Latest From: David Verran

Devonport links to Bolshevik Russia

I have recently been researching New Zealanders who served in the First World War and then in North Russia in 1918...

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issue 169 november 2025

Street name changes in Chelsea and Birkdale in 1912

Street name changes by the Birkenhead Borough Council from 8 August 1912 also included Chelsea and Birkdale....

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issue 168 october 2025

Highbury and Birkenhead Point in 1912

On 8 August 1912, Birkenhead Borough Council created and changed a number of street names in the Birkenhead Point,...

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issue 167 september 2025

Population distribution on the North Shore 44 years ago, ...

The Takapuna area had sufficient population to became a city in 1966, with East Coast Bays in 1975 and Birkenhead...

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issue 166 august 2025

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