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Malcolm McKinnon
Malcolm Arthur McKinnon (born 1950) is a New Zealand historian and political historian. McKinnon's work largely focuses on the history of New Zealand and New Zealand's international relations. McKinnon has held a number of editorial roles, including at New Zealand International Review and as theme editor of Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Career McKinnon completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 1981, titled ''Impact of War: a Diplomatic History of New Zealand's Economic Relations With Britain, 1939-1954''. He taught at Victoria University of Wellington 1975–1990 and has since worked independently as an historian. Since 2003 he has also been a writer and theme editor for Te Ara, the online encyclopedia of New Zealand, for which has overseen the regional entries. His most well-known work is the ''New Zealand Historical Atlas'' (Auckland, David Bateman Ltd, 1997) for which he was the general editor, and which received the 1998 Montana Book Awards Reader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encyclopedia Of New Zealand
''Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'' is an online encyclopedia established in 2001 by the New Zealand Government's Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The web-based content was developed in stages over the next several years; the first sections were published in 2005, and the last in 2014 marking its completion. ''Te Ara'' means "the pathway" in the Māori language, and contains over three million words in articles from over 450 authors. Over 30,000 images and video clips are included from thousands of contributors. History New Zealand's first recognisable encyclopedia was ''The Cyclopedia of New Zealand'', a commercial venture compiled and published between 1897 and 1908 in which businesses or people usually paid to be covered. In 1966 the New Zealand Government published ''An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand'', its first official encyclopedia, in three volumes. Although now superseded by ''Te Ara'', its historical importance led to its inclusion as a separate digital reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McKinnon (diplomat)
John Walter McKinnon (born 1950) is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. Biography McKinnon was educated at Nelson College from 1963 to 1967,''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition Victoria University of Wellington, and the London School of Economics. He is the younger brother of former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and, former Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon; and of Ian McKinnon, Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington and a former Deputy Mayor of Wellington City; twin brother of historian and New Zealand international relations expert Malcolm McKinnon; and the son of Major-General Walter McKinnon, former Chief of General Staff and Chairman of New Zealand Broadcasting. McKinnon joined the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1974, and was posted to Beijing as second secretary in 1978. In 1985, he was posted to Washington as First Secretary, then to Canberra as Counsellor in 1986. In 1992, McK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria University Of Wellington Alumni
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People Educated At Nelson College
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Victoria University Of Wellington Faculty
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New Zealand Journalists
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1950 Births
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John Plimmer
John Plimmer (28 June 1812 – 5 January 1905) was an English settler and entrepreneur in New Zealand who has been called the "Father of Wellington". Early life in England Plimmer was born at a village called in contemporary accounts "Upton-under-Amon" near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England on 28 June 1812, youngest but one of 12 children of Isaac Plimmer, builder and timber merchant, and his wife Mary (''nee'' Roden). Identifiably the village is Upton Magna, which lies under Haughmond Hill, where he was baptised on 19 July that year. (Transcribed parish register has corresponding parents' names.) Educated at a local parish school, he was intended for teaching but preferred to train as a plasterer and master builder. He practised the trades at Willenhall, Staffordshire from after his father moved there until his own emigration and it was at Birmingham in that area he first married in 1833. Life in New Zealand He arrived in Wellington from England on the ship ''Gertrude'' in 184 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter McKinnon
Major General Walter Sneddon McKinnon, (8 July 1910 – 20 May 1998) was an officer in the New Zealand Army. He joined the military in 1935 and served in the Second World War with various artillery units of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. After the war he held a series of senior positions in the army, culminating with a term as Chief of the General Staff from 1965 to 1967. In his retirement, he was Chairman of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. Early life McKinnon was born in Invercargill. He earned a degree in science from the University of Otago before joining the New Zealand Military Forces in 1935.McGibbon, 2000, p. 287 He married Anna Plimmer in 1937, and the couple went on to have five children, four sons and one daughter. Second World War When the Second World War broke out, McKinnon was in England on an artillery training course. He joined the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force and served with the 3rd New Zealand Division during the campaign in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McKinnon
Ian Duncan McKinnon (born 21 April 1943) is a New Zealand educator and local politician, and is a former deputy mayor of Wellington. Education McKinnon was educated at Nelson College from 1957 to 1961. He went on to Victoria University of Wellington, where he graduated with a BCom, and The University of Auckland, where he was awarded a DipEd.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition Career Teacher administrator McKinnon began his teaching career at King's College, Auckland. He has been Headmaster of a number of prominent private schools in New Zealand, including Wanganui Collegiate School (1980–88), and Scots College (1992–2002). He was also Lower Master at Eton College in the UK from 1988. At Wanganui Collegiate, he steered the school through a period of sustained pupil growth, despite the fall-off of its traditional catchment area – the education of central North Island farmer's sons, in the wake of the removal of state produce subsidies. Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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