Lyn Wade - History

With summer here, though that seems questionable as the rain falls in sheets as I write, a summer boating story might be appropriate. In the...

Warkworth and District Museum’s calendar this year features the photos of A.G.L Broomfield taken in the late 1940s and 50s showcasing the town during that...

I hope you all managed to visit Warkworth Museum while the Clever Crustaceans exhibition from Te Papa was there. It has now changed to Freaky...

Among the Warkworth Museum’s many stored artefacts is an old Rotospeed duplicator. It is recorded as coming from the orderlies’ room of the North Auckland...

Early last month, the Warkworth Museum received the gift of a beautifully restored ship’s bell from the bulk cement carrier, John Wilson. The ship was...

If you have been to Warkworth Museum lately you will have seen the results of the work that has been going on there for these...

The Warkworth Museum recently received a donation of material from the Broomfield family, descendants of A.G.L. Broomfield who was for many years a solicitor in...

In the early 1900s, for every 1000 live births, 88 babies would die – scary statistics for a young mother. Dr Truby King an Edinburgh-trained...

In our modern world, with its many ways of instant communication, it is hard to imagine a world where local letters were hand-delivered by boat...

Warkworth Museum has just opened its exhibition of the Wilson’s cement story. What an amazing collection. Follow the timeline from Nathaniel’s arrival in New Zealand...