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Memories of early residents of Birkenhead and Northcote i...

In May 1930, Birkenhead Methodists celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Zion Hill Methodist Church and Sunday...

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issue 90 august 2018

The Māori prison hospital and Immigration Barracks at Dev...

On 20 June 1864 a government report on the treatment of sick and wounded Mā ori prisoners from the Waikato...

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issue 89 july 2018

Māori and the East Coast Bays, from the mid-15th century

One way to look at the history of an area is to regard it as interaction between the environment (climate, geology,...

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issue 88 june 2018

Waiwharariki, Part One: The Lakelands Estate

On 13 July 1852, the government gifted a grant of occupancy to Eruera Patuone of around 110 acres of Crown Land in...

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issue 86 april 2018

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