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The Waikato Times started out as the tri-weekly Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette, first published by George Jones [4] on 2 May 1872 in Ngāruawāhia but moved to Hamilton in 1875. [5] It was then managed by Messrs Langbridge, Silver, E. M. Edgecumbe, George Edgecumbe and J. S. Bond, who ran a book and stationery shop and changed the ...
Isaac Coates was a relatively common name. Thus a 1942 Waikato Times obituary for Jane Meadway asserted that she was a daughter of Isaac Coates, "one of the best-known of the early settlers in the Waikato", though she was born at Akaroa in 1862, five years before the future mayor emigrated. [12]
Tūheitia was known for his bright and exuberant personality, and was described as a “a bit of a character” by the Waikato Times. [54] He co-founded the Huntly-based Taniwharau Culture Group, a kapa haka, and regularly participated. [54] Tūheitia suffered from poor health throughout much of his reign.
John William Ellis MBE (1853 – 6 August 1918) was a New Zealand businessman and mayor of Hamilton from 1917 to 1918.. His progressive mother encouraged him to integrate with local Māori from an early age, which later facilitated his trading on the borders of the King Country and go on to gain rights to fell and mill timber.
She obtained a BEd and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies, both from the University of Waikato. Before entering politics, she was a primary and secondary school teacher and a company training officer. [1] [6] [7] Stewart was initially a "long-time" member of the National Party and acted as secretary for the Feilding branch 1987–90.
On 10 January 2024, Tūheitia's Waikato-Tainui iwi had filed a legal challenge at the Wellington High Court against the Government's plans to limit the usage of the Māori language in the public sector, claiming that it breached the Crown's 1995 raupatu treaty settlement with them. [35] The national hui was held on 20 January 2024.
Rodney Times; 1910s. Industrial Unionist [4] Maoriland Worker, [5] aka the Standard; Northern News; Te Puke Times (1912–2024) 1920s. The Hutt News; 1930s. Manukau Courier; Te Awamutu Courier (1936–2024) Zealandia [6] 1940s. North Shore Times; 1960s. Central Leader; Katikati Advertiser (1967–2024) Stratford Press (1960–2024) Sunday News ...
Her first elected posts were the Waikato Hospital Board (1941) and the Hamilton Borough Council (1944). [3] She was Deputy Mayor of Hamilton in 1945. [1] Following the death of the incumbent MP for Hamilton, Frank Findlay, [4] she won the 1945 by-election to represent the electorate in the New Zealand Parliament, where she remained until her death 14 years later in 1959.