Bev Ross

The areas developed by European early settlers at Mangawhai and in the surrounding district include Te Arai, Hakaru, Tara, Molesworth, Oruawharu (North Albertland), Molesworth and...

John Hunter Penman, born at Oxnam, Scotland, in 1826, arrived at Auckland on Friday, 16 March, 1860, on the sailing ship Blue Jacket with his...

A tokotoko, or carved ceremonial walking stick, was officially received by the Mangawhai Museum on October 7. The carving on the tokotoko describes it as...

When the new museum at Mangawhai opened in December 2014, several groups formed including the History Group. That group created an annual event called Live...

One of the earliest challenges that faced new settlers in Mangawhai was accessing medical care when they needed it, whether it be for illness, after...

The history of the Mangawhai River and breakwater is only recorded from our early European settler days. We don’t have stories from local Maori as...

This true event happened in December 1970, when three fishermen left sleepy Mangawhai to go fishing from their 22-foot launch near Sail Rock, off Mangawhai...

The Norfolk pine is a distinctive conifer, and member of the ancient family Araucariaceae. As the name implies, the tree is endemic to Norfolk Island....

This is a story of a child born in Scotland in 1853. Christened Robert Ross, by Gaelic speaking parents, he arrived in New Zealand as...

This photograph of the Mangawhai sand spit, taken from the southern end after an initial breach in 1978, was followed by Cyclone Bola in 1987....