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Maureen Young
History – Origins of The Grange
By Maureen Young On the sign outside the new retail centre south of Warkworth, right beneath the golden arches, are the words The Grange. To...
History – Be damned
In the early days of European settlement in Warkworth in the 1850s and 1860s, getting from one side of the Mahurangi River to the other...
History – Be dammed
In the early days of European settlement in Warkworth, in the 1850s and 1860s, getting from one side of the Mahurangi River to the other...
History – Warkworth’s botanical gem
A visitor to Warkworth in 1919 was so captivated by the beauty of the flowering kowhai trees, on the land between Matakana Road and the...
History – Ringing in school changes
In a recent issue (MM December 13), notice was given that the old Warkworth Primary School buildings would be demolished to make way for the...
History – Doctor Shoesmith
By Maureen Young On the death of Mrs Mary Shoesmith in 1932, Warkworth Town Board came into possession of 10.75 acres of land on Hill...
History – Tales of the old Post Office
Before the reforms in the 1980s, the Post Office was an important part of every town. In Warkworth, the Post Office was housed in the...
History – Ghosts of a kauri forest past
I am sure that many New Zealanders have often tried to visualise the historic cover of our modified landscape. Around Warkworth and the Mahurangi district...
History – Stubbs Butchery: A Warkworth institution
Shopping for meat in a supermarket is a dull chore, but during my childhood, accompanying my mother to Stubbs Butchery was an adventure. After running...
History – In memory of Mavis
On May 27, 2004, the citizens of Leigh were saddened to hear of the death of a much-loved neighbour, 94-year-old Mavis Davidson. Mavis was a...
