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Mayor Of Gore
The mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District in New Zealand's South Island. Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989, the mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough. The current mayor is Ben Bell. List of office holders Gore Borough Gore District References {{Mayors in New Zealand Gore * Gore District, New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore District, New Zealand
Gore District is a district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Geography The Gore District is located in the south of the South Island. The two neighbouring districts are Southland in the west and Clutha in the east. The district has a land area of . The seat of the district council is in the town of Gore. The district has a population of Towns and localities Gore is the main centre of Gore District. Other places in the district include the following, based on wards: Gore Ward: * Gore (seat) Kaiwera-Waimumu Ward: * Kaiwera Community Board: ** Diamond Peak ** East Gore ** Ferndale ** Kaiwera ** Otaraia ** Tuturau (north part) ** Waikana ** Watarikiki (east part) * Waimumu Community Board: ** Brydone (north part) ** Charlton ** Croydon ** Croydon Bush ** Otamita ** Te Tipua (north part) ** Upper Charlton ** Waimumu ** Waitane (east part) Mataura Ward: * Mataura Waikaka Ward: * Arthurton * Benio * Chatton * Chatton North * East C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Newman
Alexander Newman (October 5, 1804 – September 8, 1849) was a politician from Virginia. Born near Orange, Virginia, Newman had pursued in an academic course. He was married twice, first to Anne Maria Burwell née Brooke on February 21, 1826, and, after her death on May 15, 1836, to Eloisa Tomlinson in 1838. He had three children, Thomas Marshall Newman, William Alexander Newman and Roberta Newman to his first wife, and another son, Lewis Steenrod Newman, in 1839 to his second wife. He held several local offices before serving in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1836 to 1838 and in the Virginia Senate from 1841 to 1846. He was postmaster of Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) from 1846 to 1849 and was elected in Virginia's 15th congressional district as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1848, serving from March 4, 1849 until his death on September 8, 1849, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Newman was interred in First Street Cemetery then reinterred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Mayors Of Places In New Zealand
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand ( mi, Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news and current-affairs network, RNZ National, and a classical-music and jazz network, RNZ Concert, with full government funding from NZ on Air. Since 2014, the organisation's focus has been to transform RNZ from a radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, increasing its production of digital content in audio, video, and written forms. The organisation plays a central role in New Zealand public broadcasting. The New Zealand Parliament fully funds its AM network, used in part for the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. RNZ has a statutory role under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 to act as a "lifeline utility" in emergency situations. It is also responsible for an international service (known as RNZ Pacific); this is broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Hicks (cropped)
The mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District in New Zealand's South Island. Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989, the mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough. The current mayor is Ben Bell. List of office holders Gore Borough Gore District References {{Mayors in New Zealand Gore * Gore District, New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ogg
Mary Elizabeth Ogg ( McKinlay; – 6 October 2022) was a New Zealand local politician. She served as the mayor of Gore from 1995 until 2001, and was the first woman to hold that position. Biography Ogg was born Mary Elizabeth McKinlay, the daughter of Bessy and Parker McKinlay, and grew up in Invercargill. In August 1968, she married David John Ogg at the Church of St Theresa of Lisieux in Invercargill. Her wedding dress is now held in the collection of the Gore Historical Museum. A district nurse, Ogg advocated for comprehensive health services in Gore and eastern Southland, and served as a member of the Southland District Health Board. Ogg was elected mayor of Gore in 1995, and served in that role for two terms, before being defeated by Owen O'Connor at the 2001 local elections. She was the first woman to be elected mayor of Gore, and the third woman to serve as a mayor in the Southland Region, after Eve Poole in Invercargill and Frana Cardno in Southland District. Fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Tulloch
Ian "Inky" Tulloch (born 21 September 1950) is a New Zealand racing-driver and a former politician in both local and national politics. He is most famous for his career in racing saloon cars as well as for being the last Mayor of Mataura before it became part of the Gore District Council. His father was Malcolm "Mac" Tulloch, a man who had been the Mayor of Mataura twice between 1959–1962 and between 1968–1970. Biography Racing career Tulloch's extensive racing career has spanned four decades within which he participated in 119 races. During his career, Tulloch achieved 7 wins and 21 podium finishes. The notable competitions in which he raced were the Australian Production Car Championship, NZ Truth V8s Championship, Parker ENZED NZV8s Championship, and the NZ Production Car Championship. NZ & Australian super trucks. In 2016 he crashed during a 1-hour endurance race in his Honda Integra clubmans saloon car and was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Political career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Farry
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብርኤል, translit=Gabrəʾel, label=none; arc, ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܺܝܐܝܶܠ, translit=Gaḇrīʾēl; ar, جِبْرِيل, Jibrīl, also ar, جبرائيل, Jibrāʾīl or ''Jabrāʾīl'', group="N" is an archangel with power to announce God's will to men. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. Many Christian traditions — including Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Roman Catholicism — revere Gabriel as a saint. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). The archangel also appears in the Book of Enoch and other ancient Jewish writings not preserved in Hebrew. Alongside the archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Press
''The Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. First published in 1861, the newspaper is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday to Saturday. One community newspaper—''Northern Outlook''- is also published by ''The Press'' and is free. The newspaper has won the title of New Zealand Newspaper of the Year (in its circulation category) three times: in 2006, 2007 and 2012. It has also won the overall Newspaper of the Year title twice: in 2006 and 2007. History James FitzGerald came to Lyttelton on the ''Charlotte Jane'' in December 1850, and was from January 1851 the first editor of the ''Lyttelton Times'', Canterbury's first newspaper. From 1853, he focussed on politics and withdrew from the ''Lyttelton Times''. After several years in England, he returned to Canterbury concerned about the proposed capital works programme of the provincial government, with his chief concern the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McDougall
David (Davie) McDougall (14 July 1858 – 7 November 1943) was a United Party and an Independent Member of Parliament for Mataura, in the South Island of New Zealand. Biography Early life Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McDougall came to New Zealand with his wife in 1884, arriving at Port Chalmers on 11 May on the '' Aorangi''. Political career McDougall served on the Gore Borough Council and was Mayor of Gore in 1913, 1915–1919, 1921–1923 and 1927–1928. He unsuccessfully contested the electorate in the as an Independent Liberal, defeated by the incumbent, George James Anderson. He represented the Mataura electorate in the House of Representatives for ten years from to 1938, when he was defeated. In the 1928 and s elections, he was elected as a United Party MP. In 1933, he had voted with Labour members in Parliament on a no-confidence motion and was then excluded from the Coalition Government caucus. In the McDougall stood as an Independent, and was not oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, and to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean. The South Island covers , making it the world's 12th-largest island. At low altitude, it has an oceanic climate. The South Island is shaped by the Southern Alps which run along it from north to south. They include New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki / Mount Cook at . The high Kaikōura Ranges lie to the northeast. The east side of the island is home to the Canterbury Plains while the West Coast is famous for its rough coastlines such as Fiordland, a very high proportion of native bush and national parks, and the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. The main centres are Christchurch and Dunedin. The economy relies on agriculture and fishing, tourism, and general manufacturing and services. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan McFarlane Junior
Duncan may refer to: People * Duncan (given name), various people * Duncan (surname), various people * Clan Duncan * Justice Duncan (other) Places * Duncan Creek (other) * Duncan River (other) * Duncan Lake (other), including Lake Duncan Australia *Duncan, South Australia, a locality in the Kangaroo Island Council * Hundred of Duncan, a cadastral unit on Kangaroo Island in South Australia Bahamas *Duncan Town, Ragged Island, Bahamas ** Duncan Town Airport Canada * Duncan, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island * Duncan Dam, British Columbia * Duncan City, Central Kootenay, British Columbia; see List of ghost towns in British Columbia United States * Duncan Township (other) * Duncan, Arizona * Duncan, Indiana * Duncan, Iowa * Duncan, Kentucky (other) * Duncan City, Cheboygan, Michigan * Duncan, Mississippi * Duncan, Missouri * Duncan, Nebraska Duncan is a village in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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