My AccountHistory – Birth of the Bridgehouse
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
The site on which the modern Bridgehouse hotel stands in Warkworth is significant because it marks the spot of the earliest European habitation in the...
/HistoryHistory – Daring rescue
Mon, 2 Sep 2019
A popular topic of discussion at the moment is last year’s appearance of the schooner Daring on the sands at Muriwai. High tides and some...
/HistoryHistory – In memory of Mavis
Mon, 19 Aug 2019
On May 27, 2004, the citizens of Leigh were saddened to hear of the death of a much-loved neighbour, 94-year-old Mavis Davidson. Mavis was a...
/HistoryHistory – Puhoi church
Mon, 15 Jul 2019
It took the settlers of Puhoi just a year to build the original Puhoi Catholic church. In 1877, Puhoi was named as the centre of...
/HistoryHistory – Logging at Mangawai
Wed, 5 Jun 2019
By the 1850s, native tree felling was taking place all over the north of New Zealand. The prime target was giant kauri. No matter how...
/HistoryHistory – Overcoming opposition
Sat, 6 Apr 2019
Successive bishops and priests of Puhoi parish attempted to establish a convent school. They were met with resistance, probably because in Bohemia, the Chotieschau Convent...
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