History

A review of Jared Davidson's 'Blood and dirt: prison labo...

Recently, I read Jared Davidson's compelling new book on the relatively unknown history of prison labour in...

By: David Verran
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issue 148 december-january 2023

Bold as brass, 100 years on

Where there’s muck, there’s brass. It’s an old saying that rings true in Takapuna. Next to the...

By: Heather Vermeer
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issue 146 october 2023

The origins of Taharoto Park - Part One

Previously I have written about Sir Frederick Whitaker, Dr Carl Franz ‘Frank’ Fischer and Henry Hopper...

By: David Verran
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issue 145 september 2023

Goodbye to the North Shore Historical Society

My parents and I became members of the North Shore Historical Society in the very early 1990s, and at that time...

By: David Verran
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issue 144 august 2023

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