The following was written by Peter Hjorring, a good friend of mine and ardent family historian. He found this blog, I invited him to contrib...

There have been miles and miles of blurb about Ironbank in the local media just recently. Actually, since 2007-2008 , even before comple...

Click to enlarge. I spotted this card in a rare book sellers shop, Anah Dunsheath on High Street. It hadn't yet b...

Image of Francis Gittos, donated to the Avondale-Waterview Historical Society in 2004 by Murray B. Gittos. I've been gathering up stu...

Here's a piece I wrote about this book for NZ Legacy : Matamata Historical Society have produced another of their informative books...

  The Naval and Family Hotel at the corner of Pitt Street and Karangahape Road in Newton has been going a long time. Outside, the control...

Check out the NZ Film Archive website , and their "Sellebration" collection of old telly ads . Even though I'm only of 1963 vi...

Following on from the previous post .     I'd love to know the location of these four photos following. Cadets marching on ...

Two old photo albums were waiting for me in my letterbox this last week. The following photos can't be classed as "lost", real...