New Zealand Memories Issue 160
Our Ancestors Came From France 4
Marie Chaillet-Bell relates the joys and the hardships.
The Bank House 12
A vault in the hills of Naenae; a story from Christopher Moor.
Sunday Dinners 14
David Grantham’s account of a replicated roast meal in Christchurch.
Stalag XVIII.A Relatives Club 18
A WWII prisoner-of-war support group. Written by Sue Courtney.
From the Regions: West Coast 24
Lost in Words 34
A street sign catches David Hill’s eye.
Centrefold: A Life of Toil 36
Clydesdale horses on Wellington’s Cambridge Terrace.
Holidays at Te Moana Reserve 38
Gordon Tait has fond memories of vacations north of Timaru.
The Great New Zealand Exhibitions 40
Barry Birchall records the history of these outstanding events.
A Kiwi Girl’s Scrapbook 46
An illustrative glimpse of life in the 1920s by Francis Jill Studd.
The Copper 48
Not just for doing the laundry!
Tooth Tales 49
Jeanette Grant returns with another amusing story.
A Northland Pilgrimage, 1932 50
Jo Smith recounts a motoring journey by four Methodist ministers.
Rangitira Stowaway in Lyttelton 53
A delightful contribution from Lyttelton Museum.
Election Night in Blenheim 54
“What a night that was”, writes Betty Chambers.
From the Regions: Auckland 56
Mailbox 67
New Zealand Memories Back Issues in Stock 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Canterbury Stopover 72
Coach team outside the Glacier Hotel, Bealey in 1882.

Auckland Heritage Collection Ref: 1-W1089
Cover image:
Much activity on Queen Street Wharf, 8 February 1904.

New Zealand Memories Issue 161
Sounds and Smells and Memories 4
Alwyn Owen reflects on the warm and familiar in this charming story.
The Opportunity of a Lifetime 9
Attracting emigrants to New Zealand.
Tall Timber 10
David Hill grew up on Napier Hill in the 1950s.
Arthur and Gordon McCusker 12
A photographic legacy of Marlborough by Michael Smythe.
Are We There Yet? 16
Road trips added to Gordon Tait’s education.
From the Regions: Canterbury 20
Tied With a Red Ribbon 30
The case of the poison chocolates.
Question Time 34
A hazy ancestry line; David Hill doesn’t want to dig further.
Centrefold: Bush Logging Camp on ‘The Run’ 36
Striking photography from the Albertand & District Museum.
Old Hokonui 38
A unique contribution from Jim Geddes, Hokonui Moonshine Museum.
From Wanganui to San Franscisco 43
Jim Sullivan addresses questions posed in Issue 159.
Gather Together 44
Reflections on life collated by Christopher Bourn.
King’s College Air Training Corps Unit 47
“A day off lessons was a rare treat”, writes John Newsham.
The Greyhound 48
Mike Subritzky records the history of an 1899 trading schooner.
The Queen Street Fire of September 1873 52
Bev Wood records Central Auckland’s tragic blaze.
From the Regions: Wellington 56
Readers’ Responses: Fred’s Accomplice 66
Graham Stewart admits to flying under Auckland’s Harbour Bridge.
Not another editorial ... 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: In The Navy 72
HMS Philomel rowing team, 1923.

Cover image:
“Are We There Yet?” For details, turn to Gordon Tait’s article on page 16.
Young Gordon is on the left in the grey jacket.

New Zealand Memories Issue 1
A trip that was world famed ........................................... 10
The Whanganui River was promoted as NewZealand's Rhine andTaumarunui Press
editor Bob Thomas had clear memories of this world famous attraction when he filed
his report for The Weekly News in 1952.
The rugged days of the horse and coach........................ 15
In the first two decades ofthe20th century Cobb & Co stage coaches provided public
transport in many parts of New Zealand.
Perils of the road ............................................................. 17
An extract from the 1940 booklet "Tracks and Roads" outlining the hazards faced
when travelling by horse and coach.
Wellington was last stronghold of the tramcar..............47
Christchurch took the initiative and revived the tram in February 1995 but it was
Wellington who reluctantly gave the service away 30 years earlier.
The last days of Thorndon Railway Station .................... 49
Bill Cooke reminiscences about his early railway career and the closing of the
Thorndon Railway Station in 1937.
New Zealand's first Labour Cabinet ...............................54
Being opposed by nearly every newspaper in New Zealand did not deter the public
from voting in the Labour Party in November 1935.
Mother's darlings, a princess, and children
who were numbered .......................................................55
Wellington Regional Councillor, Sandra Greig JP, has fond memories ofher parents
and shares some interesting items found during her family research.
PHOTO GALLERY
An Appetiser: A fragrant memory.................................... 1
'The Houseboat" was one of the most unique man-made landmarks on the Whanganui
River in the early days . . .
Fashion: Long Johns a big hit...........................................8
Andrew Andresen shows off the traditional bushwacker's garb .
Can You Help: Where is it? ............................................. 18
Beginning a series where readers are invited to send in a photo which they would like
identified or wish to find out further information.
Images from the regions: Waikato ................................. 19
Random selection of historic photographs from the districts of Thames-Coromandel,
Haurald, Hamilton City, Waitomo and Taupo.
A slice of life: Ellis & Burnand's bush skids ................... 32
A double page spread showing people fr
om all walks of life enjoying a day in the bush
during Jog hauling operations
Images from the regions: Manawatu-Wanganui ........... 34
Random selection of historic photographs from the districts of Ruapehu, Wanganui,
Rangitikei, Palmerston North City and Horowhenua.
Cookie's Corner: Now that's what we call wet! .............. 64
Editor Ron Cooke delves into his files for some of the more unusual images that were
published during his photo journalist days of the 1970s.
Columns & Departments
Foreword: from the Prime Minister of New Zealand ................. ................ 3
Introduction: Arthur Bates welcomes readers ............................................ 4
Editorial: Good memories are worth remembering ................................... 6
Mailbox: Contributors have their say.......................................................... 9
Reader Information: How readers can help ..................................... 2, 4, 46
In Print: Keeping your bookshelf up to date .............................................. 60
Index: Names and places for the first 64 pages ......................................... 62

New Zealand Memories Issue 10
The Edwin Fox: A ship with a colourful history............ 588
Christopher Moor has recorded an account of this remarkable ship.
Reyburn House: A well travelled lady ............................ 594
Helen Ough Dealy guides us through 130 years of this historic home.
Ye Olde Pirate Shippe ...................................................... 598
Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway writes of her mother's fond memories.
St Mary's Carterton: A church on the move .................. 630
The fascinating story of a church moved by traction engine.
Aviation ............................................................................. 632
Paul Adams responds to the article on the Imperial Gift aircraft in issue 8.
Early photographer remembered .................................. 634
A profile of Arthur John Mccusker.
Opawa River ..................................................................... 636
This waterway was not always devoid of transport.
Featherston Military Training Camp ............................. 639
Andrea Mackrell describes the life of soldiers in training.
Impact ofthe canning industry on Nelson .................... 642
S. Kirkpatrick and company spanned almost a century.
PHOTO GALLERY
Appetiser: From small beginnings ................................. 585
The emergence of Nelson's canning industry.
A Merry Christmas to all our readers ............................ 593
Little girl and kitten underneath the Christmas tree.
The ordinary bicycle! ....................................................... 597
A look at the penny-farthing.
Readers responses ........................................................... 601
Favourite watering hole stirs recognition.
Can You Help? .................................................................. 602
All packed up ]Jut where will they go?
Images from the regions: Taranaki .............'................... 603
Random selection of historic photographs from this district.
A slice of life ...................................................................... 616
Proud cyclists with their unique machines.
Images from the regions: Nelson/Marlborough ........... 618
Random selection of historic photographs from this district.
The Bygone era of the water pump ................................ 644
The mail order catalogue is not a modern invention'
Editor's choice .................................................................. 648
'All I want to be when I grow up is an engine driver'.
Departments
Editorial: Roger Hamlin, Managing editor .......................................... 586
Mailbox: Christmas in Raglan, Third Caracat boat sighted .................592
Reader Information: How readers can help ................................. .........638
In Print: Review on 'Celluloid Dreams' and 'Around Dunedin' ......... 645
Index: Quick-find for names and places .............................................. 646

New Zealand Memories Issue 100
Consigned to The Coast 4
Transferred to 3YZ Greymouth. A story by Alwyn Owen.
School Days of Yesteryear 12
Ken Clover records memories of Patetonga School as told by Thelma Skarica.
The Hand of The Law 15
An amusing anecdote from Vic Scott.
Thanks for The Memories 16
A tribute to Nell Delaney by Sandra Kyle.
Great Expectations 20
A true life story by Murray Short.
Money for Jam 22
Peter Henson looks at New Zealand jam manufacturers.
History Churns Mystery Awry 28
By Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway.
Fred, Man Extraordinary... Anonymous No More 32
John Stackhouse uncovers an identity.
A Tribute to Canterbury 36
Cathedral Square
No News Was Bad News! 38
Hugh Hickman explores New Zealand’s early newspapers.
Washing Socks on the Western Front 44
An image from the Alexander Turnbull Library collection.
Farming During the Great Depression 46
A charming story by Gordon Tait.
Reader’s Response 54
The second-to-last train up the Rimutaka Incline.
Tales of a Trailblazer 56
Donald Sutherland is profiled by Claire Duncan.
Historic Ships on the Waitemata Harbour 60
Dr. Doug Wright shares precious family momentoes.
New to Print 63
Can You Help? 64
Claire Le Couteur asks for assistance.
Mailbox 66
New Zealand Memories Back Issue Contents 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
Wanted a wife.
Cover image: New Zealand soldiers at Bus-les-Artois,
France on 7 May 1918.
Courtesy: Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ. Ref:G-013179-1/2
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association Collection

New Zealand Memories Issue 101
The Polish Children’s Camp of Pahiatua 4
Stanislaw Manterys records the epic journey from Poland to Pahiatua.
Remember the Junior Digest 11
Nostalgia from Tony Russell.
Oscar Natzka 12
Christopher Moor profiles the New Zealand-born opera singer.
Exit Stage Right 16
An enchanting story from Joyce Powell.
From the Regions: Northland 20
No News Was Bad News! 30
Part II : The people’s voice by Hugh Hickman.
Centrefold: 36
Twirl those parasols.
Flood of the Century 38
Gore Historical Museum & Hokonui Heritage Research Centre.
A Claim to Fame 44
Les Murphy’s family research uncovers significant details.
My Great Uncle Sam McMillan 46
A poignant tale from Ivan Dominikovich.
New to Print 49
Sturdy as an Old Sea-Warrior 50
The Rover 9/20: story and photographs from Miles Dillon.
Nydia Bay - A World Away 52
A journey to the Marlborough Sounds with Kristina Jensen.
Finding Time 56
John de Bonnaire, Wellington Railway Station and a Roamer watch.
From the Regions: Bay of Plenty/Coromandel 58
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
‘Cheaper to Maintain Than Horses’
Cover image: Polish children arrive at the Pahiatua Railway
Station on 1 November 1944.
Courtesy of the J. Zawada collection via S. Manterys.

New Zealand Memories Issue 102
Kuma Matija of New Lynn 4
A heartwarming story from George Mihaljevich.
Dannevirke ‘The Dane’s Work’ 10
Phillipa Nilson traces the district’s early history.
A Lonely Telegraph Line 18
A journey to Central Otago with David Eddy.
My First Job in the Post Office 22
Don Campbell worked in Otaki during the war years.
From the Regions: Taranaki 26
Flying Saucers and Fairy Rings 34
The day the flying saucer landed at Ngatea. Written by Ken Clover.
Centrefold: Like Father, Like Son 36
English railway workers erect a camp at Raurimu.
Connections 38
A moving account of Southland friendship from Mags Meechang.
Read All About It 44
Clive Skilton examines a 1883 handbook with some curious advice.
Charlie Dawes, Kohokohu Photographer 48
A profile by Keith Giles. Illustrations from Sir George Grey Special Collections.
The Tram’s Terminus 52
Desmond Gate relates childhood memories of Auckland trams.
An Arduous Voyage 54
An account of an 1842 passage to New Zealand. By John Newsham.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 56
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
A Mean Machine.
Coverimage:ThefirstmotorcaratKohukohu.Photographed
by Charlie Dawes outside the Kohukohu Hotel in 1907.
Courtesy: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries 1142-D427.

New Zealand Memories Issue 103
Going to Town 4
An outing to Auckland City by Jeanette Grant.
When Jack Johnson Met Tommy Burns 10
Boxing highlights from Dave Cameron.
Identity 14
Becoming New Zealanders. An article by Ron Palenski.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 20
In Memory of Harriet Bassett 30
A moving family story by Terry Ford.
Centrefold: All Aboard the Rotoiti 36
Contributed by the Rotorua Museum.
Wartime Memories of a Lower Hutt Boy 38
Childhood recollections from Noel Smith.
A Poignant Signpost in Devon 48
Paul Campbell visits a New Zealand War Memorial.
The Greenstone Eardrop 50
A heart-warming tale retold by Jenny Jenkins.
Memories 52
Les Watkins reminds us of those ‘petrol-powered carriages’.
From the Regions: Otago 54
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Honey, I’m Home!
Cover image: Tina Kara using hand-blades in about 1900.

New Zealand Memories Issue 104
When Every Day Was Fly-day 4
Humour from Alwyn Owen.
The Kiwi and the Turncoat Albatros 9
Grant Newman records a World War One aviation story.
Gone 12
A nostalgic poem by Owen Barron.
The Ghost of Curran Street 14
Shirley Ayers remembers ‘flatting’ in the 1950s.
My Father’s Gardens 17
A walk along the garden path with Robin Fry.
Not a Brass Razoo 18
Bill Conroy’s early memories of a Public Works Camp.
Drama and Disappointment at the Domain 22
Early pilot Wizard Stone in Auckland. By Errol Martyn.
From the Regions: West Coast 25
Centrefold: The Oamaru Clock Tower 36
The Diary of Lucy France 38
Autumn holidays in the Marlborough Sound by Hilary Smith.
Things Were Bigger in My Day 44
They certainly were! A story by Nolan Belcher.
The First Casualty 46
A sad affair in Lyttelton Harbour recorded by Roger Strong.
Tom Long Hangman 50
Denis Dwyer profiles New Zealand’s unofficial hangman.
From the Regions: Auckland 52
Reader’s Response: The Darracq Motorcar 64
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
‘Many Happy Returns’.

New Zealand Memories Issue 105
The Slimmest of Beginnings 4
An Irish orphan in gold rush Otago. A story by Brian Carrell.
A Christmas Pageant 10
Jeanette Grant recalls a nativity re-enactment.
Our Finest Hour 12
An historic cricket test is documented by Alan Turley.
Depression Shoes 16
Nostalgic poetry from Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway.
Maraekakaho Woolshed Lifting Tower 18
Article and drawings by Michael Wenley.
Heaven Online 22
Witty musings from Jennifer Beck.
The Caravan 24
A 1951, do-it-yourself build. A story by Richard Ward.
From the Regions: Canterbury 27
Centrefold: All Bound for Sumner Town 36
Magic on Mount Eden Road 38
Heart-warming memories from Maisie Morris.
Mollie Rodie: Carnival Queen 42
By Stephanie Gibson, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa.
The Great Christmas Surprise 46
A kindness never forgotten by Don Campbell.
Ngatau Te Hirata Keremeta 48
Trevor Ashe traces his ancestry.
Pamir 54
The four-masted barque is documented by John Newsham.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 56
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Flights of Fancy
ISSN 1173-4159
December/ January 2014
Courtesy: Mr. H. Cole.
Cover image: Early speedway riders Messrs Coleman (left)
Curtis and McCready. The man in the suit is Mr. Bill White
and the date is circa 1930.

New Zealand Memories Issue 106
Shangri-la; Holiday on Waiheke 4
Nostalgia from Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway.
New Zealanders in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 8
Geoffrey J. Lowe recounts details of a war fought in South Africa.
The Italian Fishermen of Island Bay 12
Wellington in the 1940s and 1950s. By Bob Stothart.
Bike, Sweat and Tears 16
Dave Grantham relates his 1963 South Island bike ride.
The Story of the Lemon Squeezer 22
Origins of the New Zealand Army felt hat.
From the Regions: Southland 24
Family Holidays at Plimmerton 32
A treasure trove of memories from Margaret Elms.
Centrefold: A Sorry Sight 36
The schooner ‘Spray’ on Gisborne’s Waikanae Beach.
W.J.F. 38
Dr. H.G Feltham pays tribute to his multi-talented father.
My Uncle Joe 46
Ralph Levinson’s Auckland relative is the subject of this story.
The Wheel Deal 50
David Hill recalls the family’s first car, an Austin A30.
In Love with Shirley Temple 52
Hollywood and Christchurch in the 1930s from Geoff Lealand.
Still Standing... On a Bit of a Lean 56
Nancy Hill has a special place for Nelson’s rustic ‘Road Ashton’.
Gisborne: Moutohora Railway Days 58
By R.(Bob) Hepburn.
Can You Help? 64
New to Print 66
List of New Zealand Memories Back Issues 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Entwined Motorists 72
ISSN 1173-4159
February/ March 2014
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ. Edgar Williams Collection. G-140682-1/2.
Cover image: Lydia Myrtle Williams with her sons Edgar
Richard and Owen William looking at the view from the water
tower during a visit to Invercargill in 1900

New Zealand Memories Issue 107
From Playing Field to Battlefield 4
World War I and the 1914 All Blacks by Glenn Reddiex.
Sixpence to Spend 12
Patricia Ridding enjoyed her 1930s pocket money.
The Kauri 14
A boy’s playground in Whangarei remembered by Alwyn Owen.
An Hospitable Journey 18
Mary Lees’ 1949 South Island holiday.
From the Regions: Waikato 22
A Labour of Love 32
Contributed by Pat and Vince Mranicich.
Centrefold: Pretty Maids All in a Row 36
A theatrical group courtesy of the Nelson Provincial Museum.
As I Remember It 38
Bob Kayes reminisces on his hometown of Lyttelton.
New Zealanders at Gallipoli 44
Geoffrey J. Lowe presents photographs from soldiers’ personal albums.
Under Threat 48
Termite Inspector versus Australian termites. By Jeanette Grant.
Ghosts of my Childhood 50
Beverley Teague grew up overlooking the sweep of Lyall Bay.
From the Regions: Wanganui / Manawatu 54
New to Print 63
Haast Never Forgotten 64
Readers’ responses from Allan Gibb and Dave Grantham.
Mailbox 66
Another Great Surprise 67
Don Campbell’s Christmas tree memory revisited.
A Tasty Profession 68
Miss Ada: Chocolate Decorator.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Matakana Wharf, 1951. Photographed by Don Worsnop.

New Zealand Memories Issue 108
Cabbage Tree Ned: Coachman Extraordinary 4
Otago’s 1860s Australian import. By Ivan Taylor.
A Rolls Could Not Replace Gertie 8
Bruce Anderson remembers Remuera icon Miss Amy More.
3-D Movies Come to New Zealand 10
Christopher Moor documents the advent of a new medium.
A Memory of Summer 14
‘Martinborough, my hometown’ writes Leonie Couper.
A Dot Known 18
A poignant reminder from Anne Webber.
And the Rain Poured Down… 24
Story by Rae Atkins, photographs from Geoffrey Lowe.
My Grandmother’s Brooch 26
A delightful tale from Beverley Teague.
From the Regions: Coromandel / Bay of Plenty 28
Centrefold: Tauranga Waterfront, 1876 36
‘The Bournemouth Gang’: Friends for Life 38
A powerful story related by Bernard Welch.
A Sharp Tongue and a Wooden Jam Spoon 46
By Paul Bensemann
New to Print 51
Great-grandfather John 52
From London to Nelson 1857: Documented by Clive Skilton.
Turning Boys into Soldiers 57
Cadet Corps on parade by Selwyn Paine
From the Regions: Northland 58
Mailbox 68
Team of ’51 Answers Reunion Call 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Higgledy Piggledy 72
A cute snapshot from John de Bonnaire

Cover image: Tea for Two.
Can readers help identify these sweet little girls
for contributor June Peka?

New Zealand Memories Issue 109
A Fifties Childhood in Taradale 4
A charming story from Norman Maclean.
Kiwis on Cards 12
Boxing and wrestling memorabilia from Dave Cameron.
The Farmers’ Sales 15
Hector’s Hobson Street sale. A story from Jeanette Grant.
A New Zealand Schoolgirl Remembers 16
Barbara Adams shares from her Lower Hutt childhood.
A Beacon of Hope 20
Ohura held a treasure trove of early memories for John Morgan.
The Oil Lamp 25
‘The lamp always fascinated me’ writes Bill Heinz.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 26
Centrefold: A Solid Foundation 36
The War and Me 38
Paul Aubin grew up in Dunedin during World War II.
Airships Over Ohakea 46
The designing of an airship station. Written by Grant Newman.
New to Print 51
The Ralph Mine Disaster 52
Huntly marks the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
The Zephyr 54
Emigrating to New Zealand – the hard way. By Peter Brown.
From the Regions: Taranaki 58
Reader’s Response 66
The Termite Inspector
Mailbox 68
Can You Help? 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Wet Jacket Arm 72
Fiordland’s Dusky Sound.

Cover image: Good manners are discarded in
the excitement of the races at Wanganui.
Courtesy of the Miller Family Collection.

New Zealand Memories Issue 11
The Auckland Zoo: a celebration of 75 years: ..........652
Zoo personnel have provided history and highlights.
Mystery woman in smart riding dress: ....................658
Angela Lassig examines women's riding apparel.
School milk scheme 1937-1967: .................................660
Recall the days ofthe lukewarm halfpint ofmilk7
Northland's Lifeline - The Clansman.........................662
Claire Jones has written an intriguing article emphasizing the
relevance ofearly shipping to residents ofNorthland.
Chrischurch Cathedral : .............................................694
Four and a halfdecades in the making.
St Mary's Diocesan School, Stratford: ......................698
A briefhistory researched by Carol Spragg and
wr
itten by Geraldine Travers.
The free range cows of Russell: .................................703
Helen Ough Dealy writes about the bovine characters
ofRussell's main street.
The Invincible Mine: ...................................................706
Otago's forgotten gold mine uncovered by Jim Childerstone.
PHOTO GALLERY
Appetiser: Christchurch Cathedral: ..........................649
Four and a halfdecades to complete.
F.G. Radcliffe: ..............................................................664
An artist in repose.
Readers responses: .....................................................665
Paddy Flannigan and his donkeys remembered by Memories reader
Can You Help?: ............................................................666
Framed: but not named.
Images from the regions: Hawkes Bay .....................668
Random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district.
A Slice of Life: ..............................................................680
The Queen and the fairies.
Images from the regions: Otago: ...............................682
Random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district.
Who is greater, axeman or sawyer?: ........................696
The early years ofcompetitive woodchopping.
Yvette Williams: ...........................................................701
A New Zealand champion in action.
Tornado sweeps Hamilton: ........................................704
Arthur Bleaken captured photographs ofthis unexpected phenomena.
Three people and a dog on a Clyno motorcycle .......708
Editor's choice: ............................................................712
Beauty and the Beast.

New Zealand Memories Issue 110
The Night We Signalled Mars 4
Guy Fawkes, 1938 with Alwyn Owen.
The Great Trek 10
An epic journey is described by Kaye Dragicevich.
The Road Safety Legacy of Charles Hood 14
Christopher Moor profiles a popular Nelson identity
The Mother of Pureora 18
By Ruby Alexander, contributed by Dave Alexander.
First Person to Fly Under Auckland Bridge 22
James Hollings recalls a daredevil’s exploits.
From the Regions: Otago 28
Centrefold: Dunedin, 1862 36
A Shadow Down Huia Street 38
Growing up in Taihape by Norman Bilbrough.
Strike Up the Band 42
Clare Gleeson remembers Begg’s Musical Army.
The Old Medicine Chest 44
Old-fashioned cures; memories from Ken Clover.
New to Print 49
Memories of Frontiersmen 50
From Tim Kerr.
A Voyage on Rona 56
Bill Lambert describes a yachting adventure.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 58
Reader’s Response 67
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
A Slice of Heaven: Going Cheap

Cover image: Jim Taaffe’s taxi from Kaitaia - a
Dodge 6 Cylinder Tourer - received much interest
from the children of Te Kao. Northwood Brothers.
Courtesy of Kaye Dragicevich.

New Zealand Memories Issue 111
On With the Game 4
France v. NZ, 5 August 1961. Documented by David Hill.
New Zealand’s First British War Bride 8
Etheljoy Smith records Muriel Duncan’s story.
A Hero of High Standing 12
Sir Ed and the tea chests; by Philippa Winch
Office Technology 14
Paddy Steele describes the office of the mid-twentieth century.
Rationing 18
Coupon books and cow’s heels. Jennie Barnes remembers when…
From the Regions: West Coast 20
The Gadget 29
A poem contributed by Norman Hoosen.
From Waipu to World War I and Back 30
Postcards from war-torn France supplied by Pauline R. Hayter.
The Children’s Hospital Rocking Horse 34
A special gift for young patients. By Christopher Moor.
Centrefold: The Joys of Camping 36
Christmas at Tahunanui Beach, Nelson in 1943.
Northland Holidays during World War II 38
Dr. Doug Wright records fond memories.
Jessie Buckland: Pioneer Woman Photographer 46
By John Fairburn Buckland.
New to Print 53
From the Regions: Auckland 54
Reader’s Response: Guy Fawkes, 1938 67
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
The seed-cleaner.

Cover image: Traffic jam at Upper Symonds
Street, Auckland City in the 1920s.
Sir George Grey Special Collection, Auckland Libraries. Ref: 589-58

New Zealand Memories Issue 112
Where Once the River Was the Road 4
Kath Beattie remembers winterless days in Kohukohu.
New Zealand’s Worst Sporting Tragedy 10
Alan Turley records the events of the 1951 yacht race.
The Last Wool Boat, January 1944 16
East Coast holidays under canvas by Dorothy Scott.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 20
A Tale of Two Sisters 30
Closing the generational gap. Contributed by Kerry Driscoll.
Centrefold: Auckland Anniversary Regatta, 1913. 36
No Suds on Us 38
The postal dispute of 1963.
Town Milk Industry… As I Remember It 42
Researched and written by Gary Muir..
Dr George de Clive-Lowe, Surgeon 48
Profiled by Grahame de Clive-Lowe.
Writing Our Memories 52
Hamilton residents enjoy putting pen to paper.
The Lost Bible 54
A poignant story told by Jim Matheson.
From the Regions: Canterbury 57
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
The Organ Grinder

Cover image: Paddling at Sumner Beach near
Christchurch in about 1916.
Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 35-R349

New Zealand Memories Issue 113
Tracing My Ancestors 4
Alec Astle takes readers through his journey of discovery.
The Battle of Gate Pa, 1864 12
Original photographs and drawings from Tauranga City Libraries.
The Battle of Pukehinahina 14
‘What it means to me’ : a viewpoint from Kalais Going.
Setback to Early Married Life, Auckland 1869 16
Sampler prompts further family research for Lois Herdman.
Letters to a Soldier 1943-1945 20
A fragment of writing is pivotal to Lorraine Marson’s story.
The Locket 23
An unsolved puzzle forms the basis of Gordon Tait’s contribution.
Caged by Fashion 24
1860s vogue from Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.
From the Regions: East Coast/Gisborne 26
Centrefold: Gallipoli 1915 36
Who Was the First New Zealander Ashore
at ANZAC Cove? By John Stackhouse 38
The New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Desert 46
Geoffrey J. Lowe presents photographs from soldiers’ personal albums.
Simpson and His Donkey 48
ANZAC artwork by Horace Millchamp Moore-Jones.
Aubrey Black, ANZAC 50
From Dargaville to the Dardanelles.
Look What I’ve Got! 56
A witty anecdote from Karla Breen Rickerby.
From the Regions: Southland 58
Reader’s Response: More Than Meets the Eye 64
Mailbox 66
New to Print 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Perhaps? 72
A photograph contributed by the Central Stories Museum

Cover image:
Mitre Peak, 1880s.
Courtesy of Mrs Eileen Tiller

New Zealand Memories Issue 114
A New Life in a New Country 4
1873 Canterbury settlers; Ivan Taylor writes about his ancestors.
A Few Words 12
A bitter-sweet tale from Judy Tindall
All at Sea 14
Memories of Napier Central School from David Hill.
Spending a Penny 18
Jeanette Grant discusses a delicate subject.
Helen Barnard, Gingernuts, and the
World War One Homefront Experience 20
Contributed by Nga Taonga Sound & Vision.
The Cup of Tea 24
An entertaining interlude from Bill Heinz.
From the Regions: Wanganui/Manawatu 25
Centrefold: Working Bee at Durie Hill Steps 36
Big Bill’s War 38
William Maskell’s war experiences are related by Ann Trewern.
Wellington Hospital’s Royal Doulton
Nursery Rhyme Tiles 48
Written by Christopher Moor.
The SS Captain Cook 52
Jenny Cooper immigrated to New Zealand in 1958.
From the Regions: Waikato 56
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
Marking ANZAC

Cover image:
Demolition of The Wanganui Gasworks
on 25 March 1974.
Courtesy: S.Miller

New Zealand Memories Issue 115
Patriotism, Passion, and a Foxton Piano 4
Alwyn Owen relates an absorbing tale.
The First Ball-Boy 10
Matt Elliott discusses an Auckland Rugby League initiative.
Chocolate Cake and Haystacks 12
A charming story from Joyce Powell.
The Saga of the Oxenbridge Tunnel
and the Shotover River 16
Written by Paul Titchener.
Ramifications of The 1951 Waterfront Workers’
Strike 18
As recalled by Colin Bernard Kruse.
From the Regions: Northland 22
The Chain Over Sea and Time 32
Contributed by Josef Livre, Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand.
‘Silly as a Two-bob Watch’ 34
‘Teaching Grandmother to Suck Eggs’ 35
Claire Duncan explores the origins of these sayings.
Centrefold: In the Name of Progress 36
‘Landships’ 38
World War One warfare from Michael Dally and Pearl Forster.
High School Stories 42
Brigid Barrer remembers Christchurch Girls’ High.
Redwood’s Flour Mill 46
Ted Woodward’s first job.
Regions: Coromandel / Bay of Plenty 52
Philip Lewis and the Copper Car 62
Bruce R. Anderson discusses a motorcar with a difference.
New to Print 65
The Enemy at Home 66
From a new book by Imelda Bargas and Tim Shoebridge.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
‘Parliament opened on 26 July 1865 on a very wet day.’

Cover image:
Redwood Bros. flour mill on the Omaka
River - article page 46.
Marlborough Historical Society Marlborough Museum
Archives; 1989.024.0298 – Chinn Collection

New Zealand Memories Issue 116
The Wreck of the Dundonald 4
Gordon Campbell records an account of the 1907 shipwreck.
My Brother’s Pram 12
Memories of the Newmarket area by Maisie Morris.
Strolling Through Time: Beginnings of the Pram 16
Claire Duncan explores its origins.
Growing Up at the Fire Station 18
Childhood stories related by Roger Strong.
Spud Duty 22
Issue 116 cover photograph: June Peka provides details.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 24
Centrefold: The Penny Scramble 36
The War Years for a Headmaster 38
By Gordon Tait.
My Dad’s Old Cigar Box 44
‘An evening’s entertainment’ writes Beverley Teague.
Into Solitary Confinement 48
New Zealand’s last big polio epidemic. By Judith Doyle.
‘The Seekers’: a New Zealand Cinematic First 50
Christopher Moor explores our theatrical history.
An Airport in the Making 54
Ralph Levinson remembers Rongotai
From the Regions: Taranaki 60
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Time on your Hands 72
Knitting suggestions from Eileen Tiller.

Cover image:
Spud Duty (see page 22)
courtesy of June Peka

New Zealand Memories Issue 117
Pighunters and Packhorses 4
An article by John Stackhouse illustrated with family photographs.
Raleigh Round 10
David Hill’s cycling escapades will make you laugh.
William (Bill) Harold Atkins 12
Written by Rae Atkins. Photographs supplied by the Atkins Family.
Cars Around Town 16
Driving in Hokitika during the 1960s with Richard Waugh.
‘The Bee’s Knees’ 21
Claire Duncan suggests origins for this familiar saying.
Welcome to a Man’s World: A Memoir 22
A rude awakening for young Norman Bilbrough.
From the Regions: Otago 24
Please Mum, Can’t We Have a Dog? 34
Many parents will relate to Jeanette Grant’s delightful tale.
Centrefold: The Lazy Days of Summer 36
Batteries Not Required 38
Hugh Hickman explores games of yesteryear.
Air New Zealand in the 1960s: 44
The Start of the Jet Age. An article provided by Air New Zealand.
The American Dream 46
Carole Lindsay relates her mother’s story.
Memorabilia of New Zealand Railways 50
A fascinating collection is described by Geoffrey B. Churchman.
Farewell to Gallipoli 52
This poem from Bill Conroy marks the December 1915 departure.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 53
Donald’s Little Red Car 62
Helen Johnston’s story was written for her grandchildren.
The Inheritance 63
June Shaw meets Sophia Marshall: via a sampler.
Mailbox 64
Reader’s Response: The Motorised Pram 67
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Who’s Next ? 72
Tooth extraction at a Northland gum diggers’ camp.

Cover image:
Young boys with a hoop and a ball
Courtesy: Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ. Ref: G 38089-1/2

New Zealand Memories Issue 118
Joining the RNZAF 4
Compulsory Military Training with Denis Dewe.
The Enduring Mystery of Queen Victoria’s 8
Mãori Godson
Paul Titchener pens this intriguing account.
Taxi! 10
Coastal Hawke’s Bay in the 1960s as remembered by Hilary Pederson.
An Unexpected Combination 14
From the Strath Taieri Historical Society Museum in Middlemarch.
Conservative Taste Buds 18
Jeanette Grant remembers her Mother’s ‘Chinese Chew’ recipe.
New Zealand and the Peaked Felt Hat 20
A wealth of information from Barry O’Sullivan
‘An Amazing Surprise’ 27
The cover of Issue 117 stopped Perry Harlen in his tracks
Non-stop: Auckland to Wellington 28
A unique First Day Cover from Geoffrey Lowe.
From the Regions: West Coast 29
Pot Holes and Sand Dunes 38
John Morgan’s father was employed by the Forestry Service.
Tribute to Maki Robson 44
Honouring words from Bob Ellis
Television 46
J. Edward Brown brought his 23inch Philco ‘Dallas’ in Wellington
From the Regions: Auckland 50
Mailbox 64
Can You Help? 65
New to Print 66
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Earning a Crust 72
From the Archives New Zealand Collection of photographs.

Cover image:
Dick Jordan’s Model A Ford bogged down
with a load of shell.
Helensville & District Historical Society, Ref: M9604. Collection: Alan Jordon.

New Zealand Memories Issue 119
My Childhood in a Children’s Home 4
Don Campbell is welcomed back to our pages.
The 1936 Anzac Stamps 10
Christopher Moor discusses the commemorative stamps.
Yesterday’s Dinners 14
Maungaturoto Cookery Book sparks this tale from Matt Elliot
Lancaster Road 16
Irene V. Bronlund grew up in Birkdale, Auckland in the 1940s.
Stretching Our Legs 20
Women’s Sports Clothes from Tunics to Rompers by Claire Duncan.
Folk Dancing 24
Marie McRae’s poem relates to schooldays at Te Papapa Primary.
An Ordinary Man 26
A poignant World War One account by Rosemary Williams.
From the Regions: Canterbury 29
Centrefold: Drive, Fly or Taxi In 36
Hillside Railway Workshops 40
Ian Dougherty reflects on the workshop’s social history.
Paper-knives:
Forgotten Reading and Writing Accessories 46
A history compiled by Ian Spellerberg.
Hillary and Me 48
Kath Beattie digs out her old Epsom Girls’ Grammar exercise book.
From The Regions: Wellington and the Wairarapa 53
Mailbox 64
Our Honoured Dead 66
A poem of respect penned by Bill Conroy.
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Hawke’s Bay Threesome 72
An appealing family photograph contributed by Bill Haymes.

Cover image:
The Brackenfield Hunt Meet on the drive of Amberley
House Girls Collegiate School in about 1938-39.
Courtesy: Mrs Rutherford.

New Zealand Memories Issue 12
The Rimutaka Incline ..............................................................716
Noel Meek shares his knowledge ofNZ locomotive history.
To Louie, With best Christmas Greetings .............................722
Angela Lassig examines a portr
ait ofa young woman.
Living in the shadow of a volcano .........................................724
The Rotorua Museum have contributed a vivid account ofthe changes affecting
the people ofthe Tarawera Mountain.
My first car ...............................................................................728
A lighthearted poetic contribution from Henry Perrett.
St Saviours Anglican Church .................................................758
Ministering to the community for 100 years.
Memory of a kauri industry ...................................................760
An article prepared by the Matakohe Kauri Museum.
Lofty Blomfield.........................................................................763
Wrestler and humanitarian.
Motuhora - felling the giants .................................................767
Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway returns with a personalised account of her
grandfather's childhood.
Otago-Southland150thanniversary.........................................770
1998 celebrations are presently in progress. Photographs and material
provided by the City ofDunedin.
PHOTO GALLERY
Appetiser - Lofty Blomfield ....................................................713
The organ grinder ..................................................................721
Admired or abhorred7
Readers responses ..................................................................729
School Milk scheme article brings a flood ofresponses.
Can you help? ..........................................................................730
Hidden Talent.
Images from the regions: Auckland ............................;..........731
A random selection ofhistoric photogr
aphs fr
om this district.
A slice of life ............................................................................744
Images from the regions: West Coast ....................................746
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district.
Editor's choice ........................................................................776
Three generations.

New Zealand Memories Issue 120
Zeppelin Down! 4
The Destruction of L33 by Grant Newman.
The Innocence of the Modern Driver 11
A witty anecdote from Ivan D. Taylor.
A Bit of a Pill 12
David Hill looks at 1935 memorabilia.
The Life of a Budding Accountant in the 1960s 14
Written by John Howells.
The Train 18
Bill Heinz recalls the days of steam travel.
“You’d Better Say Something” 20
Retired broadcaster Des Wilson talks with Rob Webb.
Holiday or Marathon? 24
Connie Wood’s vivid recall of a South Island adventure.
My Early Life on Great Barrier Island 26
Carol Holroyd writes in memory of her father.
From the Regions: Eastland 31
Centrefold: Tranquillity 36
Haymaking Over The Years 38
Ken Clover transports readers to a Waikato farm.
Haymaking in the 1930s 42
Joyce Powell remembers the involvement of the whole family.
A Poem: Haymaking 43
By David Richmond.
Photographer, Entrepreneur and Adventurer 44
Charles Spencer is profiled by Keith Giles.
The Travelling Dental Nurse 46
Nola Jewell in the Marlborough Sounds, 1959-60.
A Serviceman Goes on Leave 51
Contributed by Second World War veteran Mr P.A. Densem.
Action on the Home Front 52
Pam Childs records a patriotic concert in Opunake.
New to Print 55
From the Regions: Southland 56
Mailbox 65
Reader’s Response 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Mail Delivery 72
A photograph from Bruce Isted’s collection.

New Zealand Memories Issue 121
Under the Korowai 4
Robert Jenkin profiles the Onekaka Ironworks.
The White Lady: A Pie Cart Survivor 12
Lindsay Neill investigates an Auckland icon.
A House Divided 16
Christine Grieder and Peter Verstappen relate a peculiar tale.
Vintage Musical History 20
Max Cryer and the famous Lipp piano.
From the Regions: Wanganui / Manawatu 23
Centrefold: Blanketed in Snow 36
Dog Eat Dog 38
An account of the 1898 Dog Tax Rebellion by Claire Duncan.
Dizzy Heights 44
A projectionist’s story: Murray Thompson
100 Years Ago My Father Went to War 50
Judith Doyle records her father’s story.
From the Regions: Waikato 54
Reader’s Response: The Standard Eight 64
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Matrimony with Strings 72

Cover image:
Johnson’s saddlery was sawn into two by local builder
John McPherson following a 1904 boundary dispute.
Article page 16.
Kete Tasman Waimea South Collection
(70-wakefield-store-keepers-boundary-dispute)

New Zealand Memories Issue 122
The Beginning of French Akaroa 4
Contributed by Daniel Smith, Akaroa Museum.
Icecream 10
Jeanette Grant remembers a childhood treat.
The Media Speaks 13
Alan Turley compiles media reports of Jack Lovelock’s triumph.
Emigrating on the SS Captain Hobson in 1953 14
Barbara Turner’s story is recorded by Debbie McCauley.
Douglas MacLean’s Penny Farthing 20
Contributed by the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust.
From the Regions: Coromandel / Bay of Plenty 22
Bodgies and Widgies and Rabbits 32
Reflections on 1950s New Zealand from Geoff Lealand.
Centrefold: High Spirits 36
Grandfather’s Boarding House 38
John Prince relates his family’s story.
Well-bred and Well Fed 46
An amusing item from Margaret Mort of History House, Greymouth.
He Did His Bit 48
A poignant World War One article from Colin Barry.
What Were the ‘Nightmen’ Doing in the Early Hours? 52
Ian Spellerberg investigates.
Guy Fawkes 55
November the fifth antics from Neville Martin.
From the Regions: Northland 56
All Aboard 64
Unique railway photographs from Robert John’s collection.
“Looks All Very Well on Paper” 66
Michelle Fox-Bishop records memories of No Town.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: : So I’ve Woken Up Where? 72

Cover image:
Passers-by peep through holes in the fence at the
construction of St Paul’s Cathedral in Molesworth Street,
Wellington, 1956.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ. Evening Post Collection.
Ref: EP /1956/2700.

New Zealand Memories Issue 123
Whites Aviation: Hand-Coloured New Zealand 4
Peter Alsop gives an overview of this insightful company.
The Millerton All Blacks 12
Don’t be fooled by the name; Alan Turley explains all.
Hear the Pennies Dropping 14
Patricia Ridding remembers Sunday School at Wesley Church.
New Zealand’s First Christmas Stamp 18
Christopher Moor investigates the stamp’s introduction in 1960.
New Chums 20
John Foley arrived in 1953 aboard the T.S.S. Captain Cook.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 26
Centrefold: Jacko Neho’s Bullock Team 36
Te Paki Station 38
“An oasis in the Far North wilderness” writes Kaye Dragicevich
Marie Benge’s Dolls House 44
A raffle prize is the source of pleasure as Christopher Moor discovers.
The Extra Passenger 48
T.S.S. Remuera stowaway: Dave Grantham discloses his father’s diary.
Changing Transport 50
Richard Waugh takes readers back to the 1960s.
The Road to Pipiriki 54
An unforgettable encounter for Dorothy Scott.
The Apple Tree 57
A cheeky anecdote from Bill Heinz.
From the Regions: Taranaki 58
A Boy’s Letter to Hitler 66
Bruce Payne uncovers a family heirloom with a difference!
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: : Boxing Day Special 72
Tom Heeney at the Hotel Coronation in Gisborne, 1928.

Cover image:
Kuru Love at the wheel of an Overland 1914 79T at the
north end of Durham Street, Picton. The motorcar was
the first to traverse the Grove Track between Picton and
Havelock (3 October 1915).
Picton Historical Society Inc. 0977 Neg No 165.

New Zealand Memories Issue 124
A Winding Pathway to Love and War 4
John Stackhouse records his grandfather’s story.
Fathers in the Delivery Suite? Not in the 1950s 12
Maternity procedures were very different then. Joyce Powell explains.
Top of the Vox 16
Matt Elliott unearths an Auckland ventriloquist.
Recollections of a Bank Manager 18
Brian Mudge remembers his first job in Rotorua.
Olveston 24
Dunedin’s historic homestead.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 26
Origins 34
Claire Duncan explores the origins of common sayings.
Centrefold: Day-trippers to Waiwera 36
Artie Shaw and the Naval Band in New Zealand 38
Roger Strong takes us back to the days when swing was king.
Turning Point 42
A poignant story from R.B. Wynn-Williams.
Uncle Reuben: Pioneer Motorist of the Buller 44
An account of early settlement by Graeme Walsh.
Youth’s Hope Goes Crashing 50
Written by Ethel Webber, and contributed by grandson Roger Miller.
From the Regions: Otago 54
Mailbox 67
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: : The Scrum Machine 72
A timeless gem from noted cartoonist Nevile Lodge.

Cover image:
John (Jack) Brinsdon stands proudly beside his Dennis
petrol wagon c.1923.
Courtesy of Garth Brinsdon.

New Zealand Memories Issue 125
Kimble Bent – Pakeha Deserter 4
Gordon Campbell takes readers back to the year 1865.
Mazon: The Shirt That Fits 13
A glimpse into early twentieth century business. From Jim Partridge.
The Glory Box 14
Claire Duncan discusses a bygone custom.
Hughie the Hero 16
David Hill pays tribute to his uncle.
The ‘Hatting’ and Art of Lindsay Kennett 18
Christopher Moor profiles an outstanding New Zealand milliner.
From the Regions: West Coast 23
The Bracelet Story 32
A curious yarn from Ken Smith.
My Hornby Train 34
Treasured memories from Robert Freeman.
Centrefold: The City 36
Mother’s Day 38
Max Cryer explores the observance of this celebrated day.
For the Sake of Example 42
Military discipline during World War One written by Bill Conroy.
From the Regions: Auckland 44
Whites Bay Walk 50
An eventful outing for an eight-year-old. Dallas Elvy remembers.
At the Bay 54
Artist Enga Washbourn is the subject of Janet Hart’s article.
Readers’ Responses: The Nightman 63
Images of the Past 64
June Shaw’s photographs illustrate evolving fashions.
Mailbox 67
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
Ascended 750 feet. Shackleton in balloon.

Cover image:
A group poses on the truss bridge (built c1920) at Ten Mile Valley.
Courtesy of History House, Greymouth.

New Zealand Memories Issue 126
Learning the Ways of the Gold: 70 Years Ago 4
From Des Styles, Central Otago poet and gold miner..
Me and the Possum 9
An amusing anecdote from Paul Aubin.
Leapfrogging to New Zealand 10
Mike Whittall’s 1956 London to Auckland flight.
Our Street: Stories of a New Zealand Boyhood 12
Contributed by Geoff Lealand.
Boarding School 16
Memories of King’s College from ex-pupil John Newsham.
Following My Father’s Footsteps Through Greece 20
Sue Courtney records her journey.
From the Regions: Wellington/Wairarapa 24
Centrefold: Oriental Bay 36
A sunny day at the bay in 1953.
Making Ends Meet 38
A brief history of State Housing in New Zealand by Claire Duncan.
‘L’ Plate Days 48
John de Bonnaire pens a story to explain his verse.
Motueka Wharf 50
Contributed by the Motueka and Districts Historical Association.
Reader’s Response: Spike Milligan 56
Barry Edwards remembers Spike’s 1959 visit to New Zealand.
From the Regions: Canterbury 58
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: The Nanny 72
Contributed by Ian Strang.

Cover image:
Feeding cats at the Radcliffe’s Paparoa homestead in the 1890s.
Frederick George Radcliffe is renowned for his scenic photography
and postcards.

New Zealand Memories Issue 127
An Enduring Grandmother Called May 4
John Bluck pays a deserving tribute.
Rusty Went Shopping 10
An endearing short story from Christopher Moor.
Akaroa Days, 1936-1942 12
Jenifer Plummer recalls her golden days of childhood.
War Blacks: Soldiers and Footballers 16
Matt Elliott researches the topic.
Debutante Balls 19
Dunedin society in the 1950s by Paul Aubin.
Cooking Memories from my Childhood 21
Meals were regulated at the Bishop house writes John Bishop.
From the Regions: Eastland 22
A Ship and a Family 30
Peter Billinghurst traces two lineages.
Growing Up in 1950s Green Lane 34
Fond memories from Neil Keesing.
Centrefold: A Pose for the Camera? 36
Nelson’s Ship Hotel in about 1889.
Emigrating to New Zealand in Steerage 38
A fascinating account of 1879 arrivals by June Bowen.
Tin Tags 42
June Peka contributes a collector’s story.
General Election Laughs 45
Matt Elliott offers a timely piece.
On the Premises 46
Jennifer McLean’s fine article is set in Martinborough.
Railway Mementoes, Collectibles and Antiques 50
A valuable NZ Railways collection is shared.
Thereby Hangs a Mystery 52
Rae Atkins unravels an unusual family tale.
From the Regions: Southland 56
Mailbox 68
Reader’s Response: The Hope and the Glory 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: These boots are made for walking 72
Contributed by the New Zealand Police Museum.

Cover image:
An Egmont County roading accident
in about 1915.
Courtesy: Aotea Utanganui Museum Collection of South Taranaki.
ges).

New Zealand Memories Issue 128
King Tom and the Lost Tribe 4
Alwyn Owen transports readers back to the 1860s.
Fagan the Bullocky 12
“Michael Fagan was an Irish man to be sure,” writes Rae Atkins.
Hope and Smithy 16
A great-aunt and an airman: a story by Geoff Skene.
Tracing My Ancestors – In Distant Fields 20
Alec Astle pays a tribute.
Memories of Rowing 24
A sporting article written by Geoff Benge.
From the Regions: Waikato 27
Centrefold: Bannockburn 36
Coalminers at the Cairnmuir Coal Mine in 1899.
Far from Kith and Kin 38
A dour Scot leaves the Hebrides in 1856: Norman Maclean’s story.
R & E Tingey 44
Mike Whittall traces the development of a New Zealand business.
At the Normal with Three Rapscallions 48
Another comical story from Paul Aubin.
The Battle of El Alamein 50
Mike Crean marks the 75th Anniversary with a poignant contribution.
From the Regions: Wanganui / Manawatu 54
Multifunctional Lopdell House 66
Exploring the history of Titirangi’s iconic building.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Heavy Traffic 72
Elephants on the Great North Road.

Cover image:
R. & E. Tingey and Co. Ltd, Manners Street,
Wellington in 1926.
Courtesy: Robert Tingey.

New Zealand Memories Issue 129
Childhood Memories of Te Awamutu 4
A nostalgic article by Christine Scales.
More Tall but True Rugby Tales 12
Rugby anecdotes from Alan Turley.
From Hull to Hastings 14
Malcolm Ford stepped off the MV Rangitane in 1949.
Gone 19
Ian Sherratt remembers when…
Dog Kennels or Pigeon Houses? 20
From Jo Smith, Archivist, Methodist Church of New Zealand.
News Flash 24
Bill Conroy offers a startling revelation.
I Remember One Christmas… 25
Jean Arundale wonders if others recall this beautiful nativity pageant.
From the Regions: Northland 26
Centrefold: Laughter Lightens the Load 36
Wartime Dunedin: A Schoolboy’s Memories 38
A vivid account from Allan Smith.
The Pictures 44
Margaret Coldham’s story will prompt childhood memories.
Our First Christmas 46
Columba McBride transports us back to 1967.
Making Do 50
Maisie Morris explains wartime rationing.
When Board Games Ruled 52
By Bob Reynolds, inventor of New Zealand board games.
Wherever Was That? 54
John de Bonnaire returns with an unusual contribution.
From the Regions: Bay of Plenty / Coromandel 56
The Phantom of the Kaipara 66
Mike Subritzky pays tribute to the Isobel.
Morris Yock Trademarks the Jandal 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Basin Reserve, Wellington 72
Nostalgic photographs from the New Zealand Cricket Museum.

Cover image:
Isobel drying her sails in the Port of Auckland, 1935.
Courtesy: A Cliff Hawkins photograph supplied by Mike Subritzky.
ges).

New Zealand Memories Issue 13
Whatipu................................................................................780
Bruce Harvey writes a graphic account ofthe history and people ofWhatipu.
"How is this, Dear Kid?".....................................................785
A study ofeveryday dress, circa 1919, by Angela Lassig.
Frederick George Radcliffe: a profile................................787
An early photographer who captured the scenic beauty ofNew Zealand.
Chelsea Sugar Refinery......................................................822
Few industries can boast ofa history which surpasses that ofChelsea Sugar.
From Strength to Strength.................................................827
The early history ofbowls in New Zealand.
Opening of 'The Gorges:-·or 'Upton Downs' Bridge.........833
A challenge accepted.
From Shingle Beach to Safe Harbour................................834
A transformation at Timaru.
p821
PHOTO GALLERY
Appetiser.............................................................................777
Readers' Responses............................................................793
Nautilus on the move to Raglan.
Can you help?......................................................................794
Well-groomed Wellingtonians await recognition.
Images from the regions: Wellington................................796
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district.
Slice of Life..........................................................................808
Motorcycle club on Whakarewarewa outing.
Images from the regions: Canterbury...............................810
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district.
Editor's Choice....................................................................840 p797
Saturday's child, Sunday's child

New Zealand Memories Issue 130
Assisted Immigration: National Park, 1965. 4
Peter Farrell signed up with the Department of Justice for two years.
The Silver Fern 9
Alan Turley follows the evolution of a New Zealand icon.
Forgotten Ships 10
“Vessels lost at sea were not a rare occurrence,” writes Bruce E. Collins.
From Thames to the Trenches 12
Roger Strong pays tribute to Lieutenant Albert Gordon RFC.
We Wore Hats Everywhere 16
Val Wood trained as a milliner in the 1950s.
Bookstore in a Time Warp 18
Wellingtonians will relate to Christopher Moor’s article.
Alfred Saunders at Cheviot 22
Alec Saunders explores his Scottish roots.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 27
Centrefold: Parking Lot or Beach? 36
AWR: Inventor, Entrepreneur and Farmer 38
Written by David Walter, researched by Barrie Smith.
Driving the Blackjack Road 46
Camping in Whitianga with Jeanette Grant.
Off to the Pacific 48
A recollection of the Second World War by James Milburn.
The 1950 British Empire Games 54
A glimpse of the games from Sport’s Correspondent Dave Cameron.
From the Regions: Taranaki 58
Mailbox 66
Keeping Chooks 67
Bill Risk discusses his ancestors’ egg supply.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Phar Lap 72

Cover image:
Alexander Walker Reid in his Taranaki
workshop. Article on page 38.

New Zealand Memories Issue 131
Dalmatian Settlement in the North 4
Kaye Dragicevich reflects on the kauri gum diggers.
Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow 10
Martin Whittaker documents a part of Nelson’s history.
The Wahine Storm Remembered 12
Beverley Teague marks the tragedy fifty years on.
Waiata Poi 18
The early days of New Zealand popular music by Geoff Lealand.
Spirit of Anzac 21
A poignant poem by Mike Subritzky.
A Tribute to My Mother 22
Coral Holroyd remembers family life on ‘the Barrier’.
From the Regions: Otago 26
Centrefold: Easter Holidays 36
From the Nelson Provincial Museum collection.
“I’ll be back before you know it.” 38
The heartbreak of war is reflected in Robin McElrea’s true story.
School Days in the 1920s 46
A written gem gifted by Amelia Batistich.
Who Were They Really? 48
Robert Wynn-Williams explores his fascinating family tree.
My First Jobs in New Zealand 54
John Grant arrived on the ‘Oronsay’ in 1955 ready for work.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 57
Big Norm 66
Norman Kirk: from stationary engine driver to Prime Minister.
Mailbox 67
The ‘Barnes’ Dance 68
New Zealand’s curious street-crossing system.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Better Safe than Sorry 72
Customer at Newtown’s Self Help store in Wellington.

Cover image:
Gum washing machine on the
Ahipara gumfield, 1933.
Article on page 4.

New Zealand Memories Issue 132
The Wreck of the Invercauld 4
Gordon Campbell’s account of the1864 shipwreck.
Treasure Seekers 12
A happy find for collector Mervyn Dykes.
Karori Settler Leaves His Mark 14
Biddy Orr relates the story of James Brock Tarr the Milkman.
The Christening Robe 18
Beverley Teague discusses an heirloom shared around the family.
School Letters from Iona College 20
Contributed by Gordon Tait.
When Jean Deans Raced the Train 24
A nostalgic poem by Ross McMillan.
From the Regions: West Coast 26
Centrefold: Two minutes past the hour of twelve… 36
A busy midday scene in Dunedin’s Princes Street, 1949.
Uncle Tom and the Friendly Road Choirs 38
“I never missed a date with Radio 1ZB…” writes Hugh Hickman.
Memories of Wahine Day 45
Don Boswell responds to the article in Issue 131.
Remembering the Battle of Kolombangara 46
From The National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Our Stella Standard Ten 50
John and Beth Berry have fond memories of their motorcar.
From the Regions: Auckland 52
Origins 66
Claire Duncan offers theories on the source of four common sayings.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Overloaded? 72
“F. Biggs, Carrier.” Readers are asked to assist with identification.

Cover image:
The Mt Albert Fire Station (built 1906),
with firebell tower alongside, was situated
on New North Road, Mt Albert, Auckland.
Photographed in about 1910.

New Zealand Memories Issue 133
Mutiny in the Ranks: The Ruapehu Affair 4
Geoff Lealand documents a wartime confrontation on home turf.
Those Were the Days 10
Early motoring with Olly Latham.
The Land of Lost Content 12
Paul Aubin recalls student days at Otago University.
A Man for All Seasons 22
David Hill pays tribute to a “splendid man”.
The Unknown Wedding 24
Family photographs tell a story - a contribution from Rae Atkins.
From the Regions: Canterbury 26
Centrefold: Age No Barrier 36
Raurimu during the main trunk railway construction.
Hudson & Halls: Certainly Merry 38
Claire Duncan profiles popular television entertainers and chefs.
Clara’s Fairytale 48
Mike Whittall relates the story of a mysterious disappearance.
Uninvited Guests at Mangawhare Hotel 51
Contributed by Raewyn Sills, Dargaville Museum.
The Jimmy Allen Flying Club 52
Bruce Clarke’s cousin was a keen club member.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 56
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Nature’s Glory 72
Cape Foulwind photography.

Cover image:
A New Zealand soldier doing his washing
in the Middle East desert, 1943.
Photographed by Bob Lealand (edited by
Costa Botes).

New Zealand Memories Issue 134
Spectrum Days 4
Alwyn Owen recalls the popular radio series.
Town and Country 10
David Hill grew up on Napier Hill.
Ready for Duty 14
Memories of a Bombardier contributed by Hilda Roe Field.
Waipawa Charlatan 20
A haunting story from the Central Hawke’s Bay Museum.
A Ten-year-old’s Journey 22
Enda McBride arrived from Ireland in 1952.
Some Corner of a Foreign Field 26
New Zealand POW graves in Poland: by Nathan James Thomas.
From the Regions: Gisborne / Eastland 28
Centrefold: Sheer Magnificence 36
Tasman Glacier photographed by Robert Reynolds in 1957.
Risking it all 38
The Journey of the Plymouth Company Settlers - Puke Ariki.
Centennial Exhibition Building Fire 44
An event never forgotten by Christopher Moor.
An Unforgettable Victory 47
Jim and Jan Tonner watched the Fourth Test at Eden Park, 1956.
The Battle of the Somme 48
A reflective poem by Bill Conroy.
Holiday Jobs 50
Malcolm Smith describes his nine holiday jobs in the 1940s.
Beating the Recession 55
Depression hints from the Dannevirke Museum archives.
Milk Can Memories 56
A project comes to fulfillment for Ian Spellerberg.
Reader’s Response 58
Miles Dillon researches Parnell’s Union Bakery.
From the Regions: Southland 59
Mailbox 66
Birth of Anchor Butter 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Picture Perfect 72

Cover image: supplied by George Sinclair with the simple caption “It’s Over!
First World War: Armistice signed at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918
(100th Anniversary).
Second World War: VJ-day 11 a.m. on 15 August 1945 (73rd Anniversary).

New Zealand Memories Issue 135
Christmas Memories 4
Max Cryer documents bygone festivities and carols.
New Arrivals 8
Grace Cheung’s story; from Hong Kong to Auckland in 1948.
The Early Days of New Zealand Newspapers 12
Ian F. Grant explores the history of print media.
From the Regions: Whanganui / Manawatu 18
Horace… A Car Full of Character 28
John Stackhouse pens the story of the family’s much-loved Morris 8.
Sapper 21437 35
Eileen Tiller shares a comic postcard from a World War I tunneller.
Centrefold: A Reason to Celebrate 36
Contributed by History House, Greymouth.
Camping with Cousins 38
Jeanette Grant recalls tenting during the Christmas holidays.
From the Regions: Waikato 45
Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! In Poverty, Hunger, and Dirt 54
Ian Dougherty discusses ‘sweated labour’.
Reader’s Response: Mutiny in the Ranks 60
Judith Dunlop relates to Geoff Lealand’s Issue 133 article.
Childhood Chuckles 62
A poem from Robert Taylor.
Mailbox 66
Parachute Santa Crashes in Auckland 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Dog-tired 72

Cover image: Cover image supplied by Robert Taylor: Herding sheep over
Auckland’s Mangere Bridge in 1900. Refer to Robert’s poem on page 62.

New Zealand Memories Issue 136
Birds and the Bills 4
English birds species to New Zealand, an article by David Relph.
Waterlogged 9
The Stout family in knitted swimsuits.
Reflections of a Sojourner at White Swan Road 10
Grace Cheung remembers Auckland in the 1960s.
The Bell Lap 15
From Alan Turley’s collection of sporting memorabilia.
Homesick 16
Joan Leonard recalls the US Marines in Wanganui.
The Buzz in Buzzy Bee 35
Christopher Moor’s account of an iconic New Zealand toy.
From the Regions: Northland 21
Confessions of a CMT Army Cook 30
Noel Smith’s recollections of compulsory military training.
Uncle Jack’s Scrapbook 34
Nostalgia from Tony Russell.
Centrefold: Riding High 36
A Nelson Provincial Museum photograph of crossing the Buller.
King Dick 38
Claire Duncan profiles Richard John Seddon.
Gold Star Mothers 46
June Peka’s grandmother belonged to an almost forgotten group.
Snow the Hermit 48
A Moturekareka Island inhabitant is remembered by Rae Atkins.
The times they are a-changin’… 52
Household appliances of yesteryear.
The First Wave 54
Coffee bars in Wellington in the 1950s by Bob Stothart.
From the Regions: Bay of Plenty / Coromandel 57
Reader’s Response: Caroline Bay 66
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Gone Fishing 72
Christchurch fishermen: a contributeion from Pam Mugford.

Cover image: Bank Street, Whangarei.
A postcard contributed by Alan Pickmere.

New Zealand Memories Issue 137
The First Wahine 4
Bruce E. Collins gives an account of the 1913 triple-screw steamer.
School Lunch 8
An unwelcome surprise for Bev Wood.
Poor but Rich 10
Suburban boyhood in the 1930s by Malcolm Smith.
From the Regions: Taranaki 16
The Party Line 26
Hugh Hickman investigates early telephone communication.
Telephones in Blenheim 31
Esther Mallett’s phone number was only four digits in 1943.
Olive’s Working Years 32
Olive Clarke’s memoirs: contributed by Jeanette Grant.
Centrefold: St Helier’s Bay Hotel 36
New Zealanders and the
“Golden Age of Operatic Voices” 38
Max Cryer discusses the careers of two female front-rank stars.
Beyond the Sight of Men 43
Bill Conroy brings an ANZAC focus.
Flying Firsts in New Zealand 44
Allan Smith witnessed three unique aviation events.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 48
Road Patrol 59
School memories from Ted Body.
The Tremain Tapestry 60
The story of the Felicias by Annette Hay.
Mailbox 66
Jockey Y-Fronts Hit New Zealand Shops 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Fireman Strong: In the Line of Duty.

New Zealand Memories Issue 138
The Nelson Pie Cart 4
Elizabeth Sunckell has fond memories of her father’s business.
The Bella Street Pumphouse 8
Gold was a major industry in early Thames
Early Carterton Settlers: William and Hannah Parker 12
David Relph’s great grandparents arrived in Wellington in 1856.
From the Regions: Otago 17
Suburban Life in Palmerston North 28
Alison Wickham remembers her 1950s childhood.
First Ascents Aoraki / Mt Cook 34
Celebrating our highest peak. Illustrated by Rob Freeman.
Centrefold: AARD Yards in Greymouth 36
Instant Village: The Onehunga Fencibles 38
Claire Duncan explores the lives of these early soldiers.
Dancing the Gavotte 48
A 1949 Weekly News copy prompts Wendy Clark’s story.
Aliens in the North 50
George Mihaljevich explores Dalmatian settlement.
The Steadfast Singer 56
Who learnt to sew on a treadle Singer sewing machine?
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 58
Can You Help? 67
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : An Axe to Grind 72
Contributed by Norsewood Pioneer Museum

Cover image:
A cable car in Rattray Street,
Dunedin in October 1951.
(Refer to page 62)
Courtesy: Graham Stewart

New Zealand Memories Issue 139
The Great Stink and Other Reasons 4
London’s heat stimulated emigration. John Stackhouse explains.
The Short Long Train Ride 13
Don Campbell’s trip from Auckland to Whangarei.
The King of the Cowboys 14
Mervyn Dykes remembers Hopalong Cassiday at the Saturday Matinee.
Four Women of Rangitoto 18
Elspeth Orwin, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
From the Regions: West Coast 22
Grandma’s Rag Rug 30
Paul Dingwall shares his grandmother’s story.
“Family Secrets: The Personal Diary as History” 32
A slice of social history from Geoff Lealand.
Centrefold: The Trackless Tram 36
Wellington’s Trolley Buses 38
Christopher Moor explores the history of this commuter transport.
The Debutante Ball 42
Leonie Couper attended the 1959 Young Farmers’ Club event.
My Grandfather’s Flight with
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith 46
Ron Galloway retraces a nostalgic trip.
From the Regions: Auckland 50
A House of Treasured Possessions 64
Whare Kahurangi: 100 years of collecting at Taranaki.
Can You Help? 67
The Silver Plated Cup.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : The Kruger’s Cage 72
An 1899 photograph contributed by Leonie Couper.

Cover image:
Speedway riders c.1929 (from left):
Alf Mattson, Bill Allen and Alf Way.
Refer to page 57 of the Auckland
regional section.
Courtesy: H. Cole

New Zealand Memories Issue 14
Aunt Daisy .......................................................................844
The legendary voice ofradio.
The Putaruru Railway Station .......................................849
Bill Moore recalls this busy hub ofthe 1930s.
The Glorious Harbour Racers ........................................850
Claire Jones on early yacht racing.
Princess Te Puea Herangi ..............................................852
Andrea Mackrell profiles the life of an esteemed New Zealander.
Taylors Mistake ...............................................................855
Mr J.H.B. Worgon gives a unique insight into an unusual dwelling.
My Home Town - Greymouth .........................................888
A delightful contribution frorrvMargaret Joyce Beumelburg
Industry ...........................................................................894
The breakdown of this large Kauri log is about to begin.
Fred Newman .................................................................897
Family history determined by Julius Vogel's immigration policy.
The New Zealand Tourist Trophy motorcycle racers ...900
Ray Taylor discusses Waiheke Island racing.
PHOTO GALLERY
Appetiser..........................................................................841
Readers' Responses ........................................................858
The Tasman Glacier photograph in Issue 13 prompts a closer
examination.
Images from the Regions: Gisborne - East Coast ........860
A random selection of historic photographs from this district.
Slice of Life ......................................................................872
Old-timers atAddison's Flat
Images from the Regions: Southland ............................875
A random selection of historic photographs fr
om this district.
Can You Help? .................................................................886
Information sought for two localities: Kaiparoro and SIE Wairarapa
Editor's Choice................................................................904
Afternoon Tea: A Poem by Lee Dowrick

New Zealand Memories Issue 140
Two Cabbage Trees 4
Western Hills, Whangarei; a boy’s playground. By Alwyn Owen.
250 Years 10
Marking Cook’s first sighting of New Zealand.
Down the Garden 11
A story of convenience by Bev Wood.
Gold Rush to the Inangahua 12
John Rosanowski’s account of West Coast gold prospecting.
Granny White 18
Not your usual grandmother; a story by Gordon Tait.
Dunedin’s Chums Club 23
Elizabeth Pulford’s memories of Chums Club at the State Theatre
Silly Stunts 24
David Hill remembers ‘Capping Week’ in Wellington.
New Zealand Expressions 28
Max Cryer examines our colloquialisms.
From the Regions: Canterbury 30
Life Around a Timber Mill 42
An article by Kaye Dragicevich set in the Far North.
Depression-era Ottoman Box Reveals the Past 50
Megan Blakie examines a piece of vintage furniture.
Rocky Beginnings for a Catholic Boys’ College 52
Matt Elliott on St Peter’s College, Auckland.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 56
Mailbox 66
New Zealand Almost Votes for Prohibition 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : Nothing to Laugh About 72
Administering ‘laughing gas’ for dental pain relief c.1910.

Cover image:
Smoko time at Leyland
O’Brien’s mill cookhouse at
Mangatete /Kaingaroa in the
Far North. Article on page 42.
Courtesy K. Dragicevich

New Zealand Memories Issue 141
New Zealand in Song… 4
Written by Max Cryer.
Beyond Tinkering 10
Crispin Caldicott records John Clapperton’s memories.
Washday Blues… 14
The old wash house: an article and poem by Jeanette Grant.
Drovers and their Dogs 16
Ken Clover’s recollections of early twentieth century farming.
Social Butterflies 22
Kiwiana: Val Melsop on 1950s house adornments.
From the Regions: Southland 26
Testing Times 34
School Certificate 1957: Did David Hill pass his exams?
Centrefold: Between the Flags 36
The Wainui Surf Lifesaving Club at Lyall Bay.
Newspapers at the Diggings 38
Planting a paper: Ian F. Grant delves back to the 1860s.
Safe Arrival of Plucky Aviator 46
Mangere Aerodrome, 1936: Mangere Historical Society Collection.
The Day I Met Jean Batten 48
An unexpected encounter for John Newsham in 1974.
Our Local Hardware Stores 50
Murray Guise remembers favourite retail premises.
The Class of 1953 - Absolutely (Pre) Fab 52
The classroom holds fond memories for Joan Leonard.
The Postcard Era 57
From the Regions: Gisborne / Eastland 58
Mailbox 66
The Battle of Manners Street, Wellington 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : Mother’s Shoes 72
A gem from Ans Westra’s photographic collection.

Cover image:
On the Rotorua to Taupo road: early
motorists needed to be prepared for
every emergency.
Courtesy: Graham Stewart

New Zealand Memories Issue 142
Akaroa, One Frosty Saturday Morning 4
John Stackhouse recounts a tragic accident.
The Time of My Friendship with Pat 12
A childhood friendship; memories from Evan G. Dorrington.
Our First Car 16
John Newsham recalls the family’s black Austin 10.
Flax 18
As a schoolboy, Alec Saunders worked part-time at the flax mill.
Three Sporting Heroes 22
A family of champions; Angela Shepherd’s story.
From the Regions: Whanganui / Manawatu 26
Centrefold: Under Construction 36
A circa 1932 photograph of Waitaki hydroelectric power dams.
Kathleen Hall: Missionary Nurse in China 38
A dedicated nurse is the subject of Gordon Campbell’s article.
Bowlers’ Custard 45
Ted Body remembers Thursday’s midday meal.
The Most Beautiful Woman in Auckland 46
A tale of substance from Miles Dillon.
New Zealand’s 1935 Air Mail Stamps
and the Jubilee Air Mails 48
Written by Christopher Moor.
Boxer Mourned 51
Jill Haskett’s account of a lightweight boxer’s last match.
Ward of the State 52
Wendy Clark unravels family lineage.
From the Regions: Waikato 57
Mailbox 66
Readers’ Responses 67
Letters pay tribute to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : Formally the Blackball Hilton 72
Elite accommodation chain objects to West Coast hotel’s name.

Cover image:
Five waka on the Waikato River at Pukatia.
Courtesy: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection, Ref: 3-139-7.

New Zealand Memories Issue 143
Building State Houses in the 1950s 4
Gavin Meadows began his carpentry apprenticeship in 1953.
The ‘Quiz Kids’ 8
Radio fame for Pat McCarthy.
Bewildered By Minor Fame 11
Paul Aubin was one of Dunedin’s ‘Quiz Kids’.
My Love Affair with Radio 13
Fond memories of radio from Cliff Couch.
Willie’s Hut 14
Paul Dingwall recounts his great uncle’s story.
School Uniforms 17
Remember ‘the fluoroscope’ at the shoe shop? Murray Guise does.
When New Zealand Welcomed Monty 18
Christopher Moor documents the popular war hero’s visit.
By RMS Niagara to Canada 22
Gordon Tait is welcomed back with an interesting tale.
From the Regions: Bay of Plenty / Coromandel 26
Centrefold: Hats Are All the Vogue 36
Friendly Society sport’s event at Collingwood.
Searching for Nate 38
Sam Jaffe traces his grandfather’s story.
Memories of Mangakino 46
Settlers from Belfast: Ann Julien remembers.
Readers’ Responses 50
The party line.
Such a Modest Man 51
The cultural heritage of Les Cleveland by Geoff Lealand.
The Driving Life 54
James Holmes was a service car driver, as told by son Peter.
From the Regions: Northland 59
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : A Royal Welcome 72
Don Worsnop’s superb night photography.

Cover image:
Freda Sands at the seaside c.1900.
Courtesy: W. MacDonald.

New Zealand Memories Issue 144
My First Day at School 4
Jeanette Grant remembers even the smallest details.
High Country Life During the War 10
David Relph was raised near the Southern Alps.
Granny’s Recipe and Cookery Books 14
Passing down the knowledge: by Bruce Isted.
1950s Tauranga 16
Trish McBride emigrated from Lancaster, in Britain, to Tauranga.
On Time 22
John de Bonnaire relates the history of a grandfather clock.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 24
A Seaside Jaunt 34
Special excursion trams leave Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
Centrefold: New Brighton Pier 36
Gold is Where You Find It 38
Lesley Treweek gives an account of her grandfather.
Hooked on Rag Rugs 46
June Peka carries on a family tradition.
Memories of Napier 48
Ralph Levinson writes,“baby boomer looks back”.
New Zealand Licence Plates 1906-1965 52
An extensive history from Graham Freeman.
The Power of Advertising… 55
Holidaying on My Relations’ Farm 56
Ted Shields treasured the time spent at Kia Ora.
From the Regions: Taranaki 60
Moehanga - the First Mãori to Visit England 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : Born Actors 72

Cover images:
Hot air balloon at Pukekura Park.
Inset of a Taranaki postcard.
Both courtesy: Puke Ariki. References: PH2009-328 and ARC2008-322

New Zealand Memories Issue 145
Physic for Man and Beast 4
Contributed by Rachel Sonius, Puke Ariki.
Pioneer Motoring in the Good Old Days 10
Ivan Taylor pens the account of a 1913 jaunt.
Nursing Training in the 1960s 14
Instruction began for Alison Wickham in July 1968.
Through My Binoculars 20
Holidays at Maraetai by Belle Robertson Avery.
From the Regions: Otago 23
First Across Cook Strait 32
Roger Strong marks the 100th Anniversary of the flight.
Centrefold: Anticipation 36
Opening of Wellington Airport at Rongotai in 1929.
Old Time Dance Nights 38
Max Cryer reflects on the Saturday night dances.
Horotane Valley 44
A slice of rural Canterbury from Ted Shields.
Eyewitness 48
A first-hand, diarised account by Amy Robinson.
Wellsford – The Early Days 54
Bruce Moss recalls his father’s transfer to a small town bank.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 57
Memories of Our Lockdown Language 65
Judith Doyle records recent measures.
Mailbox 66
First Use of Kiwi As Unofficial National Symbol 67
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: V-J Day 72
The end of World War Two – 15 August 1945.

Cover image:
Children playing outside St Mary’s
Church in Mornington c.1910s.
Courtesy: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Ref: 35-R479

New Zealand Memories Issue 146
Black Coal 4
A Huntly upbringing for author Jeff Taylor.
Farming Over a Century Ago 11
Tony Russell reviews a 1915 copy of ‘New Zealand Farmer’.
Pioneer Hunting of Thar on Mount Cook 12
Paul Dingwall discusses a topical subject.
Growing Up in the 1920s 14
Dannevirke memories from Carol Somervell.
Home and Away 18
David Hill’s “Big O.E.” .
Sheepish Behaviour 21
A spot of humour from Hugh Hickman.
Dominion Day in Wellington 22
Christopher Moor recounts the occasion.
From the Regions: West Coast 26
Cliff the Reluctant Baker 34
Clifford Forrest Owler brought his skills to New Zealand in 1956.
Centrefold: Havelock Stalemate 36
Pictures for the People 38
The Kodak Brownie story written by Alwyn Owen.
The First Road Across the Southern Alps 42
David Relph gives an account of the building and development.
Golden Days in Golden Bay 48
Nelson memories of the 1940s from Ian Sherratt.
From the Regions: Auckland 56
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: The “JA” 72
Eddie Walsh photographed in 1960.

Cover image:
Bennett’s Store at Port Albert,
3 November 1906. (See page 57)
Courtesy: The Albertland and Districts Museum.

New Zealand Memories Issue 147
WWI New Zealand Rugby Match Attracts Princes,
Hollywood Moguls and Monks 4
A remarkable account by Freddy Declerck and Kenneth M. Baker.
The Curious Event of the Wrens Christmas Party 12
Paul Aubin relates an unforgettable incident that occurred in 1955.
Girl in the White Cloche Hat 14
Joan Leonard is deeply moved by a photograph seen in ‘Memories’.
Speaking Frankly 20
David Hill profiles Frank S. Anthony, author of ‘Me and Gus’ stories.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 22
Words We Hear in December… 32
Max Cryer returns with a Christmas offering.
Centrefold: Beached at the River Mouth 36
The S.S. Waitangi at Patea in 1923.
“None o’ mine are goin’ down t’ pit” 38
John Stackhouse dedicates his article to the Dobson Mine victims.
First Days at School 46
Pat McCarthy started school at Auckland’s St Heliers in June 1938.
Between Mountains and the Sea 50
Memories of Granity: Smallholme’s Motors Ltd.
A Memorable Christmas 56
A festive occasion never forgotten by John Marbrook.
From the Regions: Canterbury 58
New Zealand’s First Official TV Broadcast 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Season’s Greetings 72

Cover image:
Tilly, Edward and Nora Knofflock,
pupils at Ihaia Road School in South
Taranaki, mark peace celebrations
in July 1919.
Courtesy: Puke Ariki Ref: GNF5221, Feaver Collection.

New Zealand Memories Issue 148
The Man Who Showed Captain Cook the Way to Aotearoa 4
A contribution from Arjan van der Boon.
Taupo Tonic Sulphur 12
From Petone to Taupo: a culture shock for June Peka in 1952.
Droving Days 16
George Gumbrell recorded his experiences as a farmer and drover.
To North Cape By Bicycle 20
An epic ride for teenager Ian Gregory in the summer of 1952.
Maintaining the Buses in the 1960s 24
Roger Jackman’s dream job.
The Copland Pass Affair 26
Paul Dingwall relates one of his father’s mountaineering escapades.
Ode to the Copland Valley 28
A poem by Alan Dingwall.
The ‘Perm’ 29
Who remembers permanent wave machines at hairdressing salons?
From the Regions: Gisborne / Eastland 30
Centrefold: Tolaga Bay 36
Punt across the Uawa River in 1916.
Charm it Crazy 38
Rolland McKellar interviews Sam Hunt.
Conquest Magazine 43
Dorothy Dawson still has copies of a treasured publication.
When the Boat Comes In… 44
Lyn McKinnon: war bride.
Mrs Markham Was Miss Galore 48
Actress Honor Blackman is the subject of Christopher Moor’s feature.
From the Regions: Southland 51
The Caretakers of Kawau 58
Wendy Clark explores her family’s link with a Hauraki Gulf island.
Lifting Horizons 64
Kay Morris Matthews marks the NZ Women’s Institute centenary.
Reader’s Response: My “O.E.” – 1972 to 1973 68
John de Bonnaire was inspired by an article in Issue 146.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Sign Posting Patrol 72
Slow progress on the Helensville to Port Albert highway in 1929.

Cover image:
Glade House, Te Anau – Milford Track, 1 March 1911.
Courtesy: Graham Stewart

New Zealand Memories Issue 149
Hardwicke – New Zealand’s Southernmost Settlement 4
Gordon Campbell transports us back to the mid-nineteenth century.
Night Runner 12
David Hill, Napier paper delivery boy.
Country Policing in the 1940s 15
A fishy story recorded by David Relph.
Trade Cards 16
A selection from John Creamer’s card collection.
Pride in the Job 18
The painter and paperhanger’s trade; a story by Selwyn Dobbinson.
Antics at Boarding School 22
Ted Shields was a boarder at Waitaki Boys’ High School.
From the Regions: Whanganui / Manawatu 26
Centrefold: No Shortage of Accommodation at the Lyell 36
“There are never any reasons given” 38
Sam Jaffe records a tragic episode in his family’s history.
Lofty Blomfield and the ‘Penny Pile Fundraiser’ 45
Contributed by Gordon Tait.
Do You Remember the Misses Beresford? 46
By Candice McLennan, a great niece of the music and dance tutors.
Monthly Dances 49
Cliff Couch recalls treading the “light fantastic” in the 1940s.
A Soldier’s Collectibles 50
Written by Don Sewell in conversation with Ian Fletcher.
Colonial Service 54
Wendy Cooper records the Hickling Family’s teaching appointment.
From the Regions: Waikato 56
Mailbox 67
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Not the one that got away

Cover image:
Hartley Hargreaves with his pet dog.
The Hargreaves Family lived in Oneriri
when this photograph was taken by
Harold Marsh in the early 1900s.
Courtesy: Albertland & Districts Museum

New Zealand Memories Issue 15
Appetiser ...........................................1
Large kauri tree in Huia Valley
Tom Heeney: The hard rock from down under ..............4
Dave Cameron remembers champion boxer
The joy of Christmas ..........................................................8
A seasonable salute to Christmas by Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway
A Japanese fantasy ..........................................................11
Angela Lassig reviews 1903 advertising garments
Captain Thomas Roberts ................................................12
Southland's early tourism industJy
Readers' responses ..........................................................17
Railway derailment
Can you help ? ..................................................................18
Military snapshot needs identi-Jying
Images from the regions: Waikato..................................20
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district
Slice of life ........................................................................32
The first cross-country flight in Australasia
Images from the regions: Manawatu/Wanganui ..........34
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district
Maggie Briggs, international horsewoman ..................46
A profile by Mary Mountier
Swamp landing for first solo flight ................................50
Guy Menzies' epic crossing
Where did that name come from ? ................................53
Discussion on naming of Taylors Mistake
They were a hardy breed ................................................54
Joyce Powell recalls the fledgling days ofRotorua tourism
Auckland Tramping Club Inc ..........................................58
Dick Jones and Jack Diamond, two veteran members, recall the early
years
Editor's choice ..................................................................64
Feast your eyes upon this !

New Zealand Memories Issue 150
Amazing Grazing 4
Ray Salisbury’s article is set in the Nelson region.
A Night “Round the Telly” 12
Television memorabilia from Christopher Bourn.
The Big Night 16
David Hill was a school prizegiving recipient.
The Town Hall Dance 18
Paul Aubin recalls Dunedin’s Saturday night dance scene.
From the Regions: Northland 24
In Loving Memory of Morrie 34
Bev Wood pays tribute.
Centrefold: Tramping Party 36
Head of the Lake, Te Anau.
Reader’s Response: Triple Tragedy 43
A Brief History of Cheques in New Zealand 44
Written by Andrew Clifford.
Once a Jolly Swagman… 48
Mervyn Dykes gives an account of an extraordinary “swagger”.
Afternoon Tea 51
Quite an occasion in the 1940s as recorded by Helen Hirst.
“Gotta Milk the Blimmin’ Cow” 52
Tony Russell relates a story from his mid-Canterbury upbringing.
Memories of Remuera Primary School During World War II 54
Ann Cryer (nee Patton) was enrolled at school in 1938.
From the Regions: Bay of Plenty / Coromandel 58
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
In Tribute

Cover image:
Inglewood in Taranaki painted
by Christopher Aubrey, 1896.
Collection of Puke Ariki

New Zealand Memories Issue 151
The Marines of Solway 4
A contribution from Mark Pacey, Wairarapa Archive.
Personal Reflections of Pahi 10
Jilleen Bradley writes this heart-warming story.
The Ready Reckoner 14
John Hewstone’s original copy of the book is dated 1814.
Farmyard Lost 16
Memories of Banks Peninsula from Beverley Bassett Broad.
DIY is in Our DNA 22
No shortage of jobs in a 1904 villa; Jeanette Grant remembers.
From the Regions: Taranaki 26
Centrefold: Delivered in Style 36
Mail delivery by horse drawn carriage near Otorohanga.
Building New Zealand’s Most Scenic Highway 38
Gordon Campbell explores Fiordland’s road and tunnel history.
Day of the ‘Flivver’ 46
Tony Russell pens an account of the Model T Ford.
Memories of Auckland’s West Coast 48
Bruce Anderson recalls childhood holidays.
Canterbury University Activism, 1959 52
Protestor Ernie Barrington’s eyewitness report.
The Finishing Touch 56
Hugh Hickman investigates the once fashionable ‘stick pin’.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 58
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Talk Softly Please 72
Ernest Rutherford in the Cavendish Laboratory.

Cover image:
Eileen Kay milking at Onawe Farm
in the 1950s (article page 16).
Courtesy: Beverley Bassett Broad

New Zealand Memories Issue 152
That Radio 4
“It wasn’t until 1936 that we bought our first radio,”
writes Alwyn Owen.
The Lost Horse Tramway of Devonport 8
Contributed by Derek R. Whaley, Auckland Libraries.
Mixed Train to Oamaru, 1955 16
Bill Cowan relates a railway story from the 1950s.
Fun and Games Between Lessons 18
Alison Wickham recalls Palmerston North schooldays.
From the Regions: Otago 26
Centrefold: The Anglers’ Eldorado 36
Mako shark caught by Bob Kennett on 21 January 1961.
Arawata Bill 38
Ian Dougherty writes an account of the legendary gold prospector.
Government Service 44
Gordon Tait was a public servant in the 1970s.
The Kitchen Stove in the 1920s 50
The hub of Anne Moore’s home.
Food For Thought 51
Different era… different meaning.
From New Zealand to England by Ship, 1952 52
Pat McCarthy boarded the m.v. Rangitoto for the five-week voyage.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 58
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Shipboard Boxing 72
Seaman from the HMNZS Archilles entertain the crew.

Cover image:
D. Annand Bookseller & Stationer,
Waipawa in the early 1900s..
Courtesy: Central Hawke’s Bay Museum collection.

New Zealand Memories Issue 153
I Join the Normals 4
Primary School Lowlights from Paul Aubin.
Godber’s Lucky Cake 12
Gordon Tait returns with a festive story.
See You at Milford 14
Geoff Skene retraces an epic walk.
Press Ganged! 22
Bill Conroy’s memories of Compulsory Military Training.
World War II Rationing Coupons 27
From John Creamer’s collection of memorabilia.
From the Regions: West Coast 28
Centrefold: Stand Up… Lie Down 36
Pupils at Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten, South Dunedin.
Great New Zealand Train Journeys: The Akaroa Belle 38
John Stackhouse explores “what might have been…”
A New Age: Why Work? Do it Electrically 47
Hear Them Roar! 48
David Hill remembers the Lions at Napier’s McLean Park in 1959.
Novelty Postcards 50
Bruce Isted is an avid collector of this genre.
Gathering Firewood 54
A trip back to Canterbury’s Greendale with Tony Russell.
From the Regions: Auckland 56
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
Free Bus to Wellington’s Cuba Street.

Cover image:
Trainees at Divisions. Raising the flag at HMNZS Tamaki in 1952.
Courtesy: Navy Museum.

New Zealand Memories Issue 154
The Roar of the Four Merlins 4
John Stackhouse recounts an episode from World War II.
Train Adventures 12
‘Taihape was a busy town on the main trunk,’ writes Ian Gregory.
Port Chalmers: Clyde of the South 14
Neil Derbyshire‘s father started work in the shipyards in 1942.
Marble Season 21
Recollections of school ‘marble season’ from Peter H. Wood.
That’ll Teach Them 22
Teaching Form 5C in 1965 by David Hill.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 24
Memories of Eighty Years Ago 34
Errol John Wilcox grew up on a farm near Wellsford.
Centrefold: On the Street 36
Central Nelson from the steps of Christ Church c.1915.
Staten Island Weather in New Plymouth 38
1958 visit of icebreaker: a contribution from Rachel Sonius.
The Mettle of Her Heart 44
Joyce Rutland shares an emotional family story.
Flax Industry of the Thames Valley 48
An article by Ken Clover.
Sworn to Secrecy 53
Jennifer Smith adds a touch of humour.
Harold Julien - Horseman 54
A story based in Hawke’s Bay by Ann Briton Julian.
Remember Bill and Boyd? 57
Trevor King supplied the mid-1960s publicity shot of the duo.
From the Regions: Canterbury 58
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Straight to the Top 72
Gisborne’s battery powered trams, 1913.

Cover image:
Island Bay, Wellington.
contributed by R. Ritchie.

New Zealand Memories Issue 155
The Unswinging Sixties 4
From Napier to the capital: David Hill in Wellington.
The Dinner Party 8
Gordon Tait recalls socialising in the seventies.
Saved by Hank the Yank in Bari Hospital 10
John Richardson, prisoner of war. Courtesy of Renée Hollis.
More on the Wireless… 16
‘A Switched On Era’ and ‘Children’s Session’ by Christopher Bourn.
‘Radios and Records’ by John McKinnon.
Trains 20
A nostalgic poem from Mike Crean.
From the Regions: Gisborne / Eastland 21
Love is a Marching Girl 28
Alan Turley examines the popularity of marching teams.
Education in the Twenties 30
Anne Moore attended Mati School near Matamata.
The Chief 34
Westport horse finds fame. From Eddie and Graeme Walsh.
Centrefold: Standing the Test of Time 36
Auckland’s Royal Oak Hotel.
Striking Out 38
The Blackball Miners’ Strike of 1908 by Claire Duncan.
All in the Line of Duty 46
Geoff Benge’s uncle was a stoker on the ship ‘Achilles’.
The Sad Tale of an Ancestral Bible. 48
Bruce Isted recounts the story.
Preserving Fruit 63
No shortage of produce for bottling writes Anne Moore.
From the Regions: Southland 50
Harry and Connie Stables 58
Bert Stables remembers farming at Wharehine..
Motoring de Luxe, 1923 64
A daring South Island drive; compiled by Ted Shields.
Can You Help? 67
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Coffee Break 72
The Gaggia expresso machine impacts Christchurch.

Cover image:
“Donated by the Frost Family” with no other details.
Turn to page 67.

New Zealand Memories Issue 156
Kriegsmarine U-boat 862 4
Secret incursion into Gisborne Harbour: Gerald Shone’s research.
Nature Knows Best 11
A horticultural tale from Keith Davis.
Building the Midland Line Across the Southern Alps 12
David Relph tracks progress of the 1870 rail proposal.
The Magic Robot 17
A childhood toy never forgotten by Irene Beagle.
From the Regions: Waikato 18
Man of Mysteries 28
Fergus Hume is profiled by David Hill.
Knucklebones in ’53 30
Christopher Moor reminds readers of the popular game.
Quinces to Queen Victoria 34
An unlikely story … or is it? A contribution from Kelvin Smith.
Centrefold: Suitably Hatted 36
Richard John Seddon on tour in the South Island, 1906.
Flying Skies and Killing Flies 38
Insecticide spraying on aircraft: an article by Pat Dale.
Farm Machinery Back in the Thirties 44
On the farm with Mags Meechang.
Cinemas of Old: Tuatapere and Geraldine 47
Picture theatre nostalgia with John McKinnon.
First Impressions of New Zealand 48
Bert Toomey arrived aboard the M.V. Cumberland in 1953.
From the Regions: Whanganui / Manawatu 50
The Queen Street Greyhound 61
Mike Subritzky in his ancestor’s motorcar.
The F.G.R. Trademark 62
Profile: scenic photographer Frederick George Radcliffe.
Reader’s Response: Government Recruited Teaching Staff 67
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Tasman Glacier 72
Photographed on 9 March 1957 by Robert Reynolds.

Courtesy: A. Pickmere
Cover image:
Whanganui River settlement,
24 March 1906. (Article page 62)

New Zealand Memories Issue 157
Life on the Railways 4
Alan (Mick) Hodder grew up in a railway worker’s cottage in the 1930s.
Scouting Around 8
Off to the Pan-Pacific Jamboree with David Hill.
Ampelio Saves the Pilot 11
A tall but true tale from Zeff Veronese.
There’s No Town Like It! 12
Malcolm Smith taught at Blackball between 1961 and 1963.
Off to Sunday School: Rangiora, 1934 15
Helen Hirst’s introduction to St Mary’s Church.
From the Regions: Coromandel/Bay of Plenty 16
Joining the Workforce 28
Ralph Levinson started work as an insurance clerk in 1964.
Man Powered 34
Joan Leonard helped the war effort in 1944.
Centrefold: When Duty Calls 36
Nelson Troop 4th Contingent photographed on 27 February 1900.
The Great Cartoon ‘Whodunnit’ 38
John Stackhouse solves a World War One puzzle.
The Scows 48
Early New Zealand cargo vessels are examined by John Newsham.
Dartnall Family General Store at Springston 50
Alec Astle follows ninety years of retail ownership.
The Night Soil Collection 56
Wendy Clark discusses a delicate subject.
From the Regions: Northland 58
Reader’s Response 68
Happy 150th Birthday SPCA
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Snowy Queenstown in 1934 72

Cover image:
Members of the Auckland
Tramping Club outside
the Commercial Hotel,
Dargaville c.1928.

New Zealand Memories Issue 158
The Lane 4
Alwyn Owen returns with childhood memories of Whangarei.
Praising Famous Men 10
Aldous Huxley was the topic of David Hill’s 1963 thesis.
Minnie’s Garden 12
Clare Gleeson remembers her grandmother’s property.
A New Zealand Tackle 16
Petrol Prices 17
Gordon Tait discusses World War II prices and restrictions.
From the Regions: Nelson/Marlborough 18
On the Bike 28
A collection of photographs contributed by Hec Cole.
Growing Up in Coyle Street 30
Neil Anderson was raised in the Auckland suburb of Sandringham.
Moa Footprint 34
Quite a find at the Gilberd family picnic; contributed by Cyril Rosser.
Centrefold: Queenstown in Snow 36
A stunning 1934 photograph of Queenstown’s heart.
Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning Everyone 38
Geoff Lealand documents a little-known facet of Aunt Daisy’s life
From Sawyer to the Battlefield 42
Illustrations from the New Zealand Timber Museum, Putaruru.
First Television Viewing in New Zealand? 45
Eric Waterfield attended a free TV demonstration in the early fifties.
The Man Who Vanished 46
An intrigue from Wendy Clark.
A Full Life 50
Peter Cole pays tribute to his father.
Pioneering School at Ahaura 52
Jo Keppel documents the history of a West Coast ‘settler school’.
Reader’s Response Tram 40 and the 1902 Oldsmobile 57
“I never thought I would see the car again”, writes Graham Stewart.
From the Regions: Taranaki 58
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: The Flower Stall 72
A peaceful Cathedral Square, Christchurch in the 1980s


Cover image:
The Dew Drop Inn, Douglas Saddle, Taranaki photographed in the 1910s.

New Zealand Memories Issue 159
The Rangatira and the Torpedo – and Me 4
Paul Aubin is back with a tale of a ‘near fatal night’.
The Picnic 8
Gordon Tait takes readers on a nostalgic day’s outing.
Peter-and-the-“Moo” 11
An adorable true story from Pat McCarthy.
The Games We Played 12
A collection of sporting photographs.
A Salute to Our Settler Past 14
Margaret Watson’s account of the pioneering Martyn Family.
Gymslips 22
Remember the scratchy worsted wool or heavy serge fabric?
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 23
Rule Britannia in Raratonga 34
Bill Conroy’s ‘Right Royal Day’ in Rarotonga.
Centrefold: Recipes for Happy Children 36
Working on the classroom blackboard – a Gordon Burt photograph.
Whatever Happened to Mr Lloyd 38
John Stackhouse follows up a World War I puzzle.
When Steve Played Cinderella 44
Boys will be boys. Another charming tale recounted by Alwyn Owen.
The 1928 Packard Tourer ‘Bus’ 48
Ron Moles was thrown in the deep end at Upper River Road School.
From the Regions: Otago 50
Architect or Doctor? 60
Anton Petre delves into notable South Island family history.
DX-ing Days 64
John McKinnon explores a worldwide hobby
Auckland That Was 66
An original poem by Allan Wilson Nixon (alias “Ole” Nick)
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: The Unforgettable Fred Ladd 72
Who remembers Fred and the Tourist Air Travel Seaplane?

Courtesy: Cromwell Museum
Cover image:
Excelsior No. 2 Coal Mine, Lower
Bannockburn Creek c.1890s.

New Zealand Memories Issue 16
Appetiser ..........................................................................65
Eketahuna Mayoress opens a cliff walk in 1911
The farmers' boys ............................................................68
An amusing contribution fr
om Alison Masters on Scottish immigrants of
the 1920s
Star of Canada ..................................................................72
Steamer collides offthe Gisborne coast
The laundry ......................................................................75
The first in a series which examines the history of domestic appliances in
New Zealand
The 1918 Hudson Super Six awaits a fare ....................81
Ivan Taylor comments on the Hudson.
Can you help? ..................................................................82
A memory test for Millerton residents
Images from the region: Northland ..............................83
A random selection of historic photographs fr
om this district
Slice of life ......................................................................96
The Bennett children and canine companions ofInglewood
Images from the regions: Coromandel I Bay of Plenty 98
A random selection of historic photographs from this district
Readers' responses ........................................................111
Tom Heeney: A man ofhidden deeds.
Richard Farrell ..............................................................112
1998 marked the death of the great New Zealand pianist. A profile from
Laurence Jenkins.
Timaru's worst shipwreck ............................................117
Tragedy strikes on 14 May 1882
Susy on verandah before wedding ..............................119
Angela Lassig chooses an Edwardian bride for our fashion segment.
Eketahuna ......................................................................120
The Eketahuna Museum provide us with a glimpse oftheir unique collection
Editor's choice ................................................................128
Chatham Island postcards

New Zealand Memories Issue 17
Appetiser...................................129
Alfred Cox
Sweetheart of the forces ......................132
Chris Moor stirs wartime recollections
The Great Barrier Pigeongram Service ...........135
A contribution from the Ephemera librarian at Auckland City Libraries
The Three Graces ............................136
Angela Lassig examines the garments ofthree sisters
The Mulvany sisters: weaving and other adventures ...
137
Angela researches the adult accomplishments oftwo of the 'graces'
Life and death in the 1920s .....................138
Max Pudney has documented this moving account ofa
young man earning a living in the Otago/Southland region
Can you help? ...............................146
Band membership - an earnest business
Images from the regions,: Taranaki...............148
A random selection of historic/photographs from this district.
Slice of life ..................................160
A fleet ofFore/ taxis
Images from the region: Nelson/Marlborough ......162
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district
Girls and games .............................174
Although the Aotea Ladies' Football Club was short-lived,
it significantly impacted the society of 1921
Alfred Cox ..................................177
Mr R.H. Barrack profiles an eminent South Cantabrian
The Hawkes Bay Earthquake ...................178
An account ofthe 1931 disaster
Shake, rattle and roll .........................180
David Hi/I has valid reason to recall the Hawkes Bay quake
Readers' responses ...........................182
1 remember Millerton
Who says success comes easy? ..................185
Racing the penny-farthing cycle
A woman's work is never done ..................186
Geese survey a busy scene
The sewing machine ..........................187
A second in the series on domestic appliances
Editor's choice ...............................192
Those were the days

New Zealand Memories Issue 18
Appetiser ........................................................................193
The Wahine tragedy
Chris Aplin - Bullocky.....................................................196
Alwyn Owen paints a vivid pictu?e ofthis colourful character
The sunshine of our lives ..............................................200
Heartwarming reminiscences from the pen of
Margaret Joyce Beumelburg
Rugby memorabilia........................................................204
Dave Cameron's sizeable collection pays tribute to
early rugby heroes
The history of cigarette and trade cards......................206
Bruce lsted writes on the origins and successive
popularity ofcard collecting.
Star of Canada................................................................209
The Gisborne Museum continues the story
Can you help? ................................................................210
Who, what, where and when
Images from the regions: Hawke's Bay........................212
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this region
Slice of life ......................................................................224
Whangarei outing for the Auckland Choral Society
Images from the regions: Otago ..................................226
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this region.
Wahine tragedy was 31 years ago................................238
Christopher Moor records the sad account of
New Zealand's worst maritime disaster since 1909
Words of wisdom from the past....................................241
An article written by KM.Baynes examining
Aunt Daisy's recipes and hints
Readers' responses ........................................................244
Billiard boys
The art of buttermaking ................................................246
A brieflook at the early history ofthe industry
Shelly Beach Baths ........................................................250
Pat Barron & Joan Monahan hold fond memories oftheir
local baths
Taylor White ..................................................................252
Farming ofAngora goats dates back to the late 1800s.
Material courtesy ofMr I Morgans
Editor's choice ....:...........................................................256
Babes in boxes

New Zealand Memories Issue 19
While Mum's away the boys will play! ..........258
Freddie Jones: photojournalist and entertainer ....260
Mailbox ............................................................263
Prize winning walker......................................265
Turnips and things ..........................................266
Images from the re_gions: Auckland ................270
Working on the railway..................................284
Cobb & Coy......................................................285
Slice of Life ......................................................288
Te Aroha ..........................................................290
Images from the Regions: West Coast..............298
Readers' responses ........................................310
George Boyd 'Newton Potteries'....................311
In Print ............................................................314
Kaikora/Otane reunion ..................................315
A couple of swells, circa 1900 ........................318
Editor's choice ................................................320
Cover Photograph: Te Aroha photographed from North Head, Auckland 1999. Courtesy: Brian Curtis

New Zealand Memories Issue 2
I used to wonder why my mother was so often in tears............................................................................ 73
The late Henry F Hurndell recorded his early impressions of the King Country in 1984
and in this short excerpt he covers his family's arrival in Raurimu in 1908.
Daffodils in the paddocks ............................................... 78
Robin Startup writes of the challenges in locating the sites of former post offices in the
once prosperous Westland area.
Darby Ryan: A man with remarkable talents ...............113
Ken Niven, former Director of Taupo Museum of Art & History, introduces one of
Taupo's most colourful characters.
No niche too high for Darby Ryan ................................ 114
Bob Luxford, curator of the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North,
forwards an interesting article about Darby Ryan which appeared in the New Zealand
Free Lance of24 November 1926.
Beating the old pit-sawyers at their own game ........... 119
Mill owner Peter West recalls ajob in 1963 where some Kiwi ingenuity was applied
to cut one of these forest giants down to size:
Twilight of a Viking....................................................... 121
Ken Berry files are port about a harmless character by the name of Cliff Larsen, a war
veteran who objected to progress but was happy living in his own world.
PHOTO GALLERY
An Appetiser: Bitter struggle with nature ..................... 65
Life at a Raurimu construction camp during the building of the Main Trunk Railway.
Fashion: A striking child portrait ................................... 70
Two innocent Maori children subjected to the overriding will of the photographer.
Can You Help: Where is it? .............................................80
Another in the series where readers are invited to identify an old photo. McNeill's
Store has also been identified.
Images from the regions: Northland .............................. 84
Random selection of historic photographs from the districts of Kaipara, Whangarei
and Far North.
A slice of life: Coaches at Tolaga Bay ............................. 96
A double page spread showing people in front of a double-storey hotel.
Images from the regions: Bay of Plenty......................... 98
Random selection of historic photographs from the districts of Tauranga, Western
Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Whakatane and Opotiki.
Disaster: All hands on deck .......................................... 111
A barque stranded on Hattes Beach, 1902.
Classic Homes: A touch of class .................................... 124
An interior view of Sophia Thornton's dream house.
Cookie's Corner: Ute provides extra hazard ................128
Editor Ron Cooke delves into his files for another unusual image from the 1970s.
Columns & Departments
Editorial: Thanks a million ... .. ..................................................... 66
Comment: Maori Language being butchered ........................................... 69
Mailbox: Readers have their say .... ........................................................... 71
Reader Information: How readers can help..................................... 82, 110
In Print: Keeping your bookshelf up to date ............................................ 125
Index: Names and places for the second 64 pages .................................. 126

New Zealand Memories Issue 20
Eat your heart out David Tua............322
Jean Batten - Hine’o te Rangi - Datighter of the skies............324
The Royal Navy visits............328
20 College Hill............330
The previously neglected art
of New Zealand silver............334
Images from the regions: Wellington/Wairarapa............336
A profile: Hannah King Letheridge............348
Captain James Cook.............349
Slice of life — Rose’s overflow............352
Old Bill’s Soliloquy............354
Readers’ responses - ‘Bycrofts’ biscuits............357
Images from the region: Canterbury................359
Call to the colonies............370
George Cleghorn and the band rotunda............374
Rangitoto Island ............377
Rugby Highlights of 1888 and 1987............382
Editor’s choice: The Kelsey Children ............384

Cover Photograph: Jean flew her'Gipsy- Moth to towns up and down New-Zealand during her 1934-tour. Still in her flying
suit, she is welcomed to Gisborne. Courtesy: Royal Air Force Museum, England.

New Zealand Memories Issue 21
A proud tradition - History of The Bell Tea Company .. 388
Let's call it quits, Charlotte Hutchins ........................ 393
Television impacts country .......................................... 396
Images from the regions: Gisborne/East Coast .......... 400
Mailbox .......................................................................... 409
Miracle on Hobson Street .......................................... 410
Through the Lens - A photographic journey ................ 412
Slice of life - Summer holidays ...................................... 416
A century of motorised transport .............................. 418
Images from the regions: Southland ............................ 422
Last moments of a kiwi fighter pilot .......................... 434
In print ........................................................ 437
The Chatham Islands - A brief history...........................................483
Fashion - Summer holidays, real & imagined...........................................442
A lifetime of motorcycles ............................................ 446
Editor's choice - The changing face of New Zealand . . . . 448

New Zealand Memories Issue 22
The Subritzky family of Northland..................................4
Editorial comment & mailbox........................................10
Bill Owen, World War I survivor ..................................11
Alfred Edward Parkes - track cycling champion............14
Those were the days ......................................................16
Images from the regions: Waikato ................................17
Cup Fever: A briefhistory of The America's Cup ............28
Slice of life: Extreme measures ........................................32
Taumarunui - 1940 locomotives ......................................34
The meaning of stone: The stonemason's trade..............36
The Ormondville coach ..................................................39
Images from the regions: Wanganui/Manawatu ............40
And the bride wore - fashion since the 1870s................52
In print ............................................................................57
Can you help? Anyone for tennis?..................................58
Horton's Descriptive Catalogue ....................................62
The best of bowling ........................................................63
Editor's choice: A waka escort ........................................64
Cover photograph: 'Gum diggers camp' Courtesy: The Albertland and District Museum

New Zealand Memories Issue 23
The Duke of Marlborough Hotel ....................................2
The Orpheus disaster........................................................4
Editorial comment & mailbox ..........................................9
Women & cycling ............................................................10
New Zealand's only surviving time-ball station ..........14
Mobile boxing ring ........................................................11
Images from the regions: Northland ............................18
Catch a wave....................................................................29
OtalZel around Lake Taupo............................................30
Slice oflife: A confident quintet....................................32
Castle Rock Camp - New Year 1900..............................34
Memories of a School Milk Liaison Officer..................36
The Services Convalescent Hospital ............................38
Can you help? ..................................................................41
Images from the regions: Coromandel/Bay of Plenty 42
In print ............................................................................54
Romantic street names of Winton ................................55
Up the river without a paddle ......................................58
Beatlemania ....................................................................62
Editor's choice: Beyond the call of duty........................64
Cover photograph: Swiss sharemilkers at the Cape Egmont Lighthouse 1914 Courtesy: Mrs E.Tiller

New Zealand Memories Issue 24
A day at the Bay .........................................................4
Editorial comment & mailbox.................................... 7
Exposing Cliff's memories.......,.r
.................................8
The 'Queen's Milliner' visits New Zealand .............14
Women and cycling ................................................16
Images from the regions: Taranaki ..........................18
Reader's response: Ngatira Tennis Club ..................28
Looking back - food storage ....................................29
Slice of life: Troops leaving Lyttelton .....................32
Explosion sinks Rainbow Warrior ...........................34
District Nursing - Nurse Maude .............................36
- Nurse Mabel Vos ..................42
Images from the regions: Nelson/Marlborough ......44
In print .....................................................................55
Scottish immigrants .................................................56
Flying high ...............................................................58
Genealogy List/Index and Bibliography ..................59
The pension .............................................................62
Editor's choice: Early postcard reveals a tale ...........64
Cover photograph: Two small street collectors raise funds for the District
Nursing building project in 1917. Courtesy: Nurse Maude Association

New Zealand Memories Issue 25
Northcote - 'Strawberry Fields Forever' ......4
Editorial comment and mailbox...... 7
A wing and a prayer - Frank Welford WWII pilot 8
The hole - safe storage early 1900s style. 13
The Kerikeri Music Camps ......14
Images from the regions: Hawke's Bay......18
Echoes - A poem......29
Stacking the hay: sixty years ago......30
Slice of life: Hawera Championship Lamb......32
Ruahine recollections .............. 34
The ill-fated challenge - Robert Falcon Scott......36
Women's cycle touring and exploring......40
German George ..........42
Images from the regions: Otago..........46
In print .................57
Reader's response: a Hudson re-incarnated....58
Genealogy list / index and bibliography ....59
Subscription and order details.... 61
Picton - port of entry to the South Island ....62
Editor's choice - time to dream of what has been ....64
Cover photograph: Lancaster Mark 3 with 4 RR Merlin engines. The photograph was
taken on 30 January 1944 with 626 Squadron at Wickenby, Lincolnshire before a
raid on Bertin. The crew pictured from left to right are: Sgt.John Tyler (Canada) Tail
Gunner, Sgt. Brian Kent (UK) Bomb Aimer, Pilot Officer Reg Mouncey (UK) Gunner,
Flt.Sgt. Frank Welford (NZ) Pilot, Ftt.Sgt.Coe (UK) Navigator, Sgt.Ginger Hogkinson
(UK) Flight Engineer and Sgt. Mclraine (UK) Wireless Operator/Gunner. An account
of Flt.Sgt.Welford's story appears in this issue. Courtesy: Frank Welford

New Zealand Memories Issue 26
The days of do-it-yourself ...............6
Alwyn Owen recalls the toys of his youth
Editorial comment and mailbox..............9
On the ferries .............10
Commuting in Auckland by Gillian Burcher
Hair piece ........................12
Angela Lassig discusses gentlemen's hair fashion
Meet me at lunchtime 1940s ...........14
Belle Robertson Avery pens reminiscences of the war years
Images from the regions: Auckland.............18
Old Feller ...................29
James Larsen documents an account of the H199 locomotive
Slice of life: Nelson Volunteer Fire Brigade..............32
Profile: Te Rauparaha ................34
Teaching road safety .................36
Road safety lessons in Primary Schools by Christopher Moor
In print.............39
Horses at war.............40
An item contributed by Marlaine Urlich
Building Auckland's Unseen Infrastructure ..........42
Christopher Paxton explores early drainage
Card collecting - with Wayne King.45
Mawhiti ...................46
Photographs of the graceful yacht supplied by Mr WA. Moore
Can you help? .....................49
Identification of World War II photographs
Images from the regions: West Coast .....50
Genealogy list / index and bibliography ....59
Marketplace .......................61
Readers' responses...................62
Editor's choice - Taking the plunge...................64

New Zealand Memories Issue 27
Swept by the waves of time .......4
Aboard the "Alice A. Leigh" by Dee Pigneguy
Bush tramways .......10
Paul Mahoney shares his expertise
In print........12
Mailbox........13
Aunt Daisy in Hawera ........14
Arthur Fryer documents the wedding of a favourite celebrity
Images from the regions:
Wellington/Wairarapa .........16
Christmas TV came to Wellington 39 years ago.28
Christopher Moor uncovers early television trivia
Our Whippet.........30
An amusing tale from Betty Mol/gaard
Daily service ...................32
Rob Webb documents the Edwards Motors story
From rags to riches ..............38
Ken Smith recounts the fortunes of the Smith family
Christmas in Otago ........44
Joy Blair fondly remembers childhood Christmas celebrations
Images from the regions: Canterbury........46
Can you help?........58
Genealogy list / index and bibliography ........59
"May Xmas bring you that pure joy" ...........62
Angela Lassig examines early Christmas greetings
The change of Christmas ..........63
A festive poem by Lee Dowrick
Editor's choice - a bit of spit and polish........ 64

New Zealand Memories Issue 28
With respect to bathing.....................4
Bathing costumes and etiquette over the years
Mailbox.....11
Can you help? .................12
"They marched them up to the top of the hill"
The horse that bit ...................13
An amusing yarn contributed by Arthur Fryer
Caterpillar 60 Tractor 1929 .................14
The Kauri Museum documents changes in bush hauling methods
Falkenbach's Garage ..........16
Details of our superb cover image
Images from the regions: Southland...........18
Chris Aplin, Bullocky - the final chapter..........28
Barrie R. Smith brings the touching sequel
Slice of life: Printing workshop, Dannevirke Evening
News ...............................32
Tainui to the rescue. 34
Alice Evans records the shipwreck of 'SS Elingamite'
Readers' responses: No Town. 38
Evening News .......42
The history of a newspaper
Images from the regions: Gisborne/East Coast..48
Making way for power ...................55
A contribution from Aly Jennings
Genealogy list/index and bibliography. 58
Missing postcard .............61
Manapouri holidays at Grand View.62
Memoirs from Malvina Middlemiss
Editor's choice - Bottom's up! ..............64

New Zealand Memories Issue 29
Brave hearts and courage.....4
A Rotorua Museum article on 28 Maori Battalion
Mailbox.....10
A cycling tour in 1922.....11
From the 'As I Remember' stories aired on National Radio
Here comes the Queen.....14
The 1953/54 Royal tour by Joy Blair
Images from the regions: Waikato.....18
Found: Organist postcard No.3.....29
On yer bike!.....30
Wendy Watson records her father's plumbing reminiscences
A Slice of life: Joyride.....32
New Zealand airline history.....34
From the SPANZ publication by R.Waugh & P.Layne
What's in a name.....37
The business empire of 'J.J. · Craig
German George returns.....40
The sequel from Erika Grundmann
Images from the regions: Wanganui/Manawatu.....47
Genealogy list/index.....58
In Print.....60
Remembering the monkey tale.....62
Christopher Moor recalls a road safety film
Editor's choice: Sweet revenge.....64
Cover photograph: Maori Battalion - Padre Wi Huata leading
members of the 28 Battalion in song
Courtesy: Alexander Turnbull Library, Te Puna Matauranga o
Aotearoa. Ref.F88351/4-DA

New Zealand Memories Issue 3
Fears that Maori language has become plastic............ 132
Hauaroa kaumatua Kevin Amohia has though about the burchering of the maori language and gives an opinion on the directions being taken. Into the unknown.......................................................... 136
John Perry shares his knowledge and experiences in collecting early colonial portraits.
A fiery end to the Katikati kauri dams ......................... 140
Hunters in the Kaimai Ranges had the use of some historic huts butane came to a fiery end in a spectacular fire.
Traction engines give way to crawlers......................... 176
Ken Anderson interviews Pat Riley, a former bushmen and tractor driver, about his
experiences during the change from traction engines to crawler tractors.
I'm going to marry you when you grow up.................. 183
Doreen Senn writes ofher husband's grandparents, Johan and Hedevig Olsen who
arrived in New Zealand from Copenhagen in 1883.
PHOTO GALLERY
An Appetiser: New lease of life .................................... 129
Digital technologyis helping to bring many fascinating old photographs back to life.
Fashion: A fashion statement ....................................... 134
Four lovely sisters pose in their Sunday best.
Can You Help: Where is it? ........................................... 142
Another in the series where readers are invited to identify an old photo. Readers also
recall memories of Saint Seps.
Images from the regions: Taranaki .............................. 146
Random selection of historic photographs from the districts of New Plymouth,
Stratford and South Taranaki.
A slice of life: Tennis club group .................................. 160
A double page spread showing people at the opening of the Rangatira Tennis Club.
Images from the regions: Nelson/Marlborough .......... 162
Random selection of historic photographs from the unitary authorities of Nelson City,
Tasman and Marlborough.
Aviation Action: Aircraft in flight ................................. 175
The Vickers Vildebeast and Tiger Moth from the camera of Colin Seccombe.
That's Life: How did they cope? .................................... 182
A woman's work was never done.
Dairying: A well-dressed milk maid ............................. 187
The art of hand-milking demonstrated.
Nostalgia: Crater Lake has seen it all ........................... 188
Bikini-clad girls more appealing than volcanic activity.
Cookie's Corner: Earth moves after flying tackle ........ 192
Editor Ron Cooke delves into his fiJes for another unusual image from the 1970s.
Columns & Departments
Editorial: Photo mysteries.............................................................. ......... 130
Mailbox: Readers have their say..... .................................................... ... 135
Reader Information: How readers can help ................................... 144, 174
In Print: Keeping your bookshelf up to date ............................................ 189
Index: Names and places for the second 64 pages .................................. 190

New Zealand Memories Issue 30
Of Mutton Birds and coast watchers.....4
Memoirs of lighthouse life from Julie Falkner
Editorial comment and mailbox.....8
It's a wrap.....9
Pest extermination in the 1950s
The Great Depression.....10
Readers share their personal experiences
Images from the regions: Northland.....17
The Twist.....25
Dance craze of the early sixties
School holidays in the early 1930s.....26
From the 'As I Remember' stories aired on National Radio
60 years in the ice.....28
Max Pudney recounts the discovery of a 'crashed aircraft
A slice of life.....32
The Great Depression - making ends meet
Wurlitzer - Wellershaus.....34
Information collated by Des Timmins
On your bike - a true story.....36
MJ, Beumelburg treats us to more youthful memories
Recollections of Tattersfield Limited.....38
"From little walnuts great oak trees grow"
Readers' responses.....40
The 'Brown Motorcycle Outfit 1904'
Flock House.....42
Stan Brierly remembers the Department of Agriculture property
Images from the regions: Coromandel and Bay of Plenty.....46
Can you help?.....56
Three images need identifying
Genealogy list / index.....58
In print.....60
Buick journey.....62
Mr F. W.Dawson recalls the early days of motoring
Editor's choice: A sorry sight.....64

Cover photograph: The Royal Train along­
side the wharf at Kingston on Lake
Whakatipu in March 1927. The Duke and
Duchess of York are transferring to the ferry
steamer for the trip to Queenstown.
Contributor Robin Kent says that at the
time his father, Robert Sidney Kent, was
Divisional Superintendent of the South
Island Railway. He was placed in charge of
the South Island segment of the Royal Visit.

New Zealand Memories Issue 31
Auckland Central Library - my back pages.....4
Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway recalls her firstjob
School currency.....9
Lancaster drops leaflets in 1943
The Star motor car.....10
A first for New Zealand
Editorial comment and mailbox.....12
Images from the regions: Nelson/Marlborough.....14
Colin Tapley.....24
Christopher Moor profiles a New Zealand celebrity
The belle of the ball.....30
Fashion by Angela Lassig
Pride of the West Coast.....31
Frontier flying days
A slice of life.....32
Excursions on the Whanganui River
Country Library Service.....34
Photographs from a private collection
Life begins at 80.....35
A poem by Trevor Rowe
When buses ruled........36
Hugh Hickman records the history of L.J. Keys Limited
Soldier and magistrate remembered in Wanganui landmark 45
Family photographs and history from Bob Maysmor
Images from the regions: Taranaki.....48
Herbert Slade 'The Maori'.....56
From the archives of Dave Cameron, sports correspondent
Genealogy list / index.....58
In print.....60
Faded memories.....62
WW1 recollections
Editor's choice: Dogged determination.....64

Cover image: Herbert Slade 1883
Courtesy of Dave Cameron

New Zealand Memories Issue 32
'Submaritzky'.....4
Mike Subritzky profiles pioneer skindiver
Editorial comment and mailbox.....12
The Sunday School Concert.....14
Gilbert Stables recalls bygone days
Images from the regions: Hawke's Bay.....16
A day in the wilderness.....23
The collision of the 'Waikare' by Bruce E. Collins
When a teacher's lot was not a happy one.....26
Christopher Paxton investigates the teaching profession
Carless days.....30
Reflecting on the 1979 Regulations
On the Rocks........31
Nelson road construction
A slice of life.....32
On the Rocks...
Ellen Dougherty.....34
Adele Pentony-Graham profiles New Zealand's first
registered nurse
Journey to the light.....36
Historic Wellington Harbour by Rita Thomas
A walk down 'Memory Lane'.....40
Dulcie Brierly relates highlights of heryouth
1951.....42
An interview with Jock Barnes
Childhood memories of the Nokomai Goldfields.....45
From the 'As I Remember' stories air&.d on National Radio
Images from the regions: Otago.....48
Genealogy list/index.....58
In print.....60
Busy fingers.....62
Editor's choice: Full of hot air.....64

Cover image: Stuart, Frank (driver),
Harry, Grandpa, Grandma and Ron
Mitchell ready for a jaunt in their
immaculate tourer. Photographed in
the drive of their home 'Casa Loma'
in Lower -Hutt circa 1918.
Courtesy: Doreen Stone

New Zealand Memories Issue 33
Thames remembered.....4
Alison Masters shares fond recollections of home
Editorial comment and mailbox.....9
66550 Sister E. St. M. Jones aboard
hospitalship M.S. Oranje .....10
An account of nursing during WWII by Dee Pigneguy
Images from the regions: Auckland .....16
Big hair day .....28
Angela Lassig probes into 'the beehive'
The majestic, historical Ninety Mile Beach .....30
Keith Parker takes us to the Far North
A slice of life.....32
Ninety Mile Beach landing for 'Faith in Australia'
Teaching the girlfriend to drive.....34
An amusing poem from Henry Perrett
1ZB House of wonders.....36
Alwyn Owen recalls his broadcasting days
When the circus came to town.....44
Circus photographs from Tony Radcliffe
Oranges and bananas.....46
K.Baynes writes. "treats were rare but appreciated"
Images from the regions: the West Coast.....48
Genealogy list/index.....58
In print.....60
Crossing the divide.....62
Cook Strait aviation by Richard Waugh
Editor's choice: The great New Zealand pie.....64

Cover image: The Maxwell family
Ann Marion age 10 (with book), David
age 6 and Mary Eliza age 8 in a
perfect pose for the camera.
Photographed in 1896.
Courtesy: Alison Chisholm

New Zealand Memories Issue 34
The 'Road to Prosperity'.....4
The construction of the Great South Road and
its role in the Waikato war by Penelope Frost
Editorial comment and mailbox.....11
lorangi.....12
Profile of the Logan-built yacht by Tony Hutson
My brother Bob.....13
Joyce Margaret Beumelburg
introduces a beloved family member
Images from the regions: Wellington/Wairarapa.....16
St Matthew-in-the-city, Auckland.....27
Photographs from the M. W.Bartley family collection
Stansfield's Pork Butchery.....30
Karangahape Road, Auckland
A change of pace.....31
The Te Arai Bridge
A slice of life.....32
Toothbrush drill at the Waikato
Children's Health Camp
Featherston's Little Cobbler.....34
A touching tale recorded by Colin Townsend
Nyree Dawn Porter.....36
Christopher Moor profiles the
magnetic star of stage and television
0tago University School of
Physical Education Camp.....44
Documented by Peter Wilson
Images from the regions: Canterbury.....48
Genealogy list/index.....58
Can you help?.....60
Are you the owner of these photographs?
Subscription details.....61
70th Anniversary of the
first British car assembled in New Zealand.....62
By Christopher Moor
Editor's choice.....64
Good keen men

New Zealand Memories Issue 35
The Wreck of the Grafton.....4
AJ.1 epic struggle for survival against overwhelming
odds documented by Gordon Campbell
Editorial comment and mailbox.....12
Can you help?.....13
Details sought on 1911 Daimler
'Dame fashion has learnt to knit'.....14
Fashion from Angela Lassig
The last summer.....16
A nostalgic tale from Amelia Batistich
Images from the regions: Gisborne / East Coast.....18
The Nelson train.....26
An 'As I Remember' story from Jean Williams
Bell lap.....28
A sporting yarn from Alan Turley
Amelia Batistitch.....30
Kathryn Dove interviews acclaimed writer
Embroidery from the Western Front.....32
Wayne King discusses WWl silk postcards
A slice of life.....36
Aerial view of Wellington city, 1929
ANZAC poems.....38
'Writing to my father' by Lee Dowrick
'Pop' by Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway
Katherine Mansfield.....40
Katherine Mansfield's Wellington childhood
by Karen Morehu
Commemorating Katherine Mansfield by Max Pudney
Our kitchen sink and Wellington airport.....48
The connection is revealed by Patricia Ridding
The New Lynn Hotel.....50
West Auckland's historic building
The blacksmith's wife.....52
Ivan Tait explores the characters behind
Eileen Duggan's renowned poem
Images from the regions: Southland.....58
Genealogy list / index.....66
In print.....67
East Coast initiatives.....70
Aviation from Richard Waugh
Editor's choice.....72

New Zealand Memories Issue 36
The last ghost watch .....4
Lighthouse duties on Portland Island by
G.B. Langman
Editorial comment and mailbox .....12
The·stories we could tell! .....13
Seddon and Grey pose together
A fond farewell to our Queen Mother .....14
Photographs of the 1927 Royal New Zealand Tour
The kid from Karangahake .....16
Alfred Lawry shares childhood memories
"The Come to Blenheim Association".....21
Insights contributed by the
Marlborough Historical Society
Through my binoculars.....22
Fond recollections of bygone days by Belle Avery
Images of the regions: Wanganui / Manawatu .....26
A slice of life .....36
Funeral procession at Karangahake
To help the mothers and save the babies.....38
Joyce Powell has early recollections of
the Plunket Society
A true blue story.....45
Poetry from Henry Perrett
The 'Lady of the Lake'.....46
TSS Earnslaw
The saga of Werke Nummer 1653.....48
S.J.C Fenn on New Zealand's only
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Images of the regions: Waikato.....54
Can you help?.....65
Glass plates rescued
Genealogy list / index.....66
In print.....68
Fashion with Angela Lassig.....70
Purple haze
Editor's choice.....72
"Jack Smith, my fellow fine; will you
shoe this horse of mine?"

New Zealand Memories Issue 37
The Incredible Tex Morton .....4
Alan Turley profiles a New Zealander of many talents
Mailbox .....13
A Country Mile .....14
Leonie Couper recalls youthful days in the Wairarapa
By Car from Hawera to Auckland in the 1920s .....16
An 'As I Remember' story by Enid Evans
Summer Cruising .....18
'All Aboard' the 'Ngapuhi', 1904
Images of the Regions: Northland .....20
Dilpussund .....30
Tony Hutson discusses the sailing ship featured on
our cover
The Price of Progress 31
Auckland's Grafton Bridge
A Slice of Life 36
Group of whalers at Te Awaiti with whaling lances
Whaling in New Zealand 38
Mike Taylor discusses the whaling industry
Pokaka Memories 42
Margaret Wilkins recalls a fancy dress ball
The Forgotten Tour.....45
The 1926 Rugby League Tour - Wayne King
Country Couture - The Norma Evans Story.....50
A fashion feature from the Rotorua Museum
of Art Et History
Readers' Responses.....55
Images of the Regions: Coromandel / Bay of Plenty .....56
Genealogy list / Index .....66
In Print .....68
Old Times and Pleasures with
Old Weights and Measures.....70
Poetry from Trevor Rowe
Editor's Choice .....72
What's in a name?

New Zealand Memories Issue 38
Palm Beach Paradise 4
Kathy Sewell recalls holidays at Waiheke Island
Mailbox 8
Can You Help? 9
Wartime Wairarapa 10
Eric Waterfield relates a wartime experience
Lost in Cook Strait 12
Captain Brian Waughflying a Lockheed JO Electra
N.Z. Railways Road Services 17
70 years of road services with Robb Webb
Images from the Region: Taranaki 20
The Rawleigh Man 28
Hugh Hickman explores the Rawleigh name
A Slice of Life 36
"I'll follow ewe"
The Tale of a Dunny 39
A poem
A Festival of Cans 40
The humble outhouse is the topic of this article
by Alwyn Owen
Was that Netball or...? 44
Sport with Alan Turley
Open Day at three Wellington venues 48
The Bland Family 49
Written by John Worgan
Fashion with Angeb Lassig 52
Wedding Belles
A Tale of Two Wheels 54
Joy Blair recalls images from her
Omakau childhood
Images from the Region: Nelson/Marlborough 56
Genealogy List / Index 66
In Print 68
Centenary or Auckland's Electric Tramways 70
Details from Chris Cameron
Editor's Choice 72
A room with a view

New Zealand Memories Issue 39
The Young New Zealanders' Club for Boys and Girls.....5
David Lascelles profiles an organisation Festive memories from Cathrene Howe
that impacted a generation.
Mailbox .....11
War Service: Feeding the Nation .....12
Alison Brown documents the WWII memories
of Effie Case
Wheels of the Past .....18
A homemade trolley and a faithful friend is
the basis for this story by Joan Monahan
Wartime Telephone Operator .....20
An '.As I Remember' story from Jim Webb
Images of the Region: Hawke's Bay .....22
Mossman - The Speedway Daredevil .....33
Early speedway action from Wayne King
A Slice of Life .....36
A feast with whanau and friends
A Day at the Races .....38
An excerpt from Graham Stewart's superb book
Then and Now...40
Nelson's Symons Memorial
Readers' Responses.....41
More of Tex Morton
Baby's Day Out.....42
Plunket photography
The Magic of Christmas .....43
Gold! .....44
Max Pudney documents the story of immigrant William Kane
A Child's Christmas in Northland .....50
A tale by Alwyn Owen of Christmases past
Murder by Mantell..... 53
Christopher Moor profiles novelist Laurie Mantell
The Whangaehu 'Bank' .....54
Railway memories from Bruce Attwell
Images from the Regions: Otago .....56
Genealogy List / Index .....66
In Print .....68
Merry Christmas .....70
A festive poem from Belle Robertson Avery

Editor's Choice .....72
A fireman's nightmare?


Cover: Christmas Day 1914
Charles Randall's motorbike and
sidecar with Farrant Bragg, Lucy
Williams (later Mrs Curtis
Robinson) and her younger
brother Stephen Williams.
Photograped at Randall's Valley in
the Waitohi Valley.
Courtesy: Picton Community Museum

New Zealand Memories Issue 4
Never be guilty of throwing away history.........197
Eileen Tiller puts pen to paper with a few thoughts and some useful advice she had
published many years ago.
Reliving the days of old on the Whanganui River........ 200
The editor recalls an unique experience in 1979 when the newly restored riverboat
Otunui took its first trip upstream from Pipiriki.
Window displays that stopped traffic................203
It was often the artistic skill and imagination of the window dresser who increased
turnover or successfully promoted a range of products.
Photos bring back further memories of the McNeill family................206
Pam and Jim Walker take up the challenge to contribute to the memory of Jimmy
McNeill along with personal memories from Quinton Reeves and Jill Bennett.
Whitebait always shared among Economic staff.........209
Jill Bennett delves into her archives for some personal memories of the store where
her father had worked.
Woman has unique place in history ...................210
Paul Bennett hopes to clarify an important and unique period from his family’s
connection with the first keepers of Pencarrow light house.
Holt crawler and traction engine had help of extra.........212
Another chapter in the life of traction engines and Holt 75 tractor when Dick the Horse
outsmarted those who gave him little respect.
Scottish clans of MacRae patiently chronicled............. 243
Eileen McMillan relates how this book came about and tells of some intriguing
characters plus a few delightful tales which never made it to print.
The name to look for when buying kiddies toys .......... 252
Christopher Moor reminds readers that at least two generations of Kiwi kids enjoyed
playing with Fun Ho! toys.
Flying for fun.........254
John Maher reflects on some of his early experiences in the cockpit.

PHOTO GALLERY
An Appetiser: Surprise! Surprise! ................................ 193
A 48foot long relic of the past attempts to copy a manoeuvre invented by the modern
jet boat.
Fashion: Bowlers and axle grease ................................ 202
Fashions for men were drab and monotonous from the tum of the centu1y.
Can You Help: Is this Kiwi ingenuity at work? ............ 214
Another in the series where readers are invited to identify an old photo-this time it's
an old railway trolley with an unusual mechanism.
Images from the regions: Hawke's Bay........................ 216
Random selection ofhistoric photographs from the districts of Wairoa, Hasting
Central Hawke's Bay and the City of Napier.
A slice of life: The cream lorry arrives. ........................ 228
A double page spread showing the Runciman family on the day the truck first arrived.
Images from the regions: Otago................................... 230
Random selection of historic photographs from Dunedin City, Waitaki, Clutha, Central Otago and Queenstown-Lakes Districts.
Another spiral existed on a bush tramway at Ongarue...................250
Two unusual but striking photos of Ellis and Burnand's Price locomotives posing on
both levels ofthe tramway soon after construction in the early 1920s.
Signs of the times .......................................................... 257
The posters were out for one of the most enthralling and inspiring films made during
the 1950s
An awesome sight ......................................................... 258
Members of the Hutt Valley Tramping Club explore the crater of one of New
Zealand's active volcanoes.
Cookie's Corner: Look Mum! It's all done with one hand ...........................192
Ron Cooke delves into his rugby files for a masterpiece of All Black play.

Columns & Departments
Editorial A vision for the future ............................................................. 196
Mailbox: Readers have their say.............................................................. 198
Reader Information: How readers can help ........................................... 242
In Print: Keeping your bookshelfup to date ............................................ 259
Index: Quick-find for names and places ................................................... 262

New Zealand Memories Issue 40
Ernest Hayes Engineer Extraordinaire.....4
Gordon Campbell profiles an
early engineering company
Mailbox.....12
Dear Mr Crosby and Others.....14
By a star struck Margaret Joyce Beumelburg
Our National Identity.....21
Advertisements depict our bonds
with 'the Homeland'
Images from the Regions: West Coast.....22
A Magazine Icon.....2
The NZ Womans Weekly celebrates 70 years
A Slice of Life.....36
A Memento ofthe 1940 Wellington ?xhibition
0.E. on the M V Ruahine.....38
Cruising with Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway
All Hands to the War Effort.....41
Knitting for WWII soldiers by Nola Cooze
Salisbury.....42
Nancy Ashmore takes us back to the year 1900
A Journey to Remember.....45
R.G. Adams recalls a special holiday
The Sinking of the SS Taniwha.....46
Documented by Colin Townsend
Readers' Responses.....48
More on the Messerschmitt Bf 109
Images from the Regions: Auckland.....50
In Print.....63
A Joke Perhaps?.....64
A treasure trove is unturfed at Mangaweka
Genealogy List/Index.....66
Then and Now.....68
The main street of Clyde
Tall But True Rugby Tales.....70
Rugby anecdotes from Alan Turley
Editor's Choice.....7
Happy as a sandboy

Cover image The Mokai Blacksmith, early 1900
Courtesy: Putaruru Timber Museum

New Zealand Memories Issue 41
Ohakune, My Home Town 4
Margaret Wilkins shares treasured memories
of a town shadowed by Mount Ruapehu
A Family Mystery 8
An unexplained departure by Ian Strang
Mailbox 12
Pacific War 1943/44 14
Excerpts from the diary of Hector
William Knight, Armourer WWII
Images of the Regions: Wellington 19
and Wairarapa
The Sad Story of a Sock 28
A poem by May Elliot
Reader’s Response: 29
The Young New Zealander’s Club
Clare Baylis claims membership during her teens
The Passenger Transport Company 30
Ron Queenin provides an account of a bus company that
spanned over four decades
A Slice of Life 36
The pride of Westport
Te Rae o Karaka Historic Reserve 38
Mike Taylor examines the history of the area
A Whirl of Entertainment 40
Kirstie Ross profiles Neville Carlsen and the
popularity of vaudeville, variety shows and revues
In Print 45
Viaduct Basin 46
Paul Mahoney looks at an earlier era of riches
at Auckland’s Viaduct Basin
Come Dancing at Symondsville, 1948 52
Kenneth Lord fondly remembers skirting the dance floor
Images from the Regions: Canterbury 57
Genealogy List / Index
Edwardian Excursions 68
Riding the Rails 70
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Jean Dinnie
Editor’s Choice 72
Three’s a crowd

Cover image Dressmakers Picnic at Days Bay, Wellington
Courtesy: Neville Hoy

New Zealand Memories Issue 42
Passionfruit Sundays 4
Sunday School, gingerbread and passionfruit icing.
Warm memories from Alwyn Owen.
The Day Sanitarium Got It Wrong 8
Wayne King investigates the ‘Treasury of Years’
card series
Striking Posers 10
Fashion with Angela Lassig
Mailbox 12
South To a Far Off Land 14
Milicent Thomson departs Britain in 1924
aboard the RMS Tainui
Images from the Regions: Gisborne 19
and the East Coast
Saturday Night at ‘The Coconut Grove’ 26
Amelia Batistich in the midst of 1950s
Auckland night life
Ship Hydrabad 30
John de Bonnaire watches with fascination
as the wreck slowly slips into oblivion
Haymaking in the Waikato 34
Kiwi rural poetry from Keith Austen
A Slice of Life 36
Austin 7 motorcars line Gover Street,
New Plymouth in 1929
Nothing Austin-tatious About This 38
Max Pudney salutes the Austin 7
D.C. Day – July 10, 1967 40
Events surrounding the introduction of
decimal currency by Dale Moore
Entertainer of the Year, 1965 44
A 1965 interview with Dinah Lee by John Sinclair
The National Anthem 46
‘God Defend New Zealand’ enjoys official
recognition after 101 years
In Print 50
Kaimai Crash 51
A memorial for New Zealand’s worst
internal air disaster
Milking the Cows and Listening to 52
Lofty on the Radio
By Sports Correspondent Dave Cameron
Images from the Regions: Southland 57
New Zealand’s Most Northerly Aerodrome 64
The Waipapakauri aerodrome
Genealogy List / Index 66
Me, Dad, and the Western Bank 70
Jo Wright vividly recalls the Saturday matches
at Athletic Park
Editor’s Choice 72
Are you on the blower ?

Cover image : Spectators and a press photographer at a rugby match,
Athletic Park, Wellington ca 1908
Courtesy: The Aotearoa NZ Centre, Christchurch City Libraries

New Zealand Memories Issue 43
From the First Light 4
The story of New Zealand lighthouses documented
by the New Zealand National Maritime Museum
Mailbox 12
When Waitemata came to Otahuhu 14
Christopher Paxton has unearthed an event
still respected by the Auckland brewery after
over 70 years
The Cascade Railway Rugby Cup Story 16
Related by Harry Lewis
Images from the Regions:
Wanganui / Manawatu 18
The First Ridley Family in New Zealand 28
Eileen Tiller’s ancestors arrived in Dunedin in 1848
Mary Jones 34
A poem from Vivienne Morrell
The Lucky Nut and Bolt 35
A tale of remarkable escape by Miles Dillon
Slice of Life 36
The Ship Hotel, Nelson ca 1889
Random Ramblings of an Ancient Orchardist 38
Memories from D.S. Clemow
Riding the Rails 40
Hugh Hickman looks at tramway travel of the
past in the first of this two-part instalment
Images from the Regions: Waikato 46
Can You Help? 55
Memories of Treasured Possessions 56
Patricia Ridding fondly recalls her Bluebird trike
The Kaimai Crash 58
Richard Waugh documents New Zealand’s
worst internal air disaster
In Print 63
Motoring Memories 64
“My father owned one of the first Stanley
Steam cars in Wellington” writes Nevill Palmer
Genealogy List / Index 66
There is a Tavern in the Town 68
Every establishment tells a tale
according to Arthur Fryer
Shortbread Service 70
An ‘As I Remember Story’ from Ann Stokes
Editor’s Choice 72
Engrossed in a good book at the Island
Bay School Library.

COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Cape Palliser
A daunting climb of 258 steps kept the keepers fit until the lighthouse was demanned in 1987.
Photograph by Grant Sheehan

New Zealand Memories Issue 44
Kawau Revisited 4
Pat Barron and Joan Monahan step back in time
Mailbox 10
Foiled by Hitler 12
Alan Turley documents the unexpected sequence of
events that befell the 1939 Kiwi rugby league team
Images from the Regions: Northland 20
In the Backblocks of New Zealand during the 1930’s 30
Times were hard and children made their own fun during
the Depression years according to Rex Ridgway
Pukerangi - End of the Line 34
Railway memories from Kathy Baynes
Slice of Life 36
Not all fingers and thumbs...
Riding the Rails -Part II 38
Hugh Hickman looks at tramway travel of the past
Phone Frolics from the Fifties 44
Gwyneth Jones reminds us of the telephone exchanges of the ‘50s
Readers’ Responses 47
Mystery photograph identified
Death in an Extraordinary Manner 48
Colin Townsend uncovers a tragic twist of fate near Paekakariki
The Ref’s Whistle 50
John Sinclair uncovers the story of the 1905 whistle
Images of the Regions: 52
Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel
Keeping in Touch 61
The postcard
The Day the Manuka Went Down 63
Documented by Bruce E. Collins, Maritime Historian
Genealogy List / Index 66
In Print 68
The Great Days of New Zealand Radio 70
Brian Humberstone takes us on a journey back to
the ‘golden age’of the wireless
Editor’s Choice 72
50 Varieties of spud

COVER PHOTOGRAPH:
Schoolboys and shoppers returning home to
Mornington on an afternoon cable tram
Courtesy: Graham Stewart

New Zealand Memories Issue 45
Early Years in New Zealand Rugby 4
Ever wondered where and when rugby gained a
stronghold in our country. Bob Luxford of the
NZ Rugby Museum has the answers
Milking in the 1920’s 10
Anne Moore has vivid memories of Matamata farming days
Something old... 14
Crown Lynn pottery painted by Frank Carpay
You’ll have to hum it, ’cause I can’t play it 15
A poem by Stu Bagby
Three Remarkable Women 16
Anna Rogers shares stories of New Zealand nurses
Images from the regions: Taranaki 20
The Guides of Rotorua
“He tira kahurangi - a group of precious women” 28
From Ann Somerville of the Rotorua Museum
Restored to Perfection 34
The Indian 1916 1000cc racing motorcycle
Slice of Life 36
The Rambler Cycle Club at the Auckland Domain, 1902
Taking Off 38
Pioneering small airlines in post-war
New Zealand by Richard Waugh
Britannia Rules the Waves 44
Jean Brown describes her wartime hairdressing apprenticeship
Gym Bodies 46
Is ‘the work out’ at the gym a modern phenomenon?
Paihia Memories 48
Bert Boswell remembers a vastly different Paihia
The New Gold Hills 50
A glimpse at the hardship and prejudice that faced the Chinese
on the Otago goldfields by Gordon Campbell
In Print 56
Reader’s Response 57
Keepers of the light
Images from the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 58
Mailbox 66
Genealogy List/Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Crossing the great divide

Cover Photograph:
Georgina and Eileen Strew, the famous twin guides pictured
around 1910. Courtesy of the Rotorua Museum of Art and History

New Zealand Memories Issue 46
Dale Austin - Truly a Daughter of Dunedin 4
Profiled by David Lascelles
Those Magnificent Men 10
Wellington’s first aviators by Paul Maxim
Listening to Stories about a Grand Old Lady 14
Anna Soutar looks at Auckland’s Civic Theatre
Images from the Region: Otago 21
I Would Rather be a Barrister 30
Max Pudney interviews WWII pilot Frank O’ Flynn
Where was ‘OSH’ in 1947? 34
Ken Smith was lucky to survive his first job
Slice of Life: A Game of Marbles 36
Growing Up in Greendale 38
Tony Russell has fond memories of his childhood
In Print 47
New Zealand’s Factory Children 120 years ago 48
An article by Christopher Paxton
Life on the Central Line 50
Dilys James recalls Otago in the 1950’s
Christ Church - Wellington’s oldest church 54
Miles. H. Erwin records the history of this pioneer church
Can You Help? 57
Images from Regions: Hawke’s Bay 58
Mailbox 66
Marketplace 68
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Everest conquered...now Magellan

Cover photo:
The Fisher Monoplane
Courtesy of Wairarapa Archives

New Zealand Memories Issue 47
The Girl in Red 4
Alwyn Owen relates the unusual story of Nita Rosslyn
The Penang 9
Documented by Tony Hutson
Listen For It... 10
Alan Turley profiles sport’s broadcaster Winston McCarthy
Shands Bakery 12
Lyn O’Callaghan and Gerald Shand carry on the family tradition
Old-Fashioned Remedies 15
Kiwi Sacrifice is still Remembered 16
Max Pudney takes us to Brockenhurst in southern England
Memories of Arthur Hoby, Dentist 18
An ‘As I Remember Story’ provided by Philip Duke
Heaven Sent 21
A true tale from Amelia Batistich
Images from the Regions: West Coast 24
Midland Coachlines 34
Text supplied by Aubrey Chambers
Slice of Life: Surf’s Up at Paekakariki 36
Memories of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic 38
Isabelle Ashforth, Marjorie Pattie and Joan Jenkin
Canterbury Pioneers 42
Morva Kermode recounts the story of Canterbury Association
immigrants
Corporal Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett 48
Gallipoli hero remembered by Colin Townsend
The Waikakaho Hotel 50
Jenny Pierson examines a family photograph
‘Knitwit Par Excellence’ 54
Jean Smith was the reigning queen of the knitting needles
Images from the Regions: Auckland 56
Mailbox 66
In Print 68
Marketplace 69
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Waiwera Hotel - Beer on tap!

Nigel and Gretchen Connell and family
picnic with friends in Taranaki
Courtesy: Sheila Connell

New Zealand Memories Issue 48
The Weekend That Was 4
Jeanette de Heer takes us back to the mid 1900s
The First Fridge 10
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Graham Wallace
The Death of Phar Lap 12
Alan Turley records a sad event in New Zealand’s sporting history
Times, They Certainly Are A-changing 18
Margaret Joyce Beumelburg takes a humorous look at fashion
First Flight 21
S.J.C. Fenn discusses his introduction to flight
Images From the Regions: Canterbury 24
An RNZNVR ‘Scheme B’ Entrant Looks Back 34
By Leo Palmer
Living History 40
Kathy Baynes explores historic Oamaru
Reader’s Response 42
Wellington’s Queen of the Talkback 45
Chris Moor profiles radio personality Doreen Kelso
The Popeye Doll 50
John Holt shares a family treasure with readers
Heroines of the Sea 52
From a New Zealand National Maritime Museum exhibit
In Print 54
Images from the Regions: Wellington and the Wairarapa 55
Mailbox 66
Can You Help? 68
Index 70
Editor’s Choice
Rub a Dub Dub 72

New Zealand Memories Issue 49
My Home Town 4
Childhood days at Lake Waikaremoana by Beverley Smith
Maori Battalion : A Night to Remember 10
Jack and Nancye Baker’s honeymoon was unique
One Hundred Years of West Coast Motoring 16
Some early glimpses compiled by Michael Childs
Images of the Regions : Gisborne and the East Coast 22
Bartletts
Memories of a Public Works Camp by Gordon Fun-nell 28
The Public Works Camp in Khandallah 31
Don Simm was a ‘camp kid.’
‘Zak’ of Wellington 33
The man behind the camera told by Wayne King
Slice of Life 36
“With Best Wishes from the Girls of Gould’s Café”
Memories of a Farming Childhood 38
Tokoroa in the early days by Beth Henderson
An Undying Echo 44
John Adeane reports on the old scow
There Was a Time... 46
Dalmatian settlement in New Zealand
Horoeka 52
A twisted tale
Bean Rock Lighthouse 54
Ivan Domikovich discusses an Auckland landmark
Images of the Region : Southland 58
Mailbox 66
Can You Help? 67
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Oldsmobile No Match for Tram
Engine at Whatatutu, 1895

New Zealand Memories Issue 5
Dates on early photos not all they seem ....................... 268
Editor Ron Cooke clarifies misleading dates on Muir & Moodie photographs.
AARD Times - The story of an entrepreneur ............... 272
Jacqui Knight passes on some of the entrepreneurial exploits ofher grandfather, Dot
Woodcock, the founder ofthe Aard Motor Company.
Faithful old Overland car .............................................. 278
Vera Mcleary has memories of the car earlier featured with a broken front axle.
Punt had nomadic past ................................................. 279
Eileen McMillan discovers that the Lowburn punt still exists.
Mine's a Truby King baby............................................. 280
Brenda Mackenzie profiles medicalreformer, Sir Frederic Truby King.
Becoming Prime Minister briefly considered .............. 312
The brief moment in 1920 when Ken Anderson considered becoming Prime Minister
passed as quickly as it came when the call ofthe great outdoors beckoned.
Huskies seen 'mushing' over the hills .......................... 318
Joan Shepherd discovered that her grandfather was involved with Commander
Byrd when he over-wintered 15 of hi.s huskies on Quail Island.
Lighthouses hold fascination for photographer .......... 320
Colin Seccombe shares some photographs ofPortland and Cuvier Islands.
PHOTO GALLERY
An Appetiser: Canine Wonders .................................... 265
The antics of Jack and Jill, two very intelligent and highly trained black retrievers.
Fashion: Gorgeous Innocence ...................................... 270
A studio photograph ofalmost timeless quality.
Can You Help: Hair today, gone tomorrow.................. 282
Jim Burke and Molly Hook ask readers for information about a wartime photo.
Images from the regions: Auckland ............................. 284
Random selection of historic photographs from the districts of Rodney, Waitakere
City, North Shore City, Auckland City, Manukau City, Papakura and Franklin.
A slice of life: Staffof plumbers and drainlayers ......... 296
A double page spread showing the men with their cars, motorbikes and bicycles.
Images from the regions: West Coast .......................... 298
Random selection ofhi.storic photographs from Buller, Grey and Westland.
Churches and Cathredrals of New Zealand ................. 311
Three churches preceded the present Cathedral Church ofSt Peter in Hamilton.
Before the days of Fun Ho! toys.................................... 323
The fun ofhomemade toys recalled by readers.
Cookie's Corner: Rare gathering of All Blacks ............ 328
Ron Cooke delves into his rugby files for an array offaces that looked familiar.
Columns & Departments
Editorial: Value ofold photo albums ..................................................... 266
Mailbox: Readers have their say.............................................................. 271
Reader Information: How readers can help ........................................... 310
In Print: Keeping your bookshelf up to date ............................................ 324
Index: Quick-find for names and places ................................................... 326

New Zealand Memories Issue 50
From Staines to Southland 4
Ann Somerville relates the story of Southland pioneer Ann Spittle
The Bungalow 10
A National Radio ‘As I Remember’ story by Judith Wilcox
Feeding the Family in the Forties 12
Making ends meet was a challenge according to Val Wood
Images from the Regions : Waikato 18
Ans Westra Remembers 29
Helen Frances profiles the award-winning photographer
The Death of the Fiery Star 34
An unexplained mystery surrounds this tragedy
as told by Brain Mackrell
Slice of Life 36
No. 6 Squadron RNZAF at Halavo Bay
A Boy’s War 38
Alwyn Owen paints a vivid picture of the 1939-1945 war years
Readers’ Responses 45
Wellington’s Harbour Defence Boom
Kate 46
Alan Turley profiles tennis champion Kathleen Nunneley
Cross A Bridge . . . to ‘Somewhere’ or ‘Nowhere’ 48
Written by the late Joan Monahan
A Soldier’s Story 54
Joanna Beresford recounts a fighter pilot’s tale
Images from the Regions : Wanganui /Manawatu 56
In Print 64
Passing of the Quarter-acre Section 65
By Brian Humberstone
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
How Times Have Changed!

New Zealand Memories Issue 51
The Martin’s Bay Settlement 4
Gordon Campbell records the fate of northern Fiordland settlers
When Hamlet and Scarlett came to New Zealand 10
Christopher Moor documents the visit of two screen idols
Christmas Greetings with a Nautical Flavour 15
From the New Zealand National Maritime Museum
The Bazaar 17
A mouth-watering tale from Ian Strang
The Good Ol’ Kiwi Slang 18
A poem by Trevor Rowe
Images from the Regions: 20
Coromandel / Thames / Bay of Plenty
National Band of NZ to Southampton in RMS Rangitoto 30
By Denis Dewe
Nearly Born on a Jigger 34
Rae Atkins relays a dramatic dash in 1922
Slice of Life 36
“Mountaineering we will go . . . “
John Pascoe: Author, Historian, Mountaineer, Photographer 39
Chris Maclean profiles a man of many talents
Bread - The Staff of Life 44
Alan Stormont relates a short history of Auckland bakehouses
In Memory 46
Commemorative services for air accidents. Written by Peter Layne
New Zealand School Journals 52
Marjorie Pattie prompts memories of classroom reading material
In Print 56
Delivering the Milk 57
An ‘As I Remember’ story by June Nightingale
Images from the Regions: Northland 58
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Hanging by a Thread

New Zealand Memories Issue 52
My Grandfather was a Chinese Goldminer 4
As recalled by Maurie Meechang and recorded by wife Mags Meechang
Those Were the Days 8
Advertisements from the 1920s and 30s
The Paxman Stationary Steam Engine 9
Provided by the Kauri Museum, Matakohe
More to Maori Legends than Myth 10
Observations from Brian Mackrell
Emergency: Centre Island ZMC ... To ... ZLB 12
Lois Fox recalls her flight to hospital by Tiger Moth
The Art of French Knitting 18
Images from the Regions : Taranaki 20
John Pascoe: Author, Historian, Mountaineer, Photographer 30
Part II of Chris Maclean’s biography of John Pascoe
Slice of Life 36
A woman’s work is never done
Changing Schools 38
Schooldays of the 1950s
Remember the Saturday Matinée? 43
A photograph from Trevor King’s collection
Sepia Wedding 44
Poetry by Toni Quinlan
The Davis Cup 1920 - 21 46
Lawn court transplanted for tennis championships
Postcards from The Front 48
From Wayne King’s Collection
Lost on Mount Ruapehu 50
Loxley Jensen records the 1931 snowstorm and its consequences
Images from the Regions : Nelson / Marlborough 57
Mailbox 69
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72

Cover Image:
The 1918 photograph of Tang Yin Ling, returning
to his claim at Horse Flat near Macraes in Otago,
was kindly supplied by the Presbyterian Archives.

New Zealand Memories Issue 53
Fleming’s 4
Jan Adams relates memoirs of the Southland based company
The Rituals of Teatime 10
An excerpt from Rosemary McLeod’s handcraft book
The Hunted Hunts the Hunter 14
A childhood tale from Shirley Ayers
Grandad, the ANZAC 16
Kathie Furlong recalls conversations with her Grandad
Images of the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 19
Smoke Clouds over New Zealand 28
New Zealand’s tobacco history by Wayne King
Spud Picking 34
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Stuart Gray
A Slice of Life 36
The Queen Bee lost on Farewell Spit
The Wreck of the Queen Bee 38
Barbara Murray relates the fate of the ship
A Centurion Odyssey 44
Readers’ responses to an Issue 50 article
Not a Suitable Game for Young Ladies 46
Joyce Powell shows how attitudes have changed
In Print 49
The Victory March 50
Tony Russell recalls the War Savings Bonds
A Town and its School 52
Foxton celebrates 150 years
Images of the Regions: Otago 56
Can You Help? 65
Mystery Carnival Queen
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice: Following in Father’s Footsteps 72

Cover Image:
At the blackboard, Parikino Maori School in 1963

New Zealand Memories Issue 54
Tom Gibb – Filmaker 4
A profile by Mark Prebble
Reader’s Response 9
Lawrence Schwabe remembers the Catalina
Abundant Shelter 10
Taumarunui memories from Elizabeth Ward
Uncle John 12
Beverley Broad recalls the Radio Operator of the shipwrecked Manuka
Kiwi Ingenuity 17
Every photo tells a story
Miniature Memories 18
Bob Ayson invites readers to ‘take a step back in time’
Images from the Regions: The West Coast 20
The Chums Club 28
Children’s entertainment at the Liberty Theatre
The Saturday Matinée 32
Val Wood and Hugh Hickman share their memories
Make Do and Mend 34
Nothing was wasted according to Jewel Dell
Slice of Life 36
Cycle patrol raised to thwart the horse thief
Flying Fun 38
An ‘As I Remember’ story from Elizabeth Sunckell
Memories of Eastbourne Omnibuses 40
Era of Wellington’s Eastbourne buses by Tim Kerr
The Two Machines 46
New Zealand inventions impact the world. Written by Alan Turley
A Heart for the Young 50
The Presbyterian Support Service Association.
Images from the Regions: Auckland 54
Mailbox 66
In Print 68
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Fragrant baths to preserve the complexion
Cover Image:
Raising the Webby Bros. traction engine in
August 1905
Courtesy: Tasman Bays Heritage Trust, Nelson Provincial Museum.
F.N.Jones Collection Ref: 6x8 10010

New Zealand Memories Issue 55
1905 Originals 4
Documented by Bob Luxford of the New Zealand Rugby Museum
Eye-catching Postcards 11
Watercolours by Harry Rountree featured on postcards
Confessions of a Programmer 12
Alwyn Owen recalls his early radio days in Rotorua
Wellington / Wairarapa Regional Pages 17
A North Dunedin Childhood 28
A National Radio ‘As I Remember’ story by Alan Stephenson
Readers’ Responses 30
Two readers personalise the Gabriel’s Gully photograph
V.J. Day 34
Can you recall the events of 16 August 1945?
Viva Italia! 38
The Italian connection in New Zealand by Lynette Townsend
Albert Richard Bannister – New Zealand Inventor 46
By Dick Bannister
In Print 49
The Saga of the Long Drop 50
Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway shares an amusing tale
Who Remembers Mavis Rivers? 52
A profile by Kevin Bowen
Canterbury Regional Pages 56
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
What would Queen Victoria have thought!
Cover Image:
Dave Gallaher (spelt incorrectly on the original
photograph) captained the team during the 1905
rugby tour with Billy Stead as vice captain. The
Gallaher Shield is named after Dave who died for
his country in WWI.
The New Zealand Rugby Museum welcomes donations of rugby
memorabilia of all kinds. The Museum values and welcomes new
members. For an annual subscription of $20, members receive free
admission to the Museum, an informative half yearly newsletter and a warm fuzzy feeling for
helping record the history of the game.
New Zealand Rugby Museum, 87 Cuba Street, PO Box 36, PALMERSTON NORTH
Phone / fax 06 368 6947 email: info@rugbymuseum.co.nz www.rugby museum.co.nz

New Zealand Memories Issue 56
Bert Staples Remembers Harold Marsh 4
“A square peg in a round hole”
Pioneer Skiers 8
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Bob Stothart
The Story of Beet Algar and the Imperial Camel Corps 10
Geoffrey J. Lowe documents reminiscences of a WWI veteran
What Is It? It’s a Nose Whistle 13
Tony Russell examines an unusual item
The Chatham Islands 14
New Zealand’s second time zone visited by Pat Barron and Joan Monahan
Southland Regional Pages 20
The Story of Pelorus Jack 30
Courtesy of the New Zealand Postcard Society Inc. and William Main.
Keep Left and She’ll Be Right 33
Margaret Joyce Beumelburg notes social changes
The Small World of Purakanui 34
By Elizabeth Pulford
The Burning Emigrant Ship Piako 38
Mysterious events in 1878 recorded by Martin Beck
The Apron 46
An excerpt from Rosemary McLeod’s book ‘Thrift to Fantasy’
Ford Model T Sedan 1926 49
A vintage car on display at the Southward Museum
Torrent Bay – Abel Tasman National Park 50
Contributed by Bud Nalder and Joan Calder
Small Town Boosters, Big City Roosters 53
Denis MacManus reports on Masterton’s 1966 meeting
The Ibuki Story 54
Naval history from S.J.C. Fenn
In Print 56
Can You Help? 58
Gisborne and East Coast Regional Pages 60
Mailbox 66
Index, Genealogy List and Bibliography 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Hard Graft
COVER IMAGE: This 1909 photograph from
the W.F.Crawford collection shows the elegant
Pakarae Hotel on the East Coast in its heyday.
Courtesy of theTairawhiti Museum (Ref: 6290).
The museum is now on line - check it out on
www.tairawhitimuseum.org.nz

New Zealand Memories Issue 57
Pakeho Dreaming 4
Nostalgic memories from Ann Somerville
Wise Words and Precious Memories 8
Janice Ackerley looks at autograph albums of the past
Richard Owen Jarrett 12
Henry Christensen profiles ‘New Zealand’s strongest man – 1930s’
Home – Grown Homes 16
An excerpt from Chris Hunter’s book on caravans
A Dream Come True 18
An ‘As I Remember Story’ from Judith Wilcox
John Hogan – a Man of Trees and Magazines 20
Hugh Hickman interviews a man of vision
From the Regions: Wanganui/Manawatu 22
A Case of May and December 30
The Big ‘OE’ by Jennifer Beck
Readers’ Responses – the SS Duchess 34
Better Late than Never 35
Bill James receives a belated Christmas present
Slice of Life: Picton in Holiday Mood 36
“Save our Railway” 38
Sit-down protest at Kiwi Station
Hehita and ‘The Children of the Mist’ 40
Donald Cochrane takes us deep into the Urewera Ranges
First Holy Communion Day 44
By Peter J. Stuart
Lake Pukaki Memories 46
Jan Vernon recalls MOW days at the Hydro Dam project
Then and Now 52
A taste of Graham Stewart’s new book on Wellington
Frequent Diversions 54
By Charlie Murdoch as told by Rob Webb
In Print 56
From the Regions: Waikato 58
Mailbox 66
Index, Genealogy List and Bibliography 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Steam breakaway
COVER IMAGE: The Hunter children in the late 1880s
at the Foxton Hotel. Standing from left: John Francis,
Thomas Alexander and William Ernest, and seated,
Beatrice Mary and George Patrick. These are just five
of the fourteen children born to William and Katherine
Hunter between 1880-1897. Courtesy of Paul Giles.

New Zealand Memories Issue 58
Memories of a Young Postman 4
Denis Dewe recalls his first job
The Maori Lanzas : Remembering the Howard Morrison Quartet 8
By Christopher Paxton
The Tragic Crash of the Dornier Libelle off Milford Beach 10
As described by Paul Titchener
Class of 42 12
Early nursing experiences by Joyce Irving
Lovers in the Bush 16
A touching tale from John Dunmore
A Day with the Master 19
Paul Bensemann profiles Jim Henderson
Construction at Rimutaka 20
Pat Stanaway shares photographs and memories of the tunnel
From the Regions : Northland 24
The First Nineteenth Hole 32
Golf history from Alan Turley
Shoes to Last 33
An old last brings back memories for J. Edward Brown
The Thumb 34
A summer story from Ellen M. Hannigan
Slice : Camping at Hastings 36
Arthur’s Pass 38
Ivan D. Taylor explores the historic road to the West Coast
Mutiny on the Sandfly 47
A fascinating tale from Glenys Jackson
In Print 48
One Horse Power Machine 49
Those were the days by Jean Williams
The Plane that Vanished 50
Richard Waugh delves into an unsolved mystery
Government Life Postage Stamps 54
By Christopher Moor
From the Regions : Coromandel/Thames and Bay of Plenty 56
Mailbox 61
Index
Editor’s Choice 72
COVER IMAGE: Management team at the Rimutaka
Tunnel project office, early 1952, Mangaroa. Left to right:
J Johnston (USA), Tom Hindley (NZ), G.Stanaway (NZ),
Mrs M.Gallagher, (NZ) D.G.Stanaway (NZ), H.L.Leverton
(USA), L.Barney Rohe (USA), Frank B.Morrison (USA), T.
Connolly (USA), C.B Jones (USA). Courtesy: Pat Stanaway

New Zealand Memories Issue 59
Waitomo Caves : New Zealand’s Natural Phenomena 4
By Claire Duncan
Fit for a King … or Queen 10
The hotel at Waitomo
On a Dark and Stormy Night 12
The Athol Cresswell story as told by Max Pudney
Arrowtown Memories 16
Dave Cameron recalls his Otago upbringing
In Print 19
Full Steam Ahead 20
Motoring with Christopher Moor
A Tearoom Tribute 22
By Helen B. Laurenson
From the Regions : Nelson/Marlborough 28
Slice: Nelson Boys’ College Sports Day ca 1910 36
The Era of the Silvery Waterway 38
The Auckland ferries - written by Alan Turley in 1959
The Rise of Auckland’s Harbour Bridge 41
How we bridged the gap by Claire Duncan
Dear Darling : Letters and Letter Writing in Wartime 46
The significance of wartime letters by Deborah Montgomerie
From the Regions : Taranaki 51
German Link with New Zealand’s Mighty Kauri Tree 58
A contribution from the Kauri Museum
The Old Believers 60
Gordon Campbell recalls the arrival of Russian refugees in NZ
The Goldminer from China 64
A poem by Belinda Wong
Mailbox 66
Index, Genealogy List and Bibliography 70
Editor’s Choice 72
‘The Abyssinia Race’
COVER IMAGE:
The factory of E. G. Lane, Tees Street, Oamaru in 1905
Courtesy of the North Otago Museum

New Zealand Memories Issue 6
History brought alive for Social Studies students........ 332
Sarah Cohen finds an education resource tool of value for her students.
Cover photo brings family and friends together ......... 337
A real-life chain of events and coincidences that would have made a good TV soap.
Readers recall experiences of life on Portland Island.. 341
Schoolboy memories of Neil Whiteman and old photos from Eileen Tiller.
Aard story gets reaction from readers......................... 345
Victorian cricketers named and photo of whale clears up a myste1y.
It's spelt with a 'Z' due to it's uniqueness..................... 376
Bryan and Robynne Jackson's museum leaves a lasting memory
Fairlie Museum stagecoach escorts gold ..................... 380
Elizabeth Brien reports on activity marking the Police Centennial in 1986.
Local movie magazines kept fans informed ................. 382
Christopher Moor has researched the rise and fall of locally produced magazines.
The West Coast became a land of opportunity ............ 384
Graeme Carter records life in a sawmilling bush camp during the 1930s.
If you can't beat them, then join 'em............................. 386
Ron Cooke visits Republic Day in Whangamomona.
Waste not, want not at the P&T Dept ........................... 388
Manual records were recycled as Bob Luxford discovers.
PHOTO GALLERY
Learning from photos ................................................... 333
Postcard provides necessary ingredients for learning about our past.
Fashion: Dressed in Sunday best.................................. 336
Angela Lassig describes what the Hopkins children are wearing.
Can You Help: Bays should be recognisable ................ 346
Readers are asked to identify three seaside resorts.
Images from the regions: Wellington ........................... 348
Random selection of historic photographs from Wellington City, Hutt City, Upper
Hutt City, Porirua City, Kapiti Coast, Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa.
A slice of life: Roadmaking gang .................................. 360
A double page spread showing the men with their horses and carts.
Images from the regions: Canterbury .......................... 362
Random selection of historic photographs from Kaikoura, Hurunui, Waimakariri, Christchurch City, Banks Peninsula, Selwyn, Ashburton, Timaru, MacKenzie, Waimate and Waitaki districts.
Churches and Cathedrals of New Zealand ................... 375
St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland still a landmark.
Some toys go better than others ................................... 383
Two unusual cars definitely not built for speed.
Cookie's Corner: Concorde almost out of control........ 392
Ron Cooke delves into his jet boating files for a spectacular action shot.
Columns & Departments
Editorial: Response from readers welcomed........................................ 330
Mailbox: Readers have their say.............................................................. 334
Reader Information: How readers can help ........................................... 374
In Print: Keeping your bookshelf up to date ............................................ 389
Index: Quick-find for names and places................................................... 390

New Zealand Memories Issue 60
The Longest Running Soap 4
Alwyn Owen tells the Sunlight Soap story
Oh, Those Bikes 12
Jean Schaef relates her enjoyment of the bicycle
Stitched for Life 15
A poem by Lee Dowrick
Day Ends in Tragedy for Aeronaut 16
Captain Lorraine’s fatal ascent
Bull’s Eye 18
An ‘As I remember’ story by John Chudley
From the Regions : Otago 22
Water Bewitched and Tea Begrudged 31
Margaret Joyce Beumelburg returns with a charming tale
Who Stayed at the Boarding House? 32
Betty Nelley introduces a new exhibit at The Kauri Museum
Onwards Girls! 36
A golfing centrefold
When the Post Office Ruled 38
Wayne King’s article is illustrated by his postcard collection
Gropers Bush Public Library 42
From Margaret Jenner’s superb new book
On the Buses 44
Rob Webb previews the Bus and Coach Association’s book
The Legend of Little Biddy 50
Documented by Claire Duncan
Kawhia 52
The growth of this seaside town is told by Peg Cummins
Readers’ Responses 55
The Auckland Harbour Bridge
Duty Calls : Diary of a Soldier 56
Harry Spencer- 21981- Divisional Cavalry
From the Regions – Hawke’s Bay 58
Mailbox 66
Index, Genealogy List and Bibliography 70
Editor’s Choice 72
There’s a breakdown out there somewhere!
COVER IMAGE:
Tea Break
Boiling the billy at Martin’s Bush, Ahuroa in 1929.
Courtesy of The Kauri Museum, Matakohe

New Zealand Memories Issue 61
Arrived Wellington, 27 February 1946 4
Story of a war bride by Phyl Win
The New Zealand Illustrated Magazine 12
Items of interest from Geoffrey Lowe
Seagulls 14
An ‘As I Remember’ contribution written by Trevor Agnew
The Late Great Country Hall 18
Sara Newman recalls the social hub of the community
Acetylene Lights Were State of the Art 23
Tony Russell re-lives his father’s past
No Publicity for this Procession 24
William Main considers the issues surrounding Frank Breedon’s Funeral
Regions: The West Coast 27
Riot at Featherston 34
Sister Mavis serves ‘King and Country’
What, No Cycle Lane? 36
Buller Gorge centrefold
White Camellias 38
Women’s Suffrage written by Mandy Stark
Those Adorable Austins 45
From the Southward Car Museum
Happy Days at Stony Bay 46
Jan Hawthorn pens a Coromandel story
Fighting the Fury 50
The 1947 Ballantyne’s fire is recorded by Claire Duncan
In Print 53
Regions: Auckland 54
Mailbox 68
Can You Help? 69
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
School slates
COVER IMAGE:
Pioneer pilot Captain Bert Mercer greets passengers at Bruce Bay in September
1935. His Air Travel (NZ) Ltd airline was New Zealand’s first licensed scheduled air
service and first used de Havilland FOX MOTH ZK-ADI, which today still flys and
is based at Old Mandeville Airfield near Gore.
Courtesy: Whites Aviation via Richard Waugh.
Whites Aviation Historical Photo Library,
Open 8.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday,
Geo Smart, 34 William Pickering Drive, Albany, Auckland.
Phone: (09) 415 3101 Fax: (09) 414 0090
Email: info@geosmart.co.nz Website: www.geosmart.co.nz

New Zealand Memories Issue 62
Robert Laidlaw and The Farmers Trading Company 4
By Ian Hunter
Kiwiana - The Pavlova 12
Otorohanga celebrates New Zealand life and culture
Sunday Flying : Oscar Garden Charged 14
Mary Garden discloses her father’s brush with the law.
Patearoa Library 19
Corrugated iron building serves community
Major Thomas Bunbury 20
Geoffrey J. Lowe examines this soldier, artist and farmer
Wairoa Belle – World Record Holder? 23
By Alan Turley
From the Regions : Wellington 24
Numbers 34
A poem by Keith Austen
The Hidden River 36
Percy Ginders takes us back to Ngunguru’s coalmining era
Tragedy at Lone Rock 42
As recorded by Peter Trask
Real Gone, Man : Johnny Devlin and the Devils 46
Back to 1950s rock’n’roll with Christopher Paxton
A Long Way from Home 48
An ‘As I Remember Story’ by Annie Borgman
When Wexford was Alleyn 50
Christopher Moor looks at Dame Ngaio Marsh’s mysteries
Making Do 52
Teaching with Bert Boswell in unusual classrooms
From the Regions : Canterbury 54
After the Book : More Tales and Treasures 64
From Erika Grundmann, ‘German George’ researcher
Mailbox 66
In Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Cover image:
Napier, February 1931.
The aftermath of the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake.
Courtesy : Warkworth District Museum

New Zealand Memories Issue 63
The 1956 Springboks 4
From Bob Luxford of the New Zealand Rugby Museum
The Ubiquitous Bowler Hat 10
By Angela Lassig
Grandpa’s Bowler 11
As remembered by Jenny Cooper
A View from the Pit 12
Alwyn Owen in musical mode
Postcards from the Fields of Battle 16
Supplied by John Creamer
Memories of a Great Train Ride 18
Tim Kerr recalls a special journey
From the Regions : Southland 24
Migrants’ Christmas 32
A festive article from David Hastings
Slice of Life 36
…and pretty maids all in a row
Robert Laidlaw and The Farmers Trading Company 38
Part II : Turning Point by Ian Hunter
Lancaster Park 46
Claire Duncan profiles the much-loved stadium
A la Memoire de L’Aviateur Neo-Zelandais 48
A true story by John Stackhouse that befits the spirit of Christmas
Field’s Express 52
An “As I Remember” story by Alan Armstrong
The Telephone Box 54
J. Edward Brown discusses the traditional public phone
From the Regions: East Coast /Gisborne 56
Memories of V J Day 63
Those were the days by Hugh T. Jones
In Print 64
Mailbox 66
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
The days of do-it-yourself.
Cover image:
The McMasters sisters of Reefton, 1901
The sisters in front from left: Annie, Lotitia, Clara.
Courtesy: Coaltown Museum, Westport via History
House, Greymouth.

New Zealand Memories Issue 64
“To Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life” 4
Chinese Market Gardeners in New Zealand by Steven Young
Russian Jack 12
The ‘Last of the Swaggers’ interviewed by John Sinclair
The Old Coach Road 16
From the Murchison Historical Society and Museum
A Prime Position 17
Auckland City’s tramway signal cabin
Earthen to Electric 18
From hangi to coal range to electric stove by Claire Duncan
Home and the Range 22
Margaret Joyce Beumelburg and the faithful Shacklock
Regions : Waikato 24
Christchurch Aquarium and Water Gardens 34
An ‘As I Remember’ story from Alan Thomas
A Power Cycle with Punch 35
By Frank Cartwright
Dunedin’s Grand Railway Station – 100 years old 36
Bob and Pat Barron delve into this heritage building
Circus 42
John Sullivan brings the thrill of the circus alive
Cliff Richard and the Shadows 48
From Lorraine Williams, Ex-President of the Cliff Richard Fan Club
This Land is My Land 52
Nelson pioneers by Margaret Fenemor
In Print 54
Reader’s Response 55
The Congreve Building, Christchurch
Regions : Wanganui / Manawatu 56
Mailbox 66
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Lord of the Rings?
Cover image:
An electric stove in use, ca 1940.
Courtesy: Alexander Turnbull Library
From the ‘Making New Zealand Collection’
Ref: F-1571-1/4-MNZ.

New Zealand Memories Issue 65
My Grandmother’s Place 4
By Leonie Couper
Road to Akaroa 8
A picturesque view
Old Snap 9
Kiwi heartland poetry from Keith Austen
William Gordon: Artist Extraordinaire 10
A profile prepared by Maurice Norton
Last Stop for Gallipoli Railway Men 16
Petone’s dawn service attended by Michael Lulich
The Advance Party 18
Betty Chambers recalls the war years of 1939 – 1945
Regions : Northland 22
Ice Age 32
Scott Base turns 50 by Claire Duncan
Down Memory Lane 40
Schoolgirl reminiscences
“So Pleased We Came” 44
Mags Meechang’s Nelson experience
The Right Choice 48
Mr. E. Buchanan spent 44 years as a bank employee
Regions: Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty 50
Helping New Zealand Families 60
Joyce Powell on Karitane nursing
Reader’s Response 64
From Allan P. Berry, a senior philatelist and postal historian
Mailbox 66
In Print 68
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Hit the jackpot?
Cover image:
Bob Miller of the Southern Survey Party
taking a noon-sight on Great Glacier, on
New Year’s Day.
© Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection
(Ref: TAE1217).

New Zealand Memories Issue 66
That Moment 4
The joys of camping by Beverley Newton
Milton and the French Connection 8
By shipwreck historian Bruce Collins
Kiwi Mod: Ray Columbus and the Invaders 12
Christopher Paxton takes us back to the 1960s
When Mount Tarawera Erupted 14
A letter relates the horrifying experience
By the Powers 16
S.J.C. Fenn serviced the Powers Samas machines
From the Regions : Nelson / Marlborough 19
Sound Archives Celebrate 50 Years 28
By Karen Neill
Afternoons at the Beach 30
Val Wood recalls childhood picnics
Norman (Wizard) Smith takes on Ninety Mile Beach 32
By Keith Parker
Watching Us Watching Them 36
Charleston in the 1870s
Ice Age : Scott Base Turns 50 38
Part II by Claire Duncan
The Battle of Queen Street 46
Paul Titchener recounts the 1942 clash
NAC - Kiwi Icon 48
A feature by Peter Layne
Merivale School 1957 - 2007 54
A Surburban Tauranga Primary School turns 50 by Rob Webb
From the Regions : Taranaki 58
Mailbox 66
In Print 68
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
One eye on the paint pot … the other on the child
Cover image:
Collection of sound effects at the New
Zealand Broadcasting Service, August
1955
Courtesy of Archives New Zealand/Te Rua Mahara
o Te Kawanatanga, Wellington Office.(Archives Ref:
AAQT6401, A41185

New Zealand Memories Issue 67
Count von Luckner’s Motuihe Island Escape 4
By James N. Bade
Girl on a Swing 10
Fashion with Angela Lassig
The Shopping Mecca 12
A nostalgic trip down Auckland’s Queen Street with Cherie Devliotis
Hitchcock Believed in the Perfect Crime 18
The master of suspense in New Zealand by Christopher Moor
The Reed Story 20
Gavin McLean traces the history of the publishing giant
From the Regions : Otago 26
Many Hands Make Light Work 37
From the Nelson Provincial Museum collection
Cookie Curruthers 38
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Percy Allison
RMS Niagara 40
Memories from the deep by Keith Gordon
Threepenny Gins and the Coronation Parade 46
An interview by Vince Boyle
From Fledgling Flyer to Busy Airline 48
The Air Central story by Bruce Gavin
In Print 51
The Sunday School Anniversary 52
By Rex Falkner
Rugby League Celebrates its Centennial Year 54
Bernie Wood overviews the early years
From the Regions : Hawke’s Bay 58
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
The end of school milk
Cover Image:
Committee of the New Zealand
Axemen’s Association,
26 December 1904.
Standing: T.C. Stanners, Bert
Hayward, A.G. Whiting. Sitting:
F.A. Moore, F. Hardy, G.W.
Tayler, H. Wolfe, Alf Hansen
Courtesy: The Eltham Historical Society

New Zealand Memories Issue 68
Cross Creek 4
A feature from the Fell Locomotive Museum at Featherston
Mary-Annette Hay : Queen of Wool 10
Fashion with Angela Lassig
Leaving Home 12
Beverley Wood recounts childhood holidays and her ‘Big OE’.
Davy Gunn’s Camp 18
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Bill Holmes
Our Love Affair with Dance 20
By Georgina White
Cadbury Schweppes Hudson 24
From the files of the Early Settlers Museum
Regions: The West Coast 26
Opening up the Depression Cupboard 34
An exhibit item from Te Papa Tongarewa
The Timaru Rocket Brigade 36
A stunning centrefold supplied by South Canterbury Museum
Alfred Burton – Pioneer Photographer 38
Profiled by Gordon Campbell
South Canterbury Motorcycle Club 42
Photograph identified by Ashley Southgate
Lessons with Cynthia, Gertie … and Mathilda 44
Leonie Couper takes us on the road in the 1960s
In Print – Part 1 47
More on the Swagmen 48
A letter, a poem and a story
In Print – Part II 52
Regions : Auckland 54
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice : Bush Living 72
Cover Image:
Helen Harriet Johnston
(born 1897) in fancy dress.
Courtesy : Paul North

New Zealand Memories Issue 69
The Morris Eight .....4
A motoring tale by Alwyn Owen
The Hazel Craig .....9
Shipping historyfrom Tony Hudson
An Evolving Feast .....10
Alison Clarke examines Christmas in the 19th Century
Grandmother's Poems.....14
Memories through verse contributed by Terry Carson
Syd's Militia.....16
Compulsory Military Training by Bill Gabriel
I'm in the Army Now ........21
More memories of'CMT'from]ack C. Maddox
From the Regions : Wellington / Wairarapa.....24
A Very Early Maori Photographic Portrait.....34
The history ofa stunning portrait by Gary Law
New Year's Resolution.....36
A celebratory scenefrom the Alexander Turnbull Library
Scrapbooks : Remnants of Personal History.....38
An exhibit item from Te Papa Tongarewa
The Battle of the River Plate.....40
Bernard Sole's account is documented by Wesley Macdonald
Memories of a Childhood on Pararekau Island.....48
An article by Alison Brown
The Day the Flyer Came.....52
Gwyn Rapley documents a vivid childhood memory
Fast New Air Service to Nelson.....54
By Aviation historian Richard Waugh
From the Regions : Canterbury.....56
Mailbox.....66
In Print.....68
Index.....70
Editor's Choice.....72
Greetings at Christmas
Cover Image:
Sampson and Elizabeth Rowe
Courtesy: Robyn Corpe

New Zealand Memories Issue 7
A tribute to Maori and European ancestry .................. 400
Jacqueline Evans profiles Rotorua guide Maggie Papakura.
Sophia and Rangi also prominent tourist guides......... 403
Two guides who are remembered with special affection.
Steam locomotives at work on Spiral ........................... 404
Underpowered steam engines cause concern over safety.
Fern Arch removed during bulldozer era .................... 406
Charlie Llewellyn recalls the fate of the Fern Arch in the Buller Gorge.
Sheltered Bays were recognised .................................. 408
Readers write of their memories of Whitianga.
Shall we go, or not? ...................................................... 440
An unforgettable decision was made in 1952 to go fruit picking.
When horsepower meant horsepower......................... 444
Duncan Telfer records a trilogy of Wairarapa experiences.
Me and me job ............................................................... 447
Old Nick remembers in verse his job on Auckland trams.
The battle of the lakes ................................................... 448
Alan Akers tells how early settlers in the Wairarapa solved their flooding problems.
NZ’s heritage in pictures on the Internet ..................... 450
A new service launched by the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Moko clearly shown in early portrait ........................... 452
Some interesting facts concerning the original portrait of Tamati Waaka Nene
Columns & Departments
Editorial: Our overseas counterparts .................................................... 394
Mailbox: Readers have their say.............................................................. 396
Reader Information: How readers can help ........................................... 438
In Print: Keeping your bookshelf up to date ............................................ 453
Index: Quick-find for names and places................................................... 454
PHOTO GALLERY
Appetisers: Whakarewarewa ............................... 393, 399
Maori guide pictured in doorway of meeting house and under carved gateway.
Fashion: Formality of occasion ..................................... 398
Angela Lassig expertly describes the clothes of a Taihape family.
Whangamomona Pub.................................................... 409
Gary Hendry and Kath Anderson offer different views of the old Whanga Pub.
Can You Help: Meeting houses need identifying ......... 410
Readers are asked to identify these frustratingly familar photos.
Images from the regions: Gisborne .............................. 412
Random selection of historic photographs from the Gisborne district.
A slice of life: Horses and covered wagons .................. 424
A double page spread showing the men with their horses and carts.
Images from the regions: Southland ............................ 426
Random selection of historic photographs from Invercargill City,Gore and Southland
districts.
Churches and Cathedrals of New Zealand ................... 439
St John’s Church in Te Awamutu is a national treasure.
Cookie’s Corner: Running in unison ............................ 456
Ron Cooke delves into his files for one of his personal favourites.

New Zealand Memories Issue 70
Ninety-nine Days from Port to Port 4
Lucy’s Story by Eva M. Sullivan
Wartime Memories in Kuaotuna 8
Roz Percy remembers Grandma’s old kauri cottage
End of the ‘Six O’clock Swill’ 12
From Te Papa’s collection
Coaching in the South Island of New Zealand 14
Ivan Taylor shares his expertise
From the Regions: East Coast / Gisborne 22
Ujdur, Simun Mijo 1881-1953 28
Stephen A. Jelicich and Simun Ujdur Jnr. pay tribute
to a man of many talents.
Perfectly Balanced 36
Location of the Imperial Hotel sought
Anatoki Gold 38
By Robert Jenkin
Donkey Rides 46
John de Bonnaire gladly parted with his penny
The Young and the Brave 50
Max Pudney relates a bitter sweet WWII story
Knucklebones, Jacks, Fivestones
and Koruru in New Zealand 54
Janice Ackerley explores a favourite game
In Print 57
Y.M.C.A Boy’s Camp, Wainui 58
Pauline Arnold recalls Easter and Christmas camps
From the Regions: Southland 62
Can You Help? 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Second Take
Cover image:
Mail coach crossing the Otira River
Courtesy: Canterbury Museum Ref: 19xx 2.619
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