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Charlotte Badger was probably the daughter of Thomas and Ann Badger whose baptism was registered in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on 31 July 1778. By the age of 10 she was being supported by the Bromsgrove parish, and was apprenticed to discharge her from the parish’s responsibility. At 18 she stole four guineas and a Queen Anne half-crown from ...
Biographies. Te Ara includes more than 3,000 biographies, most originally published in the Dictionary of New Zealand biography (DNZB). The DNZB project ran from 1983 to 2000. Five print volumes were published and in 2002 a website was launched. The biographies were included in Te Ara in 2010, and 15 new biographies were added.
Fifteen new biographies were launched in 2010–11, the first since the conclusion of the print publication series in 2000. These biographies were commissioned to fill some notable gaps in the Dictionary’s coverage, but a lack of resources prevented the resumption of DNZB work on a larger scale at that time. The Te Ara build phase was ...
Jan 1, 1993 · These biographies have been selected from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. They describe the lives of a range of women who worked in different ways towards the goal of suffrage. Some were leading figures in the campaign - Kate Sheppard, Margaret Sievwright, Mary Ann Muller.
- Dorothy Page
Rout, Ettie Annie. 1877–1936. Journalist, businesswoman, sex hygiene campaigner, writer. This biography, written by Jane Tolerton, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1996. Ettie Annie Rout was born in Launceston, Tasmania, on 24 February 1877, the daughter of Catherine Frances McKay and her husband, William John ...
Established in 2002 at Victoria University of Wellington, the NZETC is a rich resource of digitised New Zealand texts on a variety of topics including New Zealand history, literature and biography, as well as broader projects focusing on Maori legal resources, encompassing Maori and Pacific subjects amongst others. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The Dark Horse. 2014 2h 4m R. 7.4 (6.6K) Rate. 77 Metascore. A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life. Director James Napier Robertson Stars Cliff Curtis James Rolleston Kirk Torrance. 8.
