihe Pepene
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Sharing the same illustrious whakapapa as his brother Reha Aperahama, Aihe Pepene was prominent when living in the Thames district before settling at Te Aroha in 1878. When speculators tried to acquire the Thames foreshore ... -
Akuhata Koropango Lipsey
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)The eldest son of George and Ema Lipsey, Augie, as he was known, was most notable, and popular, as a sportsman. A good rugby player in his youth, he later became a keen golfer. As well, he owned and raced horses, an interest ... -
Akuhata Mokena: Eldest son of Mokena Hou
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Akuhata Mokena was recorded as being the first child of Mokena Hou and Rina. By the early 1860s he was living at the northern boundary of the Aroha Block as well as at Puriri, where he dug kauri gum. From 1857 to 1868 he ... -
Alexander Mackay: a prospector and miner in Hauraki
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)A Scot, trained as a carpenter, Alexander Mackay was a prospector and miner for most of his life. After fighting in the Waikato War, he went to the new Thames gold field, where he invested in and worked in several mines. ...
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The Taranaki refugees 1860
(The University of Waikato, 1999)This thesis investigates a previously unexplored aspect of the Taranaki wars by examining the circumstances surrounding the evacuation of refugees to Nelson, from New Plymouth, in 1860. Most of the data has been gained ... -
Party attitudes to the principle of preference to unionists contained in the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, 1903-4
(University of Waikato, 1971)The object of this thesis is to analyse members' attitudes to the principle of preference contained in the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Bill (1904). In light of this object the primary problem is to explain ... -
"Bringing it home" New Zealand responses to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
(University of Waikato, 1986)This thesis discusses New Zealander's attitudes to and involvement in the Spanish Civil War, 1936 to 1939. Although distance muted the war's impact, three general divisions of opinion developed in New Zealand - pro-Republicanism, ...
