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Lyn Wade - History
History – Punting in Mahurangi
Until the 1930s, there were few all-weather roads and ships were the main transportation in Mahurangi. Punts – flat-bottomed, shallow draught, small boats – were...
History – Founding of Morrison’s orchard
Edward Morrison was born in Auckland in 1850, eight years after his parents, Janet and John Morrison, had arrived on the Jane Gifford from Scotland....
A visit to Hauturu (1934)
Isabella Hamilton I recently found an article written by my grandmother, Isabella Hamilton, (nee Wilson) after a much longed for visit to Hauturu in the...
