Latest From: David Verran

Karl Wolfskehl and Anna Kavan on the North Shore

In the September 2019 issue of ‘Channel’ I wrote about Greville Texidor, about whom a biography had...

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issue 107 march 2020

Community buildings in Takapuna from 1953 to 1986

The first Takapuna War Memorial Hall was opened in October 1953, as a joint venture between the Takapuna Borough...

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issue 106 february 2020

Devonport in 1827 and 1857

When Jules Sebastian Cesar Dumont d’Urville visited the Waitemata Harbour in his ship the...

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issue 105 december 2019

Takapuna Library celebrates 145 years

It is widely believed that Takapuna Library dates from 1879, when the Lake Takapuna Public Library was incorporated...

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issue 104 november 2019

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