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Mountain chief of Kennedys Hill
There is a bold hill by the McElroy boundary, to which hangs another interesting Irish biography: Kennedys Hill. Terence Kennedy was born of a poor family in County Clare in west Ireland. He was snatched early from the grave when a winter storm in 1824…
Rex Fairburn and his Mahurangi friends
Realising that winning recognition as a poet and writer was no easier in England than in New Zealand, A R D (Rex) Fairburn sailed for home in 1932, with his wife Jocelyn and child. On the ship he met Terry Bond, a New Zealander who had been successful…
Coastal path and the ferrymen
Reports of Rodney County Council meetings often mention ferries. (e.g. Weekly News, 8 December 1877; 2 March 1878). With the setting up of highways boards in the 1860s, there emerged a chain of ferries over the estuaries that obstructed coastal journeys…
Introduction
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Choosing whose story to tell from the rich array offering, is both necessary and difficult. The descendants of those who do not appear should not be offended. Some of those chosen led interesting lives in the earliest days of the colony, some gave special service…
Regional parks 50th perspective unapologetically regatta-centric
Submission to Auckland Council Appropriately, Friends of Regional Parks’ submission has a largely regional-parks-centric viewpoint. But when putting its oar in, Mahurangi Action’s view is unabashedly regatta-centric. It is hoped, however, that Auckland Council will...
Auckland’s 175th and regional parks’ 50th as a major event
Decision as to which year to celebrate is slightly easier for the 50th anniversary. Auckland’s 175th anniversary is to be celebrated on Auckland Anniversary weekend 2015, eight months ahead of the day Captain William Hobson planted the Union Jack at…
Methods of building membership in the digital age
It took the stuffing of thousands of envelops, and the licking of a like number of stamps. That, and the not inconsiderable matter of the publishing and launching of Jade River : A History of the Mahurangi, and the membership of Mahurangi…
Riverview Café supper revives brainstorming breakfast
Sometimes the bulk of the brainstorming had already occurred. On such occasions, the conversation would be more about canvassing support for the new initiative, although it was rare for further brainstorming not to be a feature of the…