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A. J. Chesswas is a Wikipedia editor from [[Stratford, New Zealand]], with a particular focus on the fields of [[history]], [[geography]], [[anthropology]], [[sociology]], [[theology]], [[philosophy]], [[religious studies]], [[politics]] and [[environmental planning]]. He is a 5th generation [[Taranaki]] hill country [[Sheep husbandry|sheep]] and [[Angus cattle|beef]] farming [[British New Zealander]] ([[Kiwi (people)|Kiwi]]), a qualified ([[Massey University]] [[Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning|BRP]]) and practising ([[Stratford District Council]]) [[Environmental planning|Environmental Planner]], and a committed member of his local [[Anglican]] parish.

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==Biography==

===Date and Place of Birth===

A. J. Chesswas was born in [[New Plymouth]], [[New Zealand]], on 20 August 1980, to J. A. and C. A. Chesswas (nee McConnell), the descendants of [[Briton|British]] settlers. He and his younger sister grew up on the family farm ''“[[Makuri Stream|The Makuri]]”'' in [[Tututawa]], approx. 20 minutes east of [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford]]. This 324 Ha farm was part of a block purchased by his grandparents in [[1963]], on the heels of the [[New Zealand wool boom]]. The original block was later subdivided between sons.

===Family History===

====Chesswas====

A. J. Chesswas’ grandfather, W. A. Chesswas, was a third generation [[Taranaki]] hill-country farmer himself, having grown up at ''“Mahoe”'' near [[Ngamatapouri]] in the [[Waitotara River|Waitotara Valley]], where his emigrant grandfather John Chesswas had settled in [[1894]]. John’s son Walter took over the farm upon his death in [[1916]], and when Walter fell sick two decades later it was W. A. Chesswas’ turn to step up, at just 15 years of age. After two and a half decades of land development in the Waitotara Valley and at [[Okoia]], ''W. A. Chesswas & Sons'' moved to [[Tututawa]], [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford district]] in [[1963]], where they purchased a block from John Arkwright, a descendant of [[Richard Arkwright]] of [[industrial revolution]] fame. Here they transformed a run-down [[wasteland]] full of [[Scrubland|scrub]] and [[swamp]] into the lush and productive pasture which J. A. Chesswas continues to farm today.

=====English Origins=====

The Chesswas family trace their [[English (people)|English]] ancestry back to John Chessowes of [[Whitchurch, Shropshire]] (b 1608), and possibly to Thomas Chessewes of [[Wrenbury]], a [[Yeoman_farmer#Yeoman_farmers|yeoman farmer]] in [[Cheshire]] c1560. The original meaning of the name is not known. Alternative meanings include ''cheese farmers'' (from chesse (cheese) and worth (farm), or chesse and wisse (knowledge)), and ''cheese farmers of the swamp'' (from chesse and waesse (swamp)).

The family lived around the borders of [[Cheshire]], [[Shropshire]] and [[Staffordshire]] for at least two centuries, and for a number of generations in the 18th century were [[hatmaking|hatmakers]] in [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]. In the early-mid 19th century William Chesswas and his wife Ann Chesswas (nee Ellen) moved to [[greater London]], where they had eleven children.

=====Colonial Pioneers=====

John (“Jack”) Chesswas was born in [[Twickenham]] in 1861, where he received a [[building]] [[apprenticeship]] before emigrating to [[Oamaru]], [[New Zealand]], in [[1884]]. He married Emily Bignell (nee Foy) in [[1887]], and worked with her brother [[Arthur Bignell]]. After building the Oamaru Railway Station, ''Bignell & Sons'' won a [[bridge]]-[[building]] contract for the [[Midland Line, New Zealand|Midland Line]], and then continued as bridge-builders on the [[West Coast, New Zealand|West Coast]], before moving to [[Wanganui]] in [[1892]] where they built the original Wanganui Hospital. Bignell went on to serve as [[Mayor]] of Wanganui from 1904 to 1906, while Chesswas with his growing family of boys opted to purchase a block in the new settlement of [[Ngamatapouri]].

=====Notable Chesswas Men=====

Notable Chesswas men descended from Jack Chesswas include [[Luganda language]] [[orthography|orthographer]] and [[educational evaluation]] theorist J. D. Chesswas (author of ''Essentials of Luganda (1963)'' and ''An explanation of the Standard Orthography of Luganda (1976))'', his son Dr. Roger Chesswas, also a leading [[educational evaluation]] theorist and [[sociologist]], and Roydon Chesswas, a [[Missionary#Christian_missions|missionary]] and [[food technology|food technologist]] with [[United Mission to Nepal]]. Jack's uncle James Chesswas was a leading pioneer of [[Penshurst, Victoria]], where a street was named after him, and counted among James' descendants is leading [[software development|software developer]] Mike Chesswas, Managing Director of ''Ascend Business Solutions''. Another [[Australian]] branch of the family produced Harold "Bottles" Chesswas, a representative [[Australian Football League]] player for the [[Collingwood Football Club]] in the 1920s.

====Wilson====

Through his paternal grandmother B. Chesswas (nee Wilson), A. J. Chesswas can trace his ancestry to a number of interesting characters, including: the first New Zealand-born [[European]] couple to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary – [[Scottish people|Scottish]] settler George Morris ([[Plimmerton]], [[1841]]) and his wife Agnes Morris (nee Turner) ([[Akaroa]], [[1845]]) who had been baptised by [[Jean Baptiste Pompallier|Bishop Pompallier]]; their daughter Agnes Ann Wilson ([[Auckland]], [[1868]]) who lived most of her 105-year life in [[Hunterville]], [[Rangitikei District|Rangitikei]]; Zachariah Meads, born in [[Te Aro]] in 1843, whose [[English (people)|English]] father claimed to have seen a [[moa]] near [[Mt. Egmont]] and who is also the ancestor of [[Colin Meads]]; William Gray (1818, [[Ireland]]), an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Missionary#Christian_missions|missionary]] who served in [[Mauritius]] educating freed slaves after the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]] was passed, and married a [[Mauritian Creole|French Creole]] [[Mauritius|Mauritian]] (an ancestor shared with Kristen Williams); and great-great-great-great-great grandmother Jean Wilson (nee Duff), [[Scottish people|Scottish]] daughter to [[James Duff, 2nd Earl of Fife]], by his maid Margaret Adam. Through the [[Earl of Fife|Earls of Fife]] Chesswas is related to the acting sisters [[Haylie Duff]] and [[Hilary Duff]], and can trace his ancestry to the royalty and nobility of [[Great Britain]] and [[Europe]], and inevitably back to [[Adam]] and [[Eve (Bible)|Eve]].

B. Chesswas’ father, Vivian Wilson, served in the New Zealand forces in [[World War I]].

====McConnell====

Chesswas’ grandfather on his maternal side, Dr. W. F. McConnell, was a [[General practitioner|general medical practitioner]] in [[Mount Albert, New Zealand|Mt. Albert]] for nearly 50 years, and a returned serviceman from [[World War II]], and is now retired and still in Mt. Albert. He studied [[medicine]] at [[Otago University]] before serving with the [[Maori 28th Battalion|28th Maori Battalion]] in [[Italy]], [[Crete]], [[Egypt]] and [[New Caledonia]]. His grandfather John McConnell emigrated to New Zealand from [[Northern Ireland]] during the [[Central_Otago_Gold_Rush#Previous_gold_finds_in_New_Zealand|gold rush era]] of the mid-19th century. His father William McConnell owned a number of pubs around [[Thames, New Zealand|Thames]], including the [[Puriri, New Zealand|Puriri]] and a hotel in [[Whitianga]], and also owned the peak of the [[Moehau Range]] and the old [[granite]] [[wharf]] below. However he went bust when a [[Kauri]] logging venture failed and a business partner ripped him off, and lost many of his assets.

John McConnell was the son of Robert McConnell of [[Lisburn]], [[Northern Ireland]], and the brother of [[Robert John McConnell|Sir Robert John McConnell]] who went on to become [[Lord Mayor of Belfast]] and receive a [[baronetcy]] from [[Queen Victoria]]. The [[Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)|Parliament Buildings of Northern Ireland]] are built on what was once family land. The [[McConnell Baronets|McConnell baronetcy]] is now held by [[Sir Robert Shean McConnell]], 4th Baronet McConnell, who incidentally is a leading [[environmental planning]] theorist in the UK in the tradition of [[Radical planning]], and author of the book ''Theories for Planning (1981)''. [[[Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell], [[Ulster Unionist]] [[MP]] in the [[Northern Ireland House of Commons]] from [[1953]] to [[1966]], [[Minister of Home Affairs]] from [[1964]] to [[1966]], and active member of the [[House of Lords]], was also descended from [[Robert John McConnell|Sir Robert John McConnell]].

====Hosking/Butler====

Chesswas’ maternal grandmother E. McConnell (nee Hosking) was born in [[Adelaide, South Australia]] in [[1921]], moving to New Zealand with her parents Arthur Hosking and Sarah Hosking (nee Butler) as a child. Sarah was the daughter of Richard Butler and Sybella Butler, [[cockney]] immigrants from [[London]], and the brother of James Butler, a pioneer in the [[Bible College]] movement in Adelaide at the turn of the 20th century. A sister of James and Sarah, Laura, married Sam Barrett, another pioneer of the Bible College movement and member of a prominent [[evangelical]] family. Many of the Butler family were involved in various roles with the [[Church of Christ]], Adelaide. James’ son Rowland was a [[Missionary#Christian_missions|missionary]] to [[China]] with the [[China Inland Mission]] in [[1928]].

====Parents====

Chesswas’ mother, C. A. Chesswas (McConnell), studied [[English literature|English]] and [[Classics]] at [[Auckland University]], the latter under Professor [[Edward Musgrave Blaiklock|E. M. Blaiklock]], a leading [[Christian apologist]] who engaged in debate with [[Presbyterian]] controversialist [[Lloyd Geering]]. She taught [[Kamilaroi|Aboriginal]] children at [[Collarenebri, New South Wales]], and traveled around [[Australia]]. She was converted to a [[Salvation#Christianity|saving faith]] in [[Jesus Christ]] while hitch-hiking from [[Adelaide]] to [[Darwin]], and returned to [[Sydney]] where she attended ''Metropolitan Baptist Church'' under Pastor Marvin R. Matthews, a graduate of [[Baptist Bible College (Springfield, Missouri)|Springfield Bible Baptist]]. Upon returning to New Zealand McConnell completed a second degree, studying [[Fine Arts]] at [[Elam School of Fine Arts]] in Auckland. While in Auckland she became involved in the [[Charismatic Renewal]] under the leadership of Father Ken Prebble at ''St. Pauls [[Anglican Church]]'', and latterly at ''Sandringham [[Assemblies of God|AOG]]''.

In 1978 McConnell attended a Christian camp run by [[WEC International|WEC]] in [[Ngaruawahia]], where she met J. A. Chesswas. He, too, had come to a [[Salvation#Christianity|saving faith]] in [[Jesus Christ]] under the preaching of [[Billy Graham]] during his 1959 crusade, and went on to play a prominent role in the [[Presbyterian]] Bible Class movement in [[Taranaki]] in the 1970s. During this time the Presbyterian Church was feeling the disruptions that had arisen from the [[Liberal Christianity|liberal]] ideas of [[Lloyd Geering|Professor Lloyd Geering]], which had turned many congregations away from [[evangelical]] convictions and isolated those who like Chesswas remained in the fold. McConnell’s parents followed the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] faith, and this too resulted in a sense of isolation for McConnell as for Chesswas. Their evangelical convictions and their experiences of living out those convictions served as the common ground for a friendship that in 1979 became a marriage.

J. A. and continues to farm in [[Tututawa]] to this day, and C. A. Chesswas is an accomplished [[artist]] in the [[impressionist]] tradition. Both are committed members of a local [[Association of Vineyard Churches|Vineyard]] church.

===Education===

Chesswas received his pre-school education at [[Toko]] Playcentre and Avon Kindergarten, his primary education at [[Douglas, Taranaki|Douglas]] Primary School, and his high school education at [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford]] High School. He then moved to [[Palmerston North]] where he studied a [[Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning]] (BRP) at [[Massey University]], followed by a [[Diploma of Biblical studies]] at [[Bible College of New Zealand]] (still to be completed).

===Work===

Having completed his [[Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning|BRP]] at the end of the 2003, and most of his [[DipBS]], Chesswas found employment as a planner with [[Harrison Grierson Consultants Ltd]]. in [[Wellington]]. He worked there a year in 2004, and was also an active member of ''The Street City Church'', but after a year in the capital decided to return to the rural lifestyle of the [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford district]]. Following a stint of casual [[agricultural]] employment, as well as part-time work with [[New Plymouth District Council]], Chesswas was offered a full-time position at [[Stratford District Council]] in his home town. He continues to manage a small flock of [[sheep husbandry|ewes]] on his father’s farm in his spare time.

===Christian Faith and Ministry===

====Childhood====

Chesswas was raised in Taranaki East Co-operating parish, based in [[Toko]]. His [[Presbyterian]] grandfather W.A. Chesswas had been a leading elder in the ministry of that parish. Although it had suffered during the [[Liberal Christianity|liberal]] movement of the [[1960s]] and [[1970s|70s]], by the early-mid [[1980s]] it had taken on a much more [[evangelical]], even [[Charismatic movement|charismatic]], character under the leadership of Revs. Wilson Orange and Graeme Turnbull. Family life centred on church, as well as bible reading and [[Scripture in Song]] at home. The music of [[Charismatic movement|charismatic Christian]] artists such as [[Keith Green]], [[Second Chapter of Acts]], the [[Bill Gaither (gospel singer)|Bill Gaither Trio]], [[Dave and Dale Garratt]] and [[Randy Stonehill]] was a prominent feature in family life, as were the [[Televangelist|TV ministries]] of [[Oral Roberts]] and [[Benny Hinn]].

====Conversion====

Although raised in the church, Chesswas moved away from the church as he grew older, abandoning the faith altogether in his teenage years. Although making a commitment at an [[Easter]] Camp in his final year of school, and writing his history project on [[Martin Luther]], it wasn't until he reached [[Massey University]], [[Palmerston North]], that Chesswas came to a [[Salvation#Christianity|saving faith]] in [[Jesus Christ]], making a commitment in May [[1999]]. The ministry of [[Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship]] (TSCF) on campus played a formative role in his spiritual growth, and he regularly attended ''All Saints'' [[Anglican]] church. In May 2000 Chesswas was drawn to the [[Pentecostal]] expression of church life, after hearing itinerant [[Third Wave of the Holy Spirit|Third Wave]] preacher Kristen Williams. As a result he joined [[LinkNZ|Christian Community Church]], and was baptised in August, remaining there for the remainder of his time in [[Palmerston North]] under the pastorates of Fraser Hardy and Nigel Dixon.

====Student Ministry====

Following his conversion Chesswas quickly became involved with ''Massey University Christian Fellowship''. He served as a [[Bible study (Christian)|Bible study]] leader in 2000, [[Evangelism]] Coordinator 2000-2001 and [[President]] 2001-2002. Following the cue of fellow TSCF members at [[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University]], [[Wellington]], he organized the first Massey University ''“God Week”'' (now known as ''“Jesus Week”''). Chesswas emphasised the importance of placing [[Missionary#Christian_missions|mission]] and [[evangelism]] at the centre of TSCF ministry, always advocating the importance of [[Ecumenism|unity]] and [[prayer]] in this task. Formative influences at this time included the works and historical examples of [[John Wesley]], [[Charles Finney]], [[William Booth]], [[Smith Wigglesworth]], [[Keith Green]], [[Winkie Pratney]], [[Rick Joyner]] and [[Philip Yancey]].

====Reformation====

Following his time at the helm of ''Massey University Christian Fellowship'', Chesswas spent a period of time investigating the claims of other religions and closely scrutinising and re-evaluating the validity of the Christian religion. In 2003 he attended the [[Palmerston North]] branch of the [[Bible College of New Zealand]], and undertook a Diploma of Biblibal Studies which he has not yet completed. While in Wellington in [[2004]] he attended ''The Street City Church'', an [[Open Brethren]] church with a [[contemporary]] flavour, and led a [[Bible study (Christian)|Bible study]] group in his home. Upon returning to [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford]] in [[2005]] Chesswas spent a year visiting all of the churches of his home town, before committing to the [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|Anglican Communion of New Zealand]] in [[2006]]. As a result of this journey his faith has taken on more of a [[Reformed theology|Reformed]] flavour, and Chesswas counts as influences during this time the works and historical examples of [[St. Augustine]], [[John Calvin]], [[Charles Spurgeon]], [[C. S. Lewis]], [[Mark Noll]], [[Ray Comfort]], [[Peter Jensen]], [[Brian Tamaki]] and [[John Eldredge]].

====Ministry====

Chesswas continues to worship with the parish of Holy Trinity parish, where he serves on [[Vestry#Administrative_Vestry|vestry]]. Chesswas also leads the [[ecumenical|interdenominational]] youth ministry ''“The Cross”'', and is chair of the ''[[Eltham]] Easter Camp Committee'', also an interdenominational venture. He often writes on Christian topics in his [[blog]] ''“Put up thy Sword!”''[http://www.matthew5-9.blogspot.com]

===Politics===

====Formative Influences====

Raised in one of the safest [[National Party of New Zealand|National]] seats in the country, ''Taranaki-King Country'', held by [[Jim Bolger]] from [[1972]] ([[National Party of New Zealand|National party]] leader [[1986]]-[[1997]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[1990]]-[[1997]]), and [[Shane Ardern]] from [[1998]], Chesswas quickly learnt to prefer blue to red.

After a brief flirtation with [[Socialism]] during his introduction to [[environmental planning]] and [[sociology]], Chesswas became drawn to a more [[centrist]] position and supported the [[United Future New Zealand|United Future]] party at the [[New Zealand general election 2002|2002 election]]. During this time he became acquainted with the [[Maxim Institute]], and became more involved and engaged with political issues, particularly as the [[New Zealand Labour Party#Fifth Labour Government|Fifth Labour Government]] passed into law the [[Prostitution in New Zealand#Prostitution Reform Act 2003|Prostitution Reform Act 2003]] and the [[Civil Union Act 2004]]. Over this period, while completing his studies in [[environmental planning]], [[sociology]] and [[theology]], participating in [[LinkNZ|Christian Community Church]], and working part time for [[Child, Youth and Family]], Chesswas began to develop [[agrarian]], [[localist]] and [[communitarian]] convictions, integrating these within a [[right-wing]] and [[Voluntarism (politics)|voluntarist]] paradigm rather than the [[coercive]] [[left-wing|left]] with which they are often associated. As well as the [[Maxim Institute]], Chesswas counts as formative influences the works of [[Emile Durkheim]], [[Max Weber]], the [[Critical theory (Frankfurt School)|Frankfurt School of Critical Theory]], [[Jean Baudrillard]], [[John Friedman]] and [[Wendell Berry]].

====Blogging====

At the beginning of [[2005]], coinciding with his return to Stratford, Chesswas began ''"Agri-Christian NZ"'', a [[blog]] providing comment and discussion on [[theology]], [[politics]] and current events from a [[Dominionism|Christian fundamentalist]] perspective, with an [[agrarian]] slant. Being election year, Chesswas used this blog to support and promote the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] under [[Don Brash]] for the [[New Zealand general election 2005|2005 election]], on the basis that a vote for National, together with mobilised community-level action, would better strengthen [[families]] and community-based institutions for the good of [[civil society]].

In early [[2006]] Chesswas took some time away from blogging to reconsider views on [[biblical literalism]] and [[feminism]]. He closed ''Agri-Christian NZ'' in March, and in July 2006 created a new blog ''"Put up thy Sword!"''[http://www.matthew5-9.blogspot.com] Although retaining [[Christian]] and [[agrarian]] ideals, Chesswas moved from Christian fundamentalism to a [[paleoconservative]] position, continuing his support for the [[National Party of New Zealand|National Party]] on this basis. However the blog focuses more on [[theology]], while the emphasis of ''Agri-Christian NZ'' had been on [[politics]].

===Other Interests===

Chesswas continues to take an academic interest in the fields of [[history]] (particularly [[local history|local]] and [[family history]]), [[anthropology]] ([[New Zealand European|New Zealand identity]], [[Briton|British identity]]), [[sociology]] ([[agrarianism]], [[localism]], [[communitarianism]]), [[theology]] ([[Reformed theology|Reformed]]), [[philosophy]] ([[existentialism]]), [[religious studies]], [[politics]] ([[neo-conservatism]]) and [[environmental planning]] ([[urban design]], [[Participatory planning|participatory planning]]).

==External Links==

* [http://www.matthew5-9.blogspot.com Put up thy Sword!] - Perspectives on life from a cultured Kiwi bloke

* [http://ajchesswasbibleblog.blogspot.com A.J. Chesswas Bible Commentary] - My seldom attended to bible commentary blog

* [http://chesswas.blogspot.com Chesswas Family Weblog] - My family history and genealogy blog

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== Articles I've created ==

=== Christendom ===

==== New Zealand Society====

===== Biography =====

* [[Thomas Brash]]

* [[Alan Brash]]

* [[Dave and Dale Garratt]]

===== Movements, Schools & Disciplines =====

* [[Bible College of New Zealand]]

* [[Scripture in Song]]

* [[Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship]]

* [[LinkNZ]]

==== British Society ====

===== Biography =====

* [[Barney Coombs]]

===== Movements, Schools & Disciplines =====

* [[Diploma of Biblical Studies]]

* [[Charismatic Restorationism]]

===== USA =====

====== Biography ======

* [[DeVern Fromke]]

===== India =====

====== Organisations ======

* [[United Mission to Nepal]]

==== International Society ====

===== Movements, Schools and Disciplines =====

* [[Ethnodoxology]]

===== Institutions =====

* [[International Fellowship of Evangelical Students]]

=== Stratford ===

==== Biography ====

* [[Charles Stuart Curtis]]

* [[John Edward (Ned) Shewry]]

* [[John Walter (All Black)|John Walter]]

* [[Emily Stevens]]

* [[Alice Copping]]

* [[John Daniel Bergin]]

* [[Arthur Collins (All Black)|Arthur Collins]]

* [[John McCullough (All Black)|John McCullough]]

* [[Alan Smith (All Black)|Alan Smith]]

* [[John Graham (All Black)|John Graham]]

* [[Lane Penn]]

* [[Graham Gordon]]

* [[David Walter]]

* [[Brian Jeffares]]

* [[Mel Brieseman]]

* [[Michele Leggott]]

* [[Greg Whyte]]

* [[Michael Hight]]

* [[Mark "Bull" Allen]]

* [[Jeremiah Trueman]]

==== Geography ====

* [[Makuri Stream]]

* [[Toko]]

* [[Douglas, Taranaki|Douglas]]

* [[Tututawa]]

=== Taranaki ===

==== Biography ====

* [[Turi (Maori leader)|Turi]]

* [[Pehimana]]

* [[John Houston (New Zealand writer)|John Houston]]

==== Geography ====

* [[Waitotara River]]

* [[Ngamatapouri]]

* [[Lepperton]]

* [[Normanby, New Zealand|Normanby]]

==== Institutions ====

* [[Taranaki Regional Council]]

* [[New Plymouth District Council]]

=== New Zealand ===

==== Biography ====

===== Religion =====

* [[Paul Morris (religious studies professor)|Paul Morris]]

===== Politics =====

* [[Arthur Bignell]]

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[John Bollard]]

* [[Caroline Miller]]

* [[Michael Gunder]]

* [[Alison Wall]]

* [[Bryan Jenkins]]

* [[Ludo Campbell-Reid]]

===== Media =====

* [[Dave Pipe]]

* [[Rod Oram]]

===== Rugby =====

* [[Meads brothers]]

* [[Olo Brown]]

==== Anthropology ====

* [[Taua]]

==== Geography ====

* [[Pihanga]]

* [[Okoia]]

* [[Palmerston North City Council]]

==== Events and Eras ====

* [[New Zealand wool boom]]

==== Institutions ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[New Zealand Planning Institute]]

* [[Harrison Grierson Consultants Ltd]]

* [[Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning]]

* [[Resource Management Law Association]]

==== Legislation & Policy ====

===== Religion =====

* [[National Statement on Religious Diversity]]

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[New Zealand Urban Design Protocol]]

=== British Society ===

==== Biography ====

===== Military =====

* [[Trevor Chute]]

* [[Robert Carey (Major-General)|Robert Carey]]

===== Law =====

* [[Thomas Edward Scrutton]]

===== Geography =====

* [[Emrys Jones]]

* [[Brian Berry]]

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Gordon Cullen]]

* [[Robert Shean McConnell]]

* [[Cliff Hague]]

==== Movements, Schools and Disciplines ====

* [[Radical planning]]

==== Institutions ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[International Federation for Housing and Planning]]

* [[Commonwealth Association of Planners]]

==== USA ====

===== Biography =====

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[John Friedman]]

====== Reproductive Rights ======

* [[Joseph Sunnen]]

* [[Joseph O'Rourke]]

===== Phenomena =====

====== Worldwide Web ======

* [[Placeblogger]]

===== Institutions =====

====== Reproductive Rights ======

* [[Sunnen Foundation]]

==== Canada ====

===== Institutions =====

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[Planning Institute of British Columbia]]

==== South Africa ====

===== Biography =====

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[Christine Platt]]

===== Institutions =====

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners]]

* [[Development Planning Association of South Africa]]

* [[South African Planning Institute]]

=== European Society ===

==== Ethnic Groups ====

* [[European]]

==== Theory & Literature ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Central Place Theory]]

=== International Society ===

==== Biography ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Sheela Patel]]

==== Phenomena ====

===== Anthropology =====

* [[Pavement dwellers]]

==== Movements, Schools & Disciplines ====

===== Sociology =====

* [[Institutional analysis]]

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Natural resource management]]

* [[Sustainable regional development]]

* [[Integrated catchment management]]

* [[New urban planning]]

==== Institutions ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Housing]]

* [[Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers]]

* [[World Planners Congress]]

==== Tools & Industry ====

===== Agriculture =====

* [[Slasher (tool)|Slasher]]

==== Theory & Literature ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* ''[[We the Invisible]]''

==== Legislation & Policy ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Slum Rehabilitation Act 1995]]

==== Practice ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Mahila Milan]]

* [[National Slum Dwellers Federation]]

* [[Slum Dwellers International]]

* [[Environmental compensation]]

* ''[[Camp of Fire]]''

== Other Articles I've worked on ==

=== Christendom ===

==== Biography ====

* [[Jesus]]

* [[List of evangelical Christians]]

* [[Terry Virgo]]

* [[Brian Tamaki]]

==== Symbols ====

* [[Christian cross]]

==== Movements, Schools & Disciplines ====

* [[Christian movements]]

* [[Jesus Movement]]

* [[Newfrontiers]]

===== Creationism =====

* [[Acambaro figures]]

==== Practice ====

* [[Agape]]

* [[Missionary]]

* [[Christian cross]]

==== Organisations ====

* [[WEC International]]

=== Stratford ===

==== Biography ====

* [[Christine Arthur]]

* [[Sylvia Ashton-Warner]]

* [[Jason Eaton]]

==== Geography ====

* [[Ngaere]]

* [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford]]

==== Institutions ====

* [[Stratford District Council]]

=== Taranaki ===

==== Biography ====

* [[Dave Loveridge]]

* [[Jock Hobbs]]

==== Geography ====

* [[Taranaki]]

* [[New Plymouth]]

* [[Egmont National Park]]

==== Events and Eras ====

* [[History of New Plymouth]]

* [[First Taranaki War]]

* [[Second Taranaki War]]

=== New Zealand ===

==== Ethnic Groups====

* [[Tainui]]

* [[New Zealand European]]

* [[New Zealand British]]

* [[Pākehā]]

==== Biography ====

===== Politics =====

* [[Edward Gibbon Wakefield]]

* [[Venn Young]]

* [[Don Brash]]

* [[Michael Laws]]

* [[Deborah Coddington]]

===== Rugby =====

* [[Colin Meads]]

* [[Stanley Meads]]

* [[Richard Loe]]

===== Other Sport =====

* [[Edmund Hillary]]

==== Geography ====

* [[Waikato (region/district)|Waikato]]

* [[Kakahi, New Zealand|Kakahi]]

==== Events and Eras ====

* [[Timeline of New Zealand history]]

==== Institutions ====

===== Politics & Law =====

* [[Auckland City Council]]

* [[Chief Justice of New Zealand]]

* [[New Zealand Labour Party]]

* [[Environment Court]]

===== Rugby =====

* [[New Zealand Rugby Football Union]]

* [[Hurricanes (Super rugby franchise)]]

==== Movements, Schools & Disciplines ====

* [[Fascism in New Zealand]]

=== British Society ===

==== Ethnic Groups ====

* [[Briton]]

==== Biography ====

===== Religion =====

* [[Walter Langton]]

===== Commerce =====

* [[Richard Arkwright]]

===== Politics =====

* [[Leir of Britain|King Lear]]

* [[Lucius of Britain|King Lucius]]

* [[James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife]]

===== Biology =====

* [[J. B. S. Haldane]]

==== Events and Eras ====

* [[Lambeth Council election 2002]]

* [[Lambeth Council election 2006]]

==== Institutions ====

===== Government =====

====== Baronetcies ======

* [[McConnell Baronets]]

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Royal Town Planning Institute]]

==== Literature ====

===== Biology =====

* [[On Being the Right Size]]

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Looking Backward]]

===== Theatre =====

* [[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]

==== Practice ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Copley, West Yorkshire]]

* [[Ackroyden]]

==== USA ====

===== Ethnic Groups =====

* [[British American]]

===== Biography =====

====== Politics ======

* [[James E. Robinson]]

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[Charles Mulford Robinson]]

* [[Edward Bassett]]

* [[Michael E. Arth]]

===== Institutions =====

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[American Planning Association]]

====== Literature ======

* [[The Death and Life of Great American Cities]]

===== Movements, Schools & Disciplines =====

====== Reproductive Rights ======

* [[Catholics for a Free Choice]]

* [[Frances Kissling]]

==== Canada ====

===== Institutions =====

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[Canadian Institute of Planners]]

==== Australia ====

===== Biography =====

====== Politics ======

* [[Robert Menzies]]

* [[John Howard]]

===== Institutions =====

====== Environmental Planning ======

* [[Planning Institute Australia]]

=== European Society ===

==== Movements, Schools & Disciplines ====

===== Philosophy =====

* [[Voluntarism (philosophy)|Voluntarism]]

=== International Society ===

==== Ethnic Groups ====

* [[Turi (Pathan tribe)|Turi]]

==== Biography ====

===== Environmental planning =====

* [[Jockin Arputham]]

==== Events & Eras ====

===== General History =====

* [[Modern Times]]

==== Pheonomena ====

===== Anthropology =====

* [[Urbanization]]

* [[Slum]]

* [[Ribbon development]]

===== Sociology =====

* [[Social capital]]

==== Movements, Schools & Disciplines ====

===== Sociology =====

* [[Rural sociology]]

===== Politics =====

* [[Voluntarism (politics)|Voluntarism]]

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Urban planning]]

* [[Urban design]]

* [[New urbanism]]

* [[New pedestrianism]]

==== Practice ====

===== Environmental Planning =====

* [[Zoning]]

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