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Harry Kirk (biologist)

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I think the teacher should cease to use Maori in school when the necessary explanation can be made in English. It is quite likely that the children will readily understand instruction given in Maori and that they will make the greater progress in certain subjects, such as Writing and Arithmetic, but
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they will not trouble themselves to understand English if the teacher will speak Maori. It is to be borne in mind that English is not only an important subject in itself but that it is a 'key' subject to others.
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Kirk married Annie Lamont (or La Monte) on 10 July 1885 in Dunedin. They had two children Ethelwin Gladys Kirk (died 1957) and Hilda Gyneth Hall (died 1973), both of whom are buried in
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he produced several innovations in military camps for to reduce fly contamination, and he is said to have refused a Captain's commission.
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next to Kirk's parents. His wife Annie died in March 1927. After he retired in 1944, he was cared for by his unmarried sister
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on 15 July 1948. He had been at Tauranga with leg fracture which did not heal properly.
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TE AUTE AND WANGANUI SCHOOL TRUSTS (REPORT AND EVIDENCE OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE)
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The Provision of Education Services to East Coast Maori. John Barrington, August 2007.
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was only to be used to 'learn English more effectively' and Kirk stated in a report:
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New Zealand biologist, university professor and school inspector (1859ā€“1948)
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People associated with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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President of the Wellington Philosophical Society in 1907ā€“1908
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Academic board of the University of New Zealand 1930 to 1944
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In 1903 Kirk was appointed inaugural chair of biology to
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Senate of the University of New Zealand 1915 to 1920
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Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington
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Index

Harry Borrer Kirk

Coventry
Warwickshire
Hamilton
Sarah Jane Mattocks
Thomas Kirk
Thomas William Kirk
Lily May Kirk Atkinson
Cybele Kirk
Coventry
Sarah Jane Mattocks
Thomas Kirk
Auckland
Wellington
Wellington College
University of New Zealand
BA
MA
Department of Education
native schools
Pākehā
Māori
te reo Māori
The Provision of Education Services to East Coast Maori. John Barrington, August 2007.
Tikitiki
Victoria College
Victoria University of Wellington
First World War
Karori Cemetery

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