I had put up an earlier post on the Memorial Park , but as with the way things go, I've needed to update it. Previously, I'd gone b...

Sir John Logan Campbell's home "Kilbryde" is, today, long gone. It was demolished in 1924 by Auckland City Council, who fe...

Evening Post, 21 April 1945 In 1945, during the last months of World War II, the National Patriotic Fund Board had an idea. TELEPHONE APP...

A mirror post, with permission, from Liz at Mad Bush Farm -- the story of the second chimpanzee to be exhibited in New Zealand, one hundred...

I came home two weekends ago now with my friends Bill and Barbara Ellis, cadging a lift with them back from the Bay of Plenty to Auckland. ...

Further to Part 1 . On 21 June 1914, Colonel Logan, ADC, Officer commanding the Auckland Military District, unveiling this monument to...