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Evan Graham Turbott
Evan Graham Turbott (27 May 1914 – 12 December 2014) was a New Zealand ornithologist, zoologist, and museum administrator. He served as director of the Auckland Institute and Museum from 1964 to 1979. Early life and family Born at Stanley Bay, New Zealand, Stanley Bay on Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore, Turbott was the eldest of the three sons of Thomas Turbott, headmaster of Grey Lynn School, and his wife Evangeline Alice Turbott (née Graham). His brothers included the diplomat and businessman Ian Turbott. He was educated at Stanley Bay School, Vauxhall School, and was a foundation pupil of Takapuna Grammar School. Turbott studied at Auckland College of Education, Auckland Teachers' Training College and University of Auckland, Auckland University College. He graduated from the latter institution with a Master of Science in zoology in 1938. His thesis was entitled ''Some observations on the distribution and anatomy of Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger''. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Bay, New Zealand
Stanley Point (previously Stanley Bay) is a small suburb located on the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand, near Devonport, another suburb. It is mostly residential. The Devonport Naval Base lies to the east of the bay on the south side of the Stanley Bay peninsula and is connected to storage facilities on the north side at Ngataringa Bay by a tunnel. Name The suburb was known as Stanley Bay until December 2007 when New Zealand Geographic Board, The New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) officially named the suburb as Stanley Point. The area is named after Owen Stanley, captain of , who conducted a survey of the Waitematā Harbour in 1841. During the construction of the Calliope Dock in the 1880s, Stanley Bay was home to a Māori people, Māori village for the labourers who worked on the dock construction. Demographics Stanley Point covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbott's Weevil
Turbott's weevil (''Anagotus turbotti'') is a weevil that is endemic to New Zealand. It has been found on the Hen and Chicken Islands, the Poor Knights Islands and the Three Kings Islands. Taxonomy New Zealand entomologist Donald Spiller first described this species in 1942, originally named as ''Phaeophanus turbotti''. The description was based on two specimens collected by E. G. Turbott from the Poor Knights Islands in November 1940, leading the weevil to be named in honour of its collector. Turbott's weevil was recombined into the genus '' Anagotus'' in 1982 by Guillermo Kuschel. Description Turbott's weevil is one of the largest and most colourful of New Zealand's endemic weevils. This species is flightless and ranges in length from 18-25mm. It has conspicuous white markings and obvious tubercles. Life cycle The larvae of Turbott's weevils are wood borers and have been discovered in several different tree species. However they are most commonly found in ngaio and karaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allodiscus Turbotti
''Allodiscus turbotti'' is a species of land snail in the family, Charopidae. The species was first described by Baden Powell in 1948, and is endemic to Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands in New Zealand. Taxonomy The species was identified by Powell in 1948, based on a shell found by Evan Graham Turbott on Manawatāwhi / Great Island in 1946, among sparse pōhutukawa and kanuka forest. Powell named the species after Turbott. Gene sequencing noted that ''A. turbotti'' was significantly different to other members of ''Allodiscus'', meaning the species may potentially belong to a distinct genus. Description Powell's original text (the type description) described below: Powell noted that the species resembled '' A. cassandra'', but could be told apart by ''A. turbotti'' being much smaller in adult size, open umbilicate, and by the presence of more numerous radial ribs. ''A. turbotti'' differs from other members of the genus due to prominent axial riblets on its protoconch, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Falla Memorial Award
The Robert Falla Memorial Award (sometimes referred to as the Falla Award) is granted by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand to people "who have made a significant contribution to both the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and to New Zealand ornithology". It was set up in memory of Robert Falla after his death in 1979, using contributions from a public appeal. The first award was made in 1981, but for the first few years awards were made for the preceding year. In some years no award is made. Recipients * 1981: Ross McKenzie * 1982: Archie Blackburn * 1983: A.T. Edgar * 1984: R.B. Sibson * 1985: Maida Barlow * 1986: Peter Child (posthumous) * 1987: Peter Bull * * 1989: Graham Turbott * 1990: Barrie Heather * 1992: Beth Brown * 1995: Paul Sagar * 1997: David Crockett * 1999: Hugh Robertson * * * 2011: Ralph Powlesland * * 2014: Nick Allen * * 2018: David Melville * 2019: Andrew Crossland * 2022: Graeme Taylor * 2023: Elizabeth (Biz) Bell * 2024: Raewyn Empson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Service Order
The King's Service Order () established by royal warrant of Queen Elizabeth II on 13 March 1975, is used to recognise "valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious and faithful services to the Crown or similar services within the public sector, whether in elected or appointed office". This order was created after a review of New Zealand's honours system in 1974. The King's Service Order replaced the Imperial Service Order in New Zealand. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License The order was created as the Queen's Service Order () in 1975 and renamed in 2024. The original title of the Order recognised the fact that Queen Elizabeth II was the first New Zealand monarch to be officially titled ''Queen of New Zealand''. On 3 May 2024, following the ascension of Charles III to the throne on the death of Elizabeth II, the order was renamed the King's Service Order (KSO). The change in name will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1978 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1977 and the beginning of 1978, and were announced on 31 December 1977. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Knight Bachelor * Alan Thomas Gandell – of Wellington. For services to the Order of St John. * Thomas Wilfred Perry – of Christchurch. For services to commerce and the community. Order of the Bath Companion (CB) ;Military division * Major General Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett – Chief of General Staff. Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Companion (CMG) * The Most Reverend Allen Howard Johnston – Anglican Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand since 1972 and Bishop of Waikato since 1969. * The Very Reverend John Spenser Somerville – of Dunedin. For service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithological Society Of New Zealand
The Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ), also known as Birds New Zealand, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the study of birds and their habitats in the New Zealand region. Founded in 1940, it caters to a wide variety of people interested in the birds of the region, from professional ornithologists to casual birdwatchers. The Society publishes a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal, ''Notornis'', and a quarterly news magazine, ''Birds New Zealand'' (formerly ''Southern Bird''). It also organises membership-based scientific projects, such as the Atlas of Bird Distribution in New Zealand. History Following preliminary discussions in 1938 and 1939, the Society was formally established at an inaugural general meeting chaired by Robert Falla at Canterbury Museum on 24 May 1940. It became an incorporated body in January 1953.Gill, B.J.; & Heather, B.D. (1990). ''A Flying Start. Commemorating 50 years of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, 1940–1990'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Archey
Sir Gilbert Edward Archey (4 August 1890 – 20 October 1974) was a New Zealand zoologist, ethnologist, World War I officer, and museum director. He wrote one of the major works on the moa, based on his own field work and collection. He also published numerous articles and described many new animal species. Early life and education Archey was born to Thomas Archey and Sarah Triffitt in York, England in 1890, and emigrated to New Zealand with his parents, at age two. He graduated from Canterbury University College, Christchurch, with the degree of M.A. with honours in zoology in 1913. Career After a period teaching at Nelson College, Archey was Assistant Curator of the Canterbury Museum from 1914 to 1923, where he studied and published papers on numerous New Zealand fauna. He particularly worked on New Zealand moa, Dinornithiformes, extinct macrofauna birds. In 1924 he participated in the 1924 Chatham Islands Expedition. He was then appointed Director of the Auckland In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archey's Frog
Archey's frog (''Leiopelma archeyi'') is an archaic species of frog endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is one of only three extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. It is found only in the Coromandel Peninsula and near Te Kūiti in the North Island of New Zealand. This species, along with others in the family, have changed little over the past 200 million years, thus they represent "living fossils". Taxonomy The species was first described by Evan Graham Turbott in 1942, It is named after Gilbert Edward Archey, Sir Gilbert Archey, the former director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland Institute. The holotype is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The first description of ''Leiopelma'' frogs on the Tokatea Ridge of the Coromandel Peninsula, the type locality of Archey's frog, was published by Archey in 1922, which Turbott identified ipso facto as ''L. archeyi''. Archey's frog is one of only three species found in the Leiopelm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Falla
Sir Robert Alexander Falla (21 July 1901 – 23 February 1979) was a New Zealand museum administrator and ornithologist. Early life Falla was born in Palmerston North in 1901 to George Falla and his wife, Elizabeth Kirk. As his father was working for the railways, the family shifted frequently, and he lived in Hāwera, Masterton Masterton () is a large town in the Wellington Region, Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand that operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa ..., and Invercargill. At his primary school in Invercargill, he developed an interest in natural history due to the influence of Alfred Philpott. Falla gained a junior national scholarship and studied at Auckland Grammar School, from where he graduated in 1918. He pursued his dream of going to sea for a few years in various jobs, but then started to follow his interest in ornithology, first through part-time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Fleming (ornithologist)
Sir Charles Alexander Fleming (9 September 1916 – 11 September 1987) was a New Zealand geologist, ornithologist, molluscan palaeontologist and environmentalist. He spent the last twenty years of his life studying the evolution and systematics of New Zealand cicadas. Fleming was a Coastwatcher on the Cape Expedition in the Auckland Islands from 1942–1943 during World War II. Fleming graduated from the University of Auckland in 1952 with a doctoral thesis on the geology of Whanganui. He was active in the Save Manapouri Campaign, was a spokesperson for Native Forest Action Council and the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1973. In 1974 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. He was also trustee of the Ngā Manu Nature Reserve. In 1988 the Royal Society of New Zealand established the Charles Fleming Award which is awarded to individuals who have achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
