Click on image to enlarge. On 11 March 1893, the Observer held this particular "missing word" competition -- on the topic of fema...

If anyone thinks that customer service is at times somewhat lacking from today's government departments, spare a thought for the hierarc...

This from the NZ Herald, 6 April 1891. A singular fire took place shortly after midnight on Friday at the Potter's Paddock tramway depot...

Having a bit of a nosey at the Eye on Auckland blog just now, I found a link to the Auckland Trains blog (with a history page on our regio...

Image from Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners (1913), by Frank William Sprague & Leavitt Sprague. Fire, flax, scuttl...

Sydney from the Eye on Auckland blog stopped by and left a comment to my post on the Dawn Persson boardwalk -- so, I thought I'd head ...

This is the Dawn Persson Boardwalk, at the end of Ash Street and just beside the Ash-Rata bridge across the Whau River. It was dedicated to ...

I've added an update to the original post , namely, this photo which I managed to take a few days ago. I reckon this building is one of ...

This time when I went past this control box in New Lynn yesterday, although it was raining, I had my trusty camera with me. Corner Hugh Brow...

The statement in the new book West that Waikumete Cemetery is "home to a mass grave filled with most of the 1128 Aucklanders who di...

From the Auckland Star, 14 May 1932. POSTAL HUMOUR QUAINT MAIL ADDRESSES PUZZLES FOR SORTERS EXAMPLES IN NEW ZEALAND Not long...

I've received emails this morning from Meg Smith, great great-granddaughter of George Hemus, who has featured or been included in a numb...

Audrey from West Auckland, a fellow history researcher, emailed this wee gem to me this morning, from the Bay of Plenty Times , 18 May 1880....

I've seen this off and on for a while, but decided last night (while talking to Karen, the Auckland City Library's family history li...

I attended the launch of the book West: The History of Waitakere tonight, held at the Waitakere City Council chambers. I have been looking...

I was out in the wonderful breather of fine weather yesterday, doing some work at the Domain before heading back to the city, and decided to...

A bare-breasted Zealandia has had her back to the smog-creating traffic of burgeoning Auckland for nearly 90 years, now. This is the A...

A link to a fascinating page detailing history of the Edwin Fox , currently a Category 1 registered heritage attraction in Picton.

A wonderful surprise in the post today: a photocopy of the front page of The New Zealand Motor & Cycle Journal of 25 February 1913, sen...

A delightful description of a court case in Christchurch, from the NZ Truth, 14 February 1914. In the Magistrate's Court at Christchurc...