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Nov 29, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - " Rankin " could see what was wrong and the worse land was given to him , I suppose to hope his ideas / vision would fail and bring down this no nonsense relative . The lands w...
Nov 29, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - I think I filed this name originally , because of his famous christian names . I see a note on the file ( reference )>>> I missed some research on this person . <<< Thats stra...
Nov 29, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello -Another generally unknown family member . He is deep in our Family Ancestory . I have got an ancestral flow chart some where, which I seem to have mis-laid . Hone Heke Rankin...
Nov 29, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello - their is a little bit more on this maori leader & " Cussie ", which will assist us to know him better Although he had little formal education, Tawhai was naturally talented and...
Nov 29, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello - this is journal is about a person who is just the opposite to " Henare " although a relative , very little is known about him . " Old faithful " helped me out . I see I had put...
Nov 29, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello - Some of you may think that we have printed to many journals on this public figure . I don't think like that . Just as we have tremendous pride in our children ( mokapunas )why n...
Nov 28, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello - I repeat my writings , so many can be proud . He was indeed a great man with much mana among his people .
Declining an offer from Te Puea Herangi of a Waikato farm and a leade...
Nov 28, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - To understand our extended family , especially on the Maori side, we need to understand the guidance , & actions that Henare worked on for his people and for the benefit of all ...
Nov 28, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello - In my years of research , I have heard , many times of how the paramount maori tribes , selected a young maori male, of high descendantcy, tested his abilities in intellegence ...
Nov 28, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello . Many years ago ( in fact 42 years ago ) I was staying the night at a Gisborne Hotel while on Business. Instead of going to the private bar , where the prices were high, I went t...
Nov 28, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Good morning - I was talking to my daughter in London last night who with her partner are expecting their first child . The last scan they had told them the sex of the unborn child .I t...
Nov 27, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - when I look at this story of two people , growing together in a very large world which they were yet to know fully .
From the seeds grows the trees . How very true . By the wa...
Nov 27, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello -- " Whina Te Wake " became his adviser at Hokianga and she in turn valued his knowledge of farming, public service procedure and legislation. Later she began accompanying him on ...
Nov 27, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello - Many of us , have heard or read about " Whina Cooper " . What a woman she was . I would never be able to express the capabilities of this very proud unassumming woman . The stor...
Nov 27, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - This person is a distant relative ( by marriage ) and comes under the " Extended family " Nothing like bringing in a bit of that " canny " Scotch blood. I can't remember - " isn...
Nov 26, 2010 •
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edmondsallan- Good morning - Bloomfield was famous in NZ for his Paintings . In general, although he traveled all over NZ in the old days he is in general a forgotten early settler and part of our h...
Nov 25, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello . " Hamuera " also had a mind of his own and quite often did not go along with the " official establishment " be it Pakeha or Maori. Although nominally a member of Te Kotahitanga...
Nov 25, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello " Old faithful " is just warming up . I can feel she is raring to go . I'll have to watch she doesn't get me to do to many journals . I still have to do the weekend shopping yet ...
Nov 25, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Good morning- I thought for a change we could head south into Wairarapa / Taranaki area . ln 1984 I was researching different ancestral lines in NZ and I came across this article on...
Nov 25, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello --- Following the Kiwis tour Johnny Smith returned to Northland, and on 30 November 1946, at Okaihau, he married Dorothy Constance Alice Robinson; they were to have two daughters...