Wednesday, March 12, 2025
In search of the Grafton Ghost
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This spirited article from one of my favourite 19th century Auckland newspapers, the Observer , 10 August 1889. OBSERVER EXPEDITION OF FREE...
Saturday, March 1, 2025
The unfinished St Pauls of Symonds Street
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Google street view image 2022, and artist's impression of the intended full project from NZ Herald , 12 June 1894. I've often wond...
Saturday, October 19, 2024
A New Zealand Senior Citizen Advocacy timeline
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"Elderly man and woman," Berry & Co, 1920s, Wellington. B.046771, Te Papa Museum collection. This will definitely be a work...
Sunday, August 25, 2024
The October 1897 Breakwater Road accident
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Map from the City of Auckland Plan, 1908. Inset image of T W Leys senior: photo of a painting by C F Goldie, Auckland Libraries Heritage C...
Friday, September 1, 2023
"With intent to injure or annoy ..." The 1949 Blockhouse Bay milk poisoning case
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Highlighted in this snip from a 1947 White's Aviation aerial photo is the house where Gilbert and Adrienne Honey lived with their chil...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
The disappearance of Walter Ashton, 1948
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Portrait of Walter Ashton by Clifton Firth, 21 April 1941. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 34-A32. Walter Ashton disappeared from ...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
The battle for "Wolverton Park"
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The Avondale side of Te Kōtuitanga Olympic Park, briefly known as “Wolverton Park” during the 1970s bureaucratic stoush. Google street vi...
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