Lyn Wade - History

The Warkworth Museum recently received a donation of material from the Broomfield family, descendants of A.G.L. Broomfield who was for many years a solicitor in...

In the early 1900s, for every 1000 live births, 88 babies would die – scary statistics for a young mother. Dr Truby King an Edinburgh-trained...

In our modern world, with its many ways of instant communication, it is hard to imagine a world where local letters were hand-delivered by boat...

Warkworth Museum has just opened its exhibition of the Wilson’s cement story. What an amazing collection. Follow the timeline from Nathaniel’s arrival in New Zealand...

The intention of our Warkworth and District Museum is to preserve the local area’s history. When you visit the museum you will see wonderful displays...

In 1858, William Wilson and his 22-year-old son, Nathaniel, bought land in the newly opened up Mahurangi area on what is now known as Wilson...

Did you know that your local Warkworth Museum was not only started by volunteers in the 1970’s but is staffed by an army of some...

The present Birthing Centre in Warkworth, which opened in 2000, stands on land that once held Warkworth’s first hospital. This was a five-roomed cottage acquired...

The Warkworth area is growing quickly and with many new folk moving into the area I thought some history of our local museum might be...

The Warkworth Museum has diaries from many local families. During our latest lockdown, I wondered whether it might be interesting to look at the restricted...