The Mt Albert Historical Society now have their own website -- and I have to say it looks great. Check it out.

Just published on Scribd: "Naming the Delicious Little Ray" , a result of some research I've done into the story behind the c...

My friend Liz, who wrote the guest post on Rajah at the zoo , has prepared a timeline of the Auckland Zoo using digital newspaper reference...

The company operated briefly, but judging from the closed company file left behind in Archives New Zealand and the following article from t...

I was very honoured to receive an invitation from Friends of Waikumete to attend today's function, the reopening of the chapel. In Marc...

The old Auckland City Council Rubbish Destructor, Victoria Park. Image from Wikipedia. From the Auckland Star , 27 October 1931. The lit...

Te Waharoa o Aotea (1990) has seen drabber days of existence, such as here , and here . Not any more, though. Artist Selwyn Muru , in ho...

  Auckland's Civic Theatre ("The Mighty Civic") was restored 70 years after its opening. Much was made of the interiors, t...

My good friend Liz (aka author of the Mad Bush Farm blog) has done a considerable amount of research into the background of one of Aucklan...

Last Sunday, they inaugurated "Big Ben" on the Western Springs Tramway. Email invitations were sent out to annual pass holders, w...