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• Upstairs Downstairs

  Broadgreen’s Domestic and Ground staff of the 1860s As was befitting an affluent middle-class family such as the Buxtons[sitetree_link,id=535] of Broadgreen House[sitetree_link,id=348] in Stoke, paid staff looked after domestic and...

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• Slavery in Colonial Times

  As in many other cultures, slavery was a key element of Maori society.  Mokai  were usually spoils of war, condemned to lives of drudgery, danger, heavy physical work and...

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• Buxton and Company Nelson Merchants

  E. Buxton & Co Merchants was an importing and exporting business, selling everything from apple trees to firearms, women's hosiery to sausage skins. The business, first opened in 1855,...

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• Searching for Metapere

  It is now more than 15 years since Kate Mitchell published an account of the search for a Māori tupuna in the family, who turned out to be...

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• The Taranaki Refugees

  The Taranaki War of 1860 had a lasting legacy for both Maori and Pakeha communities in Taranaki and Te Tau Ihu. The impact of the war on Taranaki Maori[te-tau-ihu-maori-and-the-taranaki-wars/]...

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