Sign In / RegisterHistory – Building bridges
Wed, 1 Apr 2009
At the point on the Mahurangi River where fresh water meets the tidal flow a fierce tribal conflict once took place and the area was...
/HistoryHistory – Journey to Kaipara Flats
Sun, 1 Mar 2009
The following excerpt from the journal of Augusta Breese (nee Wyatt) recalls experiences common to a number of families who settled in the Kaipara Flats...
/HistoryHistory – Self improvement no new gambit
Sun, 1 Feb 2009
In the 1890’s a Warkworth grocer named James Byrt Jordon and his wife Mary Jane had four daughters. On Mrs Jordon’s initiative the Girls’ Mutual...
/HistoryHistory – Regatta season at Sandspit
Thu, 1 Jan 2009
Sandspit has been a gathering place for people using boats for transport or pleasure since the earliest days of settlement. Seven coastal craft, bedecked with...
/HistoryHistory – Communication advances in Warkworth
Mon, 1 Sep 2008
If you think this year has been cold, spare a thought for the residents the year snow fell on the Kaipara Hills and Pakiri ranges. ...
/HistoryHistory – Kawau mining history
Fri, 1 Aug 2008
The earliest mine operating in New Zealand was at Kawau Island where a vein of manganese ore and a copper lode were opened in 1842....
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