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Henry ‘Harry’ Hopper Adams (1851-1928) and Takapuna

Despite a poor education, and with no formal engineering qualifications, Henry Hopper Adams became a mine manager...

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issue 97 april 2019

The Devonport connection with the upper harbour transport...

Māori have long used the upper Waitematā Harbour as a portage between that harbour and the Kaipara Harbour, via the...

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issue 96 march 2019

Isaac Rhodes Cooper (1819-1889) and the North Shore

In November 1852, 33-year-old Captain Cooper of the 58th Regiment purchased around 38 acres of land in what is now...

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issue 95 february 2019

The 1918 influenza pandemic and the North Shore - Part One

The latest figure is that there were 18,277 military deaths of New Zealanders in the First World War. What is less...

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issue 92 october 2018

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