Today, for a while, I was without my CPU. Such things as the ol' computer developing a bit of a tizz and going haywire happens, I know -...

Reading the Maps posted yesterday on the topic of the future of Anzac Day. The comments as well as the post are worth a read.

The Wanganui District Council have issued a research report by Diana Beaglehole on the question of whether the "h" came first or...

I heard (or read) someone recently say this, referring to Anzac Day. Reading this post from Reading the Maps reminded me of that -- and als...

I was very fortunate today. A good friend of mine and President of the West Auckland Historical Society, Trevor Pollard, took me out on a si...

Because it was buried in the business section of the online NZ Herald this week, I had missed this article on Telecom's show lighting u...

A slight diversion from the usual theme around here ... but, I am a proud Aucklander ... They tell us on the 28th of April that Auckland ca...

Map image via Zenbu . Article here, on the Stuff site. An earlier article gave more info on its history. A Slice of Huapai history is lic...

This was researched and written by Jack Dragicevich, and published by the Avondale-Waterview Historical Society in 2006, in response to earl...

Latest Herald article online . Whichever way this goes, the SH20 extension through Waterview and along the Oakley Creek will compromise envi...

These days, Aucklanders almost take for granted that, each year, there will be spectacular fireworks shows in the volcanic crater of the Dom...

Heading into the Pt Chevalier Community Library last week for our meeting -- this is what greeted us in the foyer. The sign was drawn up by ...

Image: A hulk in Toulon, 19th century. From Wiki . To those of us here in the television age, the story leading up to the end of the Auckl...

Image from Wiki . Originally sourced from LINZ, crown copyright. An article today from the NZ Herald caught my eye. "The buried remai...

Image: Looking up Wakefield Street from Mayoral Drive. Wakefield Street. Today, to me, it’s the place where I head for land history inform...