It's been a bit of a journey, involving both the old Avondale Community Board and the newer Whau Local Board, stretching back to 2...

Thomas J Harbutt, from the Harbutt family history, courtesy Keith Salmon In 1876, Thomas Jefcoate Harbutt and his familyarrived in Au...

 Detail from DP 16277, LINZ records, crown copyright The road predated its naming by at least 25 years. On a scrappy remnant of a sur...

This is the result of a small SLIPs (small local improvement project) application to have an interpretive sign placed beside the earliest...

Like so many other interests I let myself get involved in, the story of Henderson's origins in the 19th century just hasn't come...

Animals at J J Boyd's Aramoho Zoo, Wanganui. Weekly News, 27 July 1911, ref. AWNS-19110727-11-1, Sir George Grey Special Collections,...

In early February this year, when I heard the former Aotea Chapel was going to be demolished on Queen Street, I took the following shots....