It is with great pleasure that I republish (by kind courtesy) author Jacqui Knight's article on Tom Skeates, the West Auckland monarch ...

(From Auckland Star , 9 April 1875)   Death at Onehunga from Excessive Dancing There is no doubt but that the penalties which follow almost ...

Rev John Kinder drawing of Eden Crescent looking west. Old St Pauls on the horizon, part of the Royal Hotel complex centre-right. 4-1208,...

Auckland Weekly News 31 August 1911, AWNS-19110831-16-3, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. Paul Fritzschner, ei...

A good friend of mine gave me the above undated promo card, dated from the period of the First World War to 1942, when Rev. Chappell die...

Image: William Jukes Steward, 1891. From Wikipedia. A little known fact – in 1898, the New Zealand parliament passed the Shearers Accommo...

Back in March 2011 , I published a simple bit of a survey into how many times "heritage" was referred to in draft annual plans pr...

From the NZ Herald , 30 December 1876 A VISIT TO THE TITIRANGI RANGES. On Boxing-day the new 'bus made by Messrs. Cousin and Atkin...

A Kiwi soldier during WWI finds himself in the middle of the 1916 Easter Uprising. Image from Wiki -- Sackville Street, Dublin, after the...