Rose Reid

Constable Thomas (Tommy) Dale arrived in Wellsford in 1935 to start his tenure as Wellsford’s sole policeman. Tommy and his family had spent the previous...

For many years, an old hand-stitched quilt lay quietly in museum storage. It was showing signs of age, but remained recognisable as a once-loved family...

When Sarah Ann Shepherd (née Longbottom) stepped aboard the Hanover in May 1862, she could not have known that her journey would test the very...

By the early 1930s, rugby in the Rodney district was thriving. Trials held at Kaipara Flats became major social occasions – “real picnic days” –...

PART ONE Albertland Heritage Museum congratulates Wellsford Rugby Club on reaching a remarkable milestone – 100 years of rugby in the district. In the early...

Sadly, the Christmas weather may not have smiled on campers this year, yet in another time the early Albertland families, were often plagued by unwelcome...

Before the shadow of war ever reached him, Ernest Martin Davies was simply a young orchardist and nurseryman, working steadily for Morrison & Sons in...

Springtime in Port Albert was once awash with apple blossoms as far as the eye could see – stretching from Kokako along Wellsford Valley Road,...

Every museum holds its share of hidden treasures, artefacts and documents quietly resting in boxes, their stories fading as generations of volunteers and curators come...

When the Matilda Wattenbach and Hanover sailed into Auckland in September 1862, the Albertland settlers were eager to begin their new lives. A ballot for...