Lyn Wade - History

Under the streets of Warkworth there are hidden treasures, as discovered by the Watercare workers as they have been laying the new pipeline this year....

Tastes of Tamaki is the theme of the Auckland Heritage Festival next month. If we go back around 150 years, we find that many of...

I thought with the FIFA World Cup happening in the northern hemisphere, it would be interesting to trace the history of soccer in the Warkworth...

Snells Beach – we live there, walk there and sometimes swim there, but have you ever wondered about its story?Originally known as Long Beach, but...

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...

Warkworth and District Museum’s calendar this year features the photos of A.G.L Broomfield taken in the late 1940s and 50s showcasing the town during that...

I hope you all managed to visit Warkworth Museum while the Clever Crustaceans exhibition from Te Papa was there. It has now changed to Freaky...

Among the Warkworth Museum’s many stored artefacts is an old Rotospeed duplicator. It is recorded as coming from the orderlies’ room of the North Auckland...

Early last month, the Warkworth Museum received the gift of a beautifully restored ship’s bell from the bulk cement carrier, John Wilson. The ship was...

If you have been to Warkworth Museum lately you will have seen the results of the work that has been going on there for these...