Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi
Ronald H LockerFirst published 2001. Published online 2014—this online edition is a work in progress…
Pages xiii–xivin printed edition
Contents

photograph Mahurangi Regatta 1901 Henry Winkelmann Auckland Museum | linocut Mahurangi River Valerie Pendred | design David Livingtston CAPS Digital Colour | concept Cimino Cole
Part 1 Beginnings
Part 2 Māori history of Mahurangi
- Māori occupation of Mahurangi
Part 3 Pioneer Pākehā
- The missionaries
- Gordon Browne and his spar station
Part 4 Surveys and settlement
- Introduction
- Surveyor-general calls
- The Mahurangi purchase
- Squatters, surveyors and settlers
- Founder of tidehead town
- Last rangatira of Mahurangi and his hapū
- Waikato war comes to Mahurangi
Part 5 A maritime community
Part 6 Settlers and services
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- Introduction
- Joseph Gard – a first farmer
- The schoolmaster
- The first doctor and others
- Scott House – saving a landmark
- The demon drink
- The Mahurangi mails
- The Great North Road
- The gumdiggers
- On the Hustings
- Rodmersham
- Motuora
- The Point
- Growing up at the turn of the century
- Rex and friends
- Mahurangi Regatta 1865 –
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Part 7 The entrepreneurs
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- Introduction
- The Irish–Māori
- Daldy and Combes and the Pulham family
- The limeburners
- The brickmaker and his family
- Nathaniel Wilson cement maker
- The Red Bluff Orchard
- Parrys of the Pukapuka
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Part 8 Passing parade of journalists
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- A view from the fifties
- Views from the sixties
- Fete days in the seventies
- The turn of the century
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Part 9 A personal view
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- My grandparents
- My grandparents’ place
- Two sons, two wars
- Uncle Charlie
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Part 10 Personal account of the river
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- The run of the tide
- Window on the world
- The Saddle
- Preserving the Mahurangi
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Where can I buy this book and how much is it?
Hello Cindy
I am sorry to advise that Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi has been out of print for some time now. Occasionally copies are available via Trade Me, and of course the book is held by Auckland Libraries. Beyond that, I will shortly publish all the chapter titles here, so that if there are particular chapters you wish to read, I will make publication of those a priority.
Ciao
Thank you for posting the Nathaniel Wilson Cement Maker webpage from the book. I am interested in Australian and New Zealand maritime history and this page was most helpful. See my webpage http://www.boatregister.net for details of my project. I look forward to seeing Part 5, A Maritime Community when the time comes that you can post it on the web.
Hi, I am very interested in the Mahu Mag, as my great great grandfather was Henry Cowan who was a farmer, sawyer, shipbuilder and brickmaker at Mahurangi. I am lucky enough to have R H Locker’s book Jade River – A History of the Mahurangi in my library. I often though how tough the men were back in the early days of Mahurangi, but how tough the women must have been too! Many many thanks for this online publication, as Mahurangi was certainly the early focal point of the beginnings of our family!