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Judy Waters
History – Early Leigh
By Judy Waters Recently I introduced my granddaughter to her great, great, great grandparents. It was, of course, a virtual meeting, as the good folk...
History – Sandspit posting remembered
By Judy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum In January, 1930, Richard Scobie was appointed to teach at Lower Matakana (Sandspit) school. More than 50 years...
History – Life on the river
By Judy Waters The diary of Joseph Rowe Gard, an early settler on the Mahurangi River, is considered to be of historic and social importance....
History – Museum hosts WWI display
By Judy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum On loan to the Warkworth Museum for the World War I exhibition is the octagonal district War Memorial,...
History – Matakana settler
By Judy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum The clipper ship Tornado left Liverpool on 10 June 1859 carrying 285 immigrants to New Zealand. Among the...
History – Origins of The Grange 2
Rev. McKinney told a strange story from the past regarding Captain Grange at a soiree held at the Mahurangi Heads schoolroom on 2 January 1882....
History – Victory celebrations
By Judy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum Time differences around the globe meant there were variances in the time, and even the day, that peace...
History – Farming legacies
The New Zealand Century Farm And Station Award*, instituted in 2005, is intended to honour families who have lived and worked on the same property...
History – Settlement’s ‘father’
By Judy Waters According to family papers, a Pulham arrived in England with William the Conqueror and, as a loyal follower, was given land on...
History – A Syrian connection
By Judy Waters, Warkworth & District Museum With Syria often in the news these days it may surprise some people to know that Warkworth had...
