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 […]
