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Early Castor Bay, to the 1950s

Until 1944, only the nominated ratepayer in a household could vote in County elections and at that time Waitemata...

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Takapuna 60 years ago

Some will remember the 'North Shore Advertiser' local newspaper, which was published from 4 May 1954 to 14...

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Who is buried in the Mount Victoria Cemeteries?

Since my last article, I have been corrected that the first Anglican burial was in fact in 1858, not 1856, the...

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Mount Victoria Cemeteries

When the Flagstaff (Devonport) area was first surveyed in 1850, some land located in Section 26A of that survey was...

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