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  Thoms Rock
Thoms was alternating his place of residence with his winters spent mainly at Te Awaiti and his summers spent trading, often based from Paremata, where his whaling station operated each winter season from late in 1834 or mid 1835.
Thoms whaling station at Paremata lay at the south end of what is now Ngatitoa Domain, near the ruined redoubt, the Scout Den and the Mana Cruising Club.
His land purchase at Paremata on 1 May 1838, is curiously late since he had occupied the site since about mid-1835.
www.karorihistory.org.nz /stock36richards.htm   (3403 words)

  
 Porirua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major territorial additions to the city were made in 1973 and 1988 as part of the reduction and eventual abolition of the Hutt County.
Suburbs include Ascot Park, Cannons Creek, Elsdon (named after writer Elsdon Best), Onepoto, Papakowhai, Paremata, Pauatahanui, Plimmerton, Pukerua Bay (where film-maker Peter Jackson grew up), Ranui Heights, Takapuwahia (a Ngati Toa settlement), Titahi Bay (where pro golfer Michael Campbell grew up), Waitangirua, and Whitby.
Porirua is the home of the Royal New Zealand Police College, where all police recruits receive some 19 weeks' training.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Porirua   (639 words)

  
 Government in New Zealand
Manatu Mo Te Taiao Ministry for the Environment, with information on Environment 2010 Strategy, the Resource Management Act and other Environmental Legislation, Sustainable Land Management, Air and Atmosphere, Water Quality, Indigenous Habitat and Biodiversity, Waste Management, the State of the Environment Reporting, and International Environmental Agreements.
Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Paremata Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment an officer of Parliament who reviews and provides advice on the the allocation, use and protection of natural and physical resources.
Te Tari Kooti, the Environment Court, previously the Planning Tribunal.
www.enzed.com /govt.html   (1781 words)

  
 MPs - House of Representatives 1854-2004 - NZHistory.net.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Many Maori gave up on the 'Pakeha Parliament' in the 1890s, for it was not seen to be serving Maori interests.
The confiscation of Maori land following the wars of the 1860s, and the continued process of taking Maori land led the Kotahitanga movement to hold a number of Maori Parliaments (Paremata Maori) as an alternative forum.
Prominent politicians, including James Carroll, visited the Maori Parliament, but Premier Richard Seddon remarked that it was really only a runanga - there was 'only one parliament in New Zealand, and it would never give up control of the Maoris or their lands'.
www.nzhistory.net.nz /politics/mps   (3672 words)

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