In line with the Government’s recent direction regarding public events, we have decided to postpone the start of our series of Tea & Talks. This means we will be cancelling Mondays talk on the Wyatt Sawmill at Leigh until further […]
Complete our Dare to Explore worksheet and take it to any Auckland Library to get your Kihikihi stamp ! * Join us at 10.30 am on Thursday 16th January 2020 for a free hands on “Have a go” Session using […]
Local author Bryan Jackson will be sharing some of the more interesting tales that make up our area’s history and will also speak about how he came to write the book and the process he followed. Monday 16th September 2019 […]
Ever wondered who or what the street names of Warkworth are named after ? Did you think Hill Street was named Hill Street because it is on a hill? Join us for a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy […]
These stories were told to me by Lucy Moore, Al Hamilton, Mervyn Morrison and Frank Hudson – all old friends from the Warkworth/Kaipara flats area and all now deceased … During the First World War, spinster Phoebe Southgate lived in […]
Human habitation in New Zealand is relatively recent, so we have nothing here to compare with Stonehenge or prehistoric burial mounds. However, the early settlers, whether Maori or Pakeha, left behind signs on the land that can be read by […]
Cleaning and sorting Gum in the Early 20th century Early settlers in this area found an abundance of kauri gum and learned from Maori to use it as a fire starter or, wrapped in flax, as a lantern. As […]
