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1937 Coronation Honours (New Zealand)
The 1937 Coronation Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the coronation of George VI, were appointments made by the King to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The honours were announced on 11 May 1937. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Privy Counsellor (PC) * George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway – governor-general of New Zealand. File:George Monckton-Arundell.jpg, Viscount Galway Knight Bachelor * Ernest Davis – mayor of the City of Auckland. * Charles John Boyd Norwood – of Wellington. For public services. File:Ernest Davis.jpg, Sir Ernest Davis File:Charles Norwood.jpg, Sir Charles Norwood Order of the Bath Companion (CB) ;Military division, additional * Rear-Admiral the Honourable Edmund Rupert Drummond – Royal Navy; commodore commanding the New Zealand station. * Major-General John Evelyn Duigan – New Zealand Staff Corps; general officer commanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Of H
A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head. The term also generally refers not only to the physical crowning but to the whole ceremony wherein the act of crowning occurs, along with the presentation of other items of regalia, marking the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power. Aside from the crowning, a coronation ceremony may comprise many other rituals such as the taking of special vows by the monarch, the investing and presentation of regalia to the monarch, and acts of homage by the new ruler's subjects and the performance of other ritual deeds of special significance to the particular nation. Western-style coronations have often included anointing the monarch with holy oil, or chrism as it is often called; the anointing ritual's religious significance follows examples found in the Bible. The monarch's consort may also be crowned, either simultaneously with the monarch or as a separate event. Once a vital ritual among the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn Freshwater , city = Auckland , country = New Zealand (Māori: ''Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa'') , academic_staff = 2,402 (FTE, 2019) , administrative_staff = 3,567 (FTE, 2019) , students = 34,521 (EFTS, 2019) , undergrad = 25,200 (EFTS, 2019) , postgrad = 8,630 (EFTS, 2019) , type = Public flagship research university , campus = Urban,City Campus: 16 ha (40 acres)Total: 40 ha (99 acres) , free_label = Student Magazine , free = Craccum , colours = Auckland Dark Blue and White , affiliations = ACU, APAIE, APRU, Universitas 21, WUN , website Auckland.ac.nz, logo = File:University of Auckland.svg The University of Auckland is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest, most comprehen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piopio, New Zealand
Piopio is a small town in the Waitomo District. It is situated on approximately 23 km from Te Kuiti. Demographics Statistics New Zealand describes Piopio as a rural settlement, which covers . The settlement is part of the larger Aria statistical area. Piopio had a population of 465 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 69 people (17.4%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 3 people (−0.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 171 households, comprising 234 males and 234 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female, with 120 people (25.8%) aged under 15 years, 93 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 177 (38.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 78 (16.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 69.0% European/Pākehā, 49.0% Māori, 1.3% Pacific peoples, and 1.3% Asian. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 56.8% had no religion, 23.9% were Christian, 5.2% had Māori religious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Wilson (writer)
Helen Mary Wilson (née Ostler; 4 May 1869 – 16 April 1957) was a New Zealand teacher, farmer, community leader and writer. She was born in Oamaru, New Zealand, in 1869. Political life Wilson was active in the Women's Division of the Farmer's Union and one of the early Dominion presidents. She founded the Piopio branch of the organisation in 1927, and in the 1937 Coronation Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of her service as Dominion president of the Women's Division. Interviewed for a radio program during the 1950s, Wilson recalled the process involved for women in New Zealand in obtaining the right to vote and also discussed the Married Women's Property Act."Helen Wilson: The status of women", Radio New Zealand. Books Wilson was the author of several books, including the autobiography ''My First Eighty Years''. This book is regarded as a New Zealand classic. Personal life Wilson spent several years in the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand is a lobby and advocacy group for all farmers: arable including fruit and vegetables, dairy and meat and their often remote communities. It has a network of 24 regional organisations and six industry groups. Federated Farmers lobbies on farming issues both nationally and within each region. Membership of the organisation is voluntary, and at 2021 it has over 13,000 members. History Federated Farmers was originally incorporated in 1902 as the New Zealand Farmers Union. In 1944, a joint initiative by the New Zealand Farmers Union and the New Zealand Sheepowners’ Federation led to the formation of Federated Farmers, and a new incorporated society, Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc was registered on 30 November 1944. There were 43,000 members of Federated Farmers in 1971. Structure and membership The organisation is a federation of 24 independent regional bodies (provinces) that are separate incorporated societies. As of 2021, there were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumsden, New Zealand
Lumsden ( mi, Ōreti) is a town in Southland, New Zealand. Lying in a gap in the surrounding hills, Lumsden is the location of a major junction on state highway six. Lumsden is 81 kilometres north of Invercargill, 106 kilometres south of Queenstown, 59 kilometres west of Gore and 77 kilometres east of Te Anau. History Originally the district in general was known as The Elbow. When this name was given to the then new railway station, residents of Castlerock, then also known as The Elbow and on the opposite bank of the Ōreti River, brought the matter to George Lumsden of the Otago Provincial Council. He referred that matter to the Railways Department who, in the absence of any other suggestion, chose the name Lumsden for the town. In 2017, it was suggested that Lumsden is becoming a satellite town on Queenstown. It was much cheaper to buy or rent a house in Lumsden and then work in Queenstown where wages are potentially higher. Railways Lumsden also used to be a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Thompson (artist)
Sydney Lough Thompson (24 January 1877 – 8 June 1973) was a New Zealand artist. Family Sydney Lough Thompson was born in Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1877. He had eight siblings – five brothers and three sisters. His father had come to New Zealand as a young man and ran a general store in Oxford before becoming a sheep farmer. Thompson attended school until he was 13, after which he worked for his father on the farm. Early life and training It was Petrus Van der Velden who first aroused Thompson's interest in art and in 1895 he enrolled as a student at the Canterbury College School of Art in Christchurch. Thompson also took lessons from Van der Velden. Van der Velden became a formative influence on Thompson and also encouraged Thompson's ambition to become an artist. Van Der Velden's influence can be seen in Thompson's portrait ''Lady Mclean'' (oil, 1907.) and also in ''The Crucifix'' (oil, 1902.). Move to Europe In 1900, he went to London and then Paris in 1901 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Taylor (social Reformer)
Elizabeth Best Taylor (née Ellison; 21 September 1868 – 27 April 1941) was a New Zealand temperance worker, community leader and social reformer. She was president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand (WCTU NZ) from 1926 to 1935; and was one of New Zealand's first justices of the peace. Elizabeth Best Ellison was born in Lyttelton, New Zealand, in 1868. She briefly taught at the Christchurch Normal School. She married Thomas Edward Taylor in 1892 and they had six children. Taylor was a founding member of the National Council of Women of New Zealand in 1896; and, she represented the WCTU NZ at the Pan-Pacific Conference in Honolulu in 1928, later becoming president of the Dominion Pan-Pacific Women's Association. In the 1937 Coronation Honours, Taylor was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buller County, New Zealand
Buller County was one of the counties of New Zealand on the South Island. During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Buller County was administered as part of Nelson Province. With the Provinces of New Zealand#Abolition of Provinces Act 1876, Abolition of Provinces Act 1876, Buller County was created, taking over administration of its area in January 1877. The county council's administrative headquarters were located in Westport, New Zealand, Westport Borough. Buller County existed until the 1989 local government reforms, when the Buller District was formed through the amalgamation of the Buller County, Inangahua County and Westport Borough administrative areas. The county took its name from the Buller River, itself named for Charles Buller, Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) and director of the New Zealand Company, a UK-based company in the early 1800s with a royal charter supporting colonization efforts of New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey County, New Zealand
Grey County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the South Island. During the period 1853 to 1873, the area that would become Grey County was administered as parts of Nelson Province and Canterbury Province. From 1873 to 1876, the portions that had been administered by Canterbury Province were transferred to the newly created Westland Province. The overall area covered rural land and urban settlements, though the administrative authority for the urban area of Greymouth was transferred from Canterbury Province to the Greymouth Borough Council in 1868. The reason that the area that would become Grey County went across a provincial boundary was that the boundary had been set as a straight line from the head of the Hurunui River to Lake Brunner at a time when the area was virtually uninhabited, but the West Coast Gold Rush then straddled that boundary. In 1866, there was a failed proposal for portions of Canterbury Province, including the urban area of Greymouth and the rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zealand elements of the British Royal Air Force, becoming an independent force in 1923, although many RNZAF aircrew continued to serve in the Royal Air Force until the end of the 1940s. The RNZAF fought in World War II, Malaya, Korean War, Vietnam and the Gulf War as well as undertaking various United Nations peacekeeping missions. From a 1945 peak of over 1,000 combat aircraft the RNZAF has shrunk to a strength of around 48 aircraft in 2022, focusing on maritime patrol and transport duties in support of the Royal New Zealand Navy and the New Zealand Army. The RNZAF's air combat capability ended in 2001, under the Fifth Labour Government with the disbanding of the A-4 Skyhawk and Aermacchi MB-339 based squadrons. The Air Force is led by an Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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