Latest From: David Verran

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

Nurseries and vineyards on Lake Pupuke

North Shore History with David Verran

Previously I have written about such people as the Shakespears of Shakespeare Road, Thomas and Mary Poynton and the...

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issue 91 september 2018

Memories of early residents of Birkenhead and Northcote i...

In May 1930, Birkenhead Methodists celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Zion Hill Methodist Church and Sunday...

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issue 90 august 2018

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