History – Punting in Mahurangi
Wed, 30 Jun 2021
Until the 1930s, there were few all-weather roads and ships were the main transportation in Mahurangi. Punts – flat-bottomed, shallow draught, small boats – were...
/HistoryHistory – Before the beginning
Fri, 18 Jun 2021
After four years, Puhoi historian and museum archivist Jenny Schollum has handed over her spot on the Mahurangi Matters’ roster of history contributors to me....
/HistoryHistory – Memories of black billy tea
Fri, 4 Jun 2021
Bev Ross recalls haymaking during her childhood … I watched, fascinated, as the man cut two forked branches from a nearby ti-tree. He knocked them...
/HistoryCountry Living – Glamour beyond your wildest dreams
Sat, 22 May 2021
Grand French couturier Madeleine Vionnet once said, “when a woman smiles her dress must smile with her”, and I could not agree more. I am...
/HistoryHistory – Congress in the ruins
Thu, 20 May 2021
Fifty years ago, from May 18 to 23, 1971, the Australasian Architecture Students Association Congress took over the Wilson Cement Works ruins in Warkworth. Over...
/HistoryHistory – Hidden history in street names
Wed, 12 May 2021
If anyone asked what the most well-known street in Warkworth is, I think the answer would be unanimous – Hill Street. But if we were...
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