Sign In / RegisterHistory – Extruder tells a story
Tue, 24 Feb 2026
Sitting among the collection of fascinating operational machinery at the Kauri Museum is a Watkinson Brick & Field Tile Extruder. It was made in Louth...
/HistoryHistory – The joys of camping in 1898
Tue, 17 Feb 2026
Sadly, the Christmas weather may not have smiled on campers this year, yet in another time the early Albertland families, were often plagued by unwelcome...
/HistoryHistory – Dedication to education – Waipu Museum
Tue, 10 Feb 2026
Long before modern classrooms and school buses, the children of Waipu Cove were already walking miles each day in the name of learning. The story...
/HistoryHistory – Kawau Island Yacht Club
Mon, 2 Feb 2026
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...
/HistoryHistory – Stormy times – Mangawhai Museum
Tue, 27 Jan 2026
Being in the north exposes Mangawhai to ex-tropical cyclones that bring lots of heavy rain and powerful winds. Northland has about one ex-tropical cyclone every...
/HistoryHistory – A Soothing Soak
Fri, 9 Jan 2026
In 1927, the Rare family purchased land including a house, known as the Buchanan Homestead, in a place called The Wires, located in a remote...
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