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  Thomas King (new Zealand)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thomas King took over the charge of the Carter Observatory in 1887 from the Reverend Arthur Stock, vicar of St Peters.
Thomas King has an astronomical observatory facility named after him at Carter Observatory in Wellington, New Zealand.
The Thomas King Observatory in Wellington, near the Carter Observatory, is now in constant use following the restoration of it and its telescope.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/thomas_king_(new_zealand)   (283 words)

  
 Puke Ariki - Taranaki Stories - Long reign of Newton King
Thomas was New Plymouth's first Member of Parliament, on the Taranaki Provincial Council, and was involved in shipping, the port, farming and trading.
Newton King's granddaughter Adrienne Tatham (her father was Eliot King) says Thomas was a compassionate man. Back in the 1830s, when he was a boy of 11, he used to read to illiterate London labourers during his lunch hours.
One of Newton's brothers was Sir Frederick Truby King, the founder of Plunket in New Zealand.
www.pukeariki.com /en/stories/businessandindustry/newtonking.asp   (2161 words)

  
 Thomas New Zealand - Immigration Consultants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New Zealand lies in the southern Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km east of Australia.
New Zealand's European constitutional history began in 1840 when Maori and the Crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi and New Zealand became a British colony.
New Zealand moved from colonial to Dominion status in 1907, gaining full independence from Britain under the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947.
www.thomasnz.com /nz.htm   (476 words)

  
 Lawrence of Arabia . Lowell Thomas | PBS
Lowell Thomas was a man ahead of his time: the first roving newscaster, a film maker through the 1920s, a radio presenter in the 1930s, an adventurer who wrote more than 50 books, he was heralded as the father of 'Cinerama'.
Thomas and Chase were invited to Feisal's desert camp where they shot moving and still pictures of Lawrence with the Arabs.
Thomas died in 1981 in New York at the age of 89.
www.pbs.org /lawrenceofarabia/players/thomas.html   (443 words)

  
 KING, Sir Frederic Truby, C.M.G. - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Thomas King was educated at the City of London School and at Oxford, which he represented for a time in Parliament.
Thomas King was of an independent turn of mind and exercised his many qualities of intelligence and personality in the community interests, becoming Provincial Treasurer for Taranaki and serving as a provincial representative in Parliament in 1854, 1855, and again in 1860.
Truby King's advocacy of small and dispersed wards led to the very early formulation of the villa hospital principle in New Zealand and this policy was put into effect on an enduring basis when Tokanui Hospital was founded in 1912.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/K/KingSirFredericTrubyCmg/KingSirFredericTrubyCmg/en   (1644 words)

  
 RSNZ/
For when Captain James Cook first came to New Zealand in 1769, it was the observation of a transit of Venus that was one of the reasons for his being sent by the Royal Society to the south Pacific.
New Zealand even had an accomplished optician and telescope maker in Joseph Ward (1862-1927), who helped to establish the Ward Observatory in Wanganui, and whose telescopes included a 52-cm Newtonian reflector (built 1924), which for many years was the largest telescope in New Zealand.
The new echelle spectrograph, which was one of the first of its type in the southern hemisphere, was mounted on the Boller and Chivens 60-cm telescope in 1977 and used for recording the spectra of bright stars.
www.rsnz.org /news/venus/nz_astronomy.php   (5778 words)

  
 New King James Bible
The New King James Bible is a revision of the 1611 King James Version as revised in 1769, which is the version in general usage today.
As in the older version of the King James Bible, words added to the English in the New King James Version for purposes of clarity, which were not in the original Hebrew or Greek, were shown in italics and subject headings were developed jointly by the executive editors and the English editor.
The stated goal of producing the New King James Version was to produce a revision of the King James Bible prepared with profound reverence for the Word of God and with a deep appreciation of the wise traditions established by the translators of the 1611 King James Bible.
www.allabouttruth.org /new-king-james-bible-faq.htm   (641 words)

  
 Thomas Bernard Collinson 1821
Thomas was born on 18 November 1821, the son of Rev. John Collinson and Amelia King, at Gateshead, County Durham.
Thomas Collinson was rewarded by the engraving of his map at Ordnance Survey, Southhampton, and a complement from the geographer J. Arrowsmith that it was the most complete map he had ever seen.
Upon the continued native attacks in New Zealand it was decided that he had better go, and on 1 September 1846 he departed New South Wales in the aptly named trading brigantine Terror, anchoring at Auckland, on 19 September 1846.
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 Background material for New Zealand Lectures  by Thomas R
New Zealand along with a number of other countries has chosen to join in as a third party supporting the US case.
A consequence could be that new technologies that hold enormous potential for addressing the world's problems would be held hostage to the whims of governments that do not have the courage to stand up to the threats of special interest groups.
Transgenics is increasingly involved in the discovery and creation of new pharmaceuticals and transgenic enzymes and bacterium are involved in the production of most of the cheeses, breads, wines, beers and vitamins that many consume on a daily basis including those most opposed to the technology.
www.uh.edu /~trdegreg/background_new_z.html   (5743 words)

  
 History - 1800-1849 - Statistics New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thomas Holloway King is the first Pākehā child born in New Zealand.
Jurisdiction of New South Wales courts is extended to British citizens in New Zealand.
New Zealand Association formed in London, becoming the New Zealand Colonisation Society in 1838 and the New Zealand Company in 1839, under the inspiration of Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
www.stats.govt.nz /quick-facts/people/history-1800-1849.htm   (479 words)

  
 Thomas King (New Zealand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas King (1858–1916) was a New Zealand astronomer and politician.
Thomas King Observatory at Carter - National Observatory of New Zealand
Saturn image taken at the Thomas King Observatory February 2006
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_King_(New_Zealand)   (310 words)

  
 Middleton, Thomas - Hengist, King of Kent, or the Mayor of Queenborough Books at Real Groovy New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hengist, King of Kent, or the Mayor of Queenborough
Hengist, King of Kent (also known as The Mayor of Quinborough) was one of the most popular plays of the 1630s and 1640s.
Written by Thomas Middleton by 1619, its main tragic plot concerns the invasion of the Saxons, led by Hengist, into Britain and the division of the kingdom into heptarchies, one of which, Kent, Hengist comes to rule.
www.realgroovy.co.nz /books/isbn/0197290434   (591 words)

  
 Thomas King Observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Thomas King Observatory stands at the top of the Botanic Garden in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of the Carter Observatory.
Thomas King Observatory, was used until recently for public viewing of the sun during the day.
The hydrogen-alpha filter used to view the sun through the Thomas King refractor has now moved to one of the telescopes mounted to the side of the Thomas Cooke refractor, in the main observatory building.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_King_Observatory   (180 words)

  
 Timeline of events - New Zealand in History
Thomas Holloway King becomes the first pakeha (European) child born in New Zealand.
Son of French escapees from the French Revolution, Baron Charles Philippe Hippolyte de Thierry returns to New Zealand with a group of French colonists, after having bought land from Hokianga chiefs.
New Zealand timeline - Land ownership and settlement before 1840 - 1995 (from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
www.history-nz.org /timeline.html   (915 words)

  
 New Zealand's King- Part 1
New Zealand has its share of good ones and bad ones, like any other nation, but there are a few figures that stand out as revolutionary or charismatic.
And Englishman by birth he rose to preeminence in the late nineteenth century, towering over the politics of the day, and leaving his mark on the nation both in height and in character.
Born in Lancashire England, his father Thomas was a headmaster, his Scottish mother Jane Lindsay was a teacher, and so education was important.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/new_zealand_history/64634   (454 words)

  
 New Zealand
25 Nov 1947 New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster.
Thomas Spencer Forsaith are regarded by some historians as having headed up Governments from the dates 14 Jun 1854 to 2 Aug 1854 and 31 Aug 1854 to 2 Sep 1854 respectively.
Note: The first two kings were leaders of the revolt against the colony; after the second king's surrender he and his successors maintained a symbolic and prestigious community leadership to this day.
www.worldstatesmen.org /New_Zealand.htm   (2162 words)

  
 were - pafg24 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Edmund Thomas KING was born on 16 Mar 1879 in Geraldine, New Zealand.
Mary Blanche NEEDHAM [Parents] was born on 01 Nov 1911 in Okaiawa, Taranaki, New Zealand.
Edward Percy* GRIFFITHS was born on 02 Dec 1934 in Toko Taranaki, New Zealand.
www3.telus.net /ggassoc/family_tree/were/pafg24.htm   (528 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
Before joining Nautilus, Thomas served in senior marketing and strategic planning positions with Levi Strauss and Company, and as Vice President of the Burger King international account team for Coca-Cola where he was responsible for the sale of Coca-Cola products to the company's corporate and franchise operations.
Thomas said Nautilus, Inc. prefers forming privileged relationships with leaders in each fitness segment, providing training, marketing, educational and service support.
We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date they were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=36527484   (967 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: New Zealand's Maori queen dies
Te Ata was the seventh Maori sovereign, a direct descendant of a royal line that began in 1858 when the Maori responded to Britain’s colonisation of New Zealand by choosing a monarch of their own.
Te Ata was the longest-serving head of the Kingitanga (King) movement, which largely was a response to continual Maori land losses as European settlers flocked to the British colony and took land from the indigenous people.
Te Ata became Maori queen in May 1966, the day her father, King Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao, was buried, and was immediately catapulted into a role that included mixing with some of the world's most influential people.
www.breakingnews.ie /2006/08/15/story272235.html   (322 words)

  
 Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Learn about New Zealand’s Māori people, who define themselves as iwi (tribes), by descent from the crew of voyaging canoes or other illustrious ancestors.
The Canterbury region is the fourth to feature in Te Ara’s coverage of New Zealand’s distinctive places, joining Manawatū and Horowhenua, Northland and the Bay of Plenty.
New Zealand stargazers will find that it contains features unique to viewers in the southern hemisphere – the Southern Cross, Coal Sack and Jewel Box twinkle only here.
teara.govt.nz /1966/K/.../KingSirFredericTrubyCmg/en   (215 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Celtic | Day the pubs ran dry
But it was skipper Delme Thomas who held the Llanelli pack firm in the face of an All Black pack shaped in the best Kiwi traditions.
Bennett converted to give Llanelli a shock 6-0 lead, but when Joe Karam struck a penalty to give New Zealand their first points it seemed only a matter of time before more followed.
New Zealand 1972: Joe Karam; Bryan Williams, Bruce Robertson, Mark Sayers, Duncan Hales; Bob Burgess, Lindsey Colling; Keith Murdoch, Ron Urlich, Graham Whiting, Andy Haden, Pole Whiting, Alistair Scown, Alan Sutherland, Ian Kirkpatrick (capt).
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/rugby_union/celtic/2380369.stm   (653 words)

  
 Tom King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas King (boxer) (1835–1888), English boxer, Heavyweight Champion of England
Thomas King (New Zealand) (1858–1916), New Zealand astronomer and politician
Thomas King Carroll (1793–1873), American judge, Democratic Governor of the state of Maryland 1830–1831
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_King   (226 words)

  
 Thomas King - Penguin Group (New Zealand) Authors - Penguin Group (New Zealand)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thomas King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent, is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, and photographer.
His first novel, Medicine River, won several awards, including the PEN/Josephine Miles Award and the Writers Guild of Alberta Award, and was shortlisted for the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Thomas King lives in Guelph, Ontario, and is an Associate Professor of English (teaching Native literature and creative writing) at the University of Guelph.
www.penguin.co.nz /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000017983,00.html   (179 words)

  
 Thomas Annan ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Thomas Annan, Close, No. 118 High Street, plate 6 from the book, Photographs of the Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow 1868-1877 (Glasgow: Glasgow City Improvement Trust, 1878-1879), 1878
Thomas Lawrence, Engravings from the choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence (London: Henry Graves & Co., [ca.
John Thomas Smith, Topography of London (London: John Thomas Smith, 1810).
wwar.com /masters/a/annan-thomas.html   (672 words)

  
 New Zealand - King Kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Three-time Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) directs King Kong, bringing his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape-monster captured in the wilds and brought to civilization where he meets his tragic fate.
The RKO King Kong has been designated by the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress as one of the 100 Greatest Films and chosen by that organization for permanent preservation as a national treasure.
A key arts venue, the theatre is still used for a range of performances from dance to theatre, and is one of the few of its type remaining in the world.
www.newzealandatoz.com /kingkong.php   (971 words)

  
 HomeMediaRetailing - A Better Way To Do Business
But that hasn’t stopped New Line Home Entertainment from preparing new DVD versions of all three films in the franchise, which generated more than $1 billion in U.S. theaters and won 17 Academy Awards.
New to DVD are the documentaries, in which director Peter Jackson and his crew gave Botes full access to the set for hours of behind-the-scenes footage.
Except for the first documentary’s showing at the New Zealand Film Festival, none of the three video production diaries have been seen anywhere, Lasorsa said.
homemediaretailing.com /news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=9277   (485 words)

  
 Anglicans Online | New Zealand
The New Zealand branch of the well-known organisation that originated in England.
DEFT is the Distance Education, Formation and Training Unit of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia.
This library serves the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia and the Methodist Church of New Zealand.
anglicansonline.org /world/nz.html   (1352 words)

  
 Kong is King.net | King Kong movie news and rumors | News Archives
The King Kong star blames the recent spate of high-profile births for "flooding the market".
Thomas Kretschmann may not be a familiar name to audiences raised on a diet of Hollywood films, but the 44-year-old newcomer has made his mark in American movies with strong supporting roles in major motion pictures.
A hot-dog eating contest, beer bongs, heavy-metal karaoke: These would seem to be Jack Black's definition of a good time, at least if you assume that the sort of vulgar, uncensored characters the actor has inhabited in films like "School of Rock" and "High Fidelity" bear some relation to who he is off-screen.
www.kongisking.net /archives/kongisking/6.23.06-7.05.06   (933 words)

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