New Zealand Memories Issue 129 - Contents
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.
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New Zealand Memories Issue 129 - Index

A
A&G Price 61
air raid shelters 42
ALDRED Rev. John 23
All Blacks (1905) 12
anti-tank gun (German) 37
Aotea Centre 52
APATU Minola 17
Ashburton Hospital 18
AUBREY Dean 16
Auckland 25, 44, 50, 52
Auckland Domain 25
Auckland Hospital 18
Auckland Museum 25
Awakeri 57
Awakeri Hot Springs 57
Awanui Dairy Factory 34
B
Babylon 54
bach 47
BARNABY Jennifer 16
barracks (Lyttleton) 23
BARTLEY Kath 65
Pop 65
Basin Reserve 72
Battle of Messines 37
Battle of Orakau 7
BAXTER James K 54
Bay of Plenty 56
Bethleham 54
biblical placenames 54
board games 1, 52
BOSWELL Stella 63
Boys’ Brigade 43
BREBNER Billie 65
Geoffrey 65
Joan 65
Pat 65
Brightwater 52
BRONLUND Abe 63
Amy 63
Edward 64
Lou 63
Matilda 63
Roy 63
Ruby 63
Teddy 63
BROUGHTON Brother John 23
C
CALDWELL Margie 65
Calf Club Day 65
camping (Waipu) 29
canneries (Hawkes Bay) 18
Canterbury Association 21
Canvastown 54
CAREY Adrianne 65
Irene 65
Val 65
Wayne 65
Caterpillar D2 35
Central Hotel (Dargaville) 27
children’s games 7
Christchurch 21
Christianity 20, 25
Christmas 24, 25, 46
Christmas parade (Dargaville) 27
Church Missionary Society 56
CLAPPERTON Mike 16
clothing coupons 19
clothing maunufacturers (NZ) 19
Coldstream Guards (Britain) 18
Commercial Hotel (Whangarei) 31
Conservation (game) 52
CONWAY Juliet 16
COOK Celilia 16
Coroglen 54
Coromandel 62
Coromandel Peninsular 63
Country Women’s Institute 27
coupons (clothing) 19
COWIE John 68
CRANEFIELD Ray 42
cricket 72
Crown land 33
CRUMP Barry 65
CURL Capt. Archie 67
CUSHING Selwyn 18
D
dairy farming 28
dairy farming (Far North) 34
Dalmatian drainers 62
Dalmatians 32
Dannevirke 13
Dargaville 26, 67
drainage scheme (Hauraki Plains) 62
Driving Creek 62
Drybread 54
Dugout The (Dunedin) 41
Dunedin 38
Dunedin Normal 41
DUNNINGHAM Roy 16
E
EDMUNDS Maisie 50
education 63
Education Board 65
Enderly 54
entertainment 44
Eureka 54
F
Far North 32
farming 9
farming (Waipu) 28
Ferry Landing 54
films 44
FIRTH Mr J.P 13
Five Cross Roads 54
FLAVELL Henry 23
floats (Christmas) 27
food parcels (WW2) 41
footwear 68
footwear manufacturer 68
FORD Malcolm 16
FRAME Warwick 16
fruit picking (Hawke’s Bay) 18
fundraising 41
funeral procession 30
G
Game of Auckland (game) 52
Gentex (NZ) Ltd 68
Golden Crown mine 61
GOLDMAN Denis 16
goldmining 60
GOLDSMITH Edmund 58
GRACE MrT.S. 56
Grahamstown 60
GRUNDANOFF Len 16
Guilford John 23
gum digging 32
gum trader 33
Gumtown 54
H
Hairini 9
Hastings 14
Hastings Girls’ High School 17
Hastings High School 15
Hauhau 56
Hauraki Plains 62
HAWKINS Cliff 67
haymaking 28
Helensville 67
HENDERSON Eliot 16
Henry French & Sons store 62
Hiona St Stephen’s Church 56
HODGSON Jack 34
Hodgson’s Motors 9
HOLLAND Sid 16
Home Guard 39
Houhora Police Station 33
HUTCHINSON Margaret 52
I
immigration 14
Independent Mounted Rifles 39
INGLE Marama 27
Mr 27
IRELAND David 16
J
J. Yock & Co. 68
jandal 68
Jandals Ltd 68
JERKOVIC Caroline 33
Frana 32
Peter 33
Steve 32
Stipan 32
Jerusalem 54
Johnston 13
JOHNSTONE Harold 42
Jordon 54
K
Kaipara 66, 67
Kamo Intermediate 52
Kapanga Cheap Store 62
Karaka Stream 60
Kauaeranga 60
Kauri gum 32
Kauri Timber Co. 33
Kawakawa Rugby Club 13
Kawhia 9
KEARTON Ralph 64
Kihikihi 7
KILPATRICK Lorraine 16
KIRK Rev. William 23
knitting 39
KOMENE Mariana 33
KULUZ Dick 62
Kuranui, The 60
L
Legion of Frontiersmen 39
Lemon Adrian 17
Liberty Loan Bonds 40
LOUGHNAN Chris 49
LOWE George 18
Lyttleton 21
M
MacKAY James 60
Mangawhai Heads 30
MANIAPOTO Rewi 7
Mataura 41
Maungaturoto 30
Maunu 52
McCONNACHIE Dave 16
McGANN Columba 46
Mr 46
Mrs 46
McKENZIE Norm 12
menswear 19
Methodist Archives 21
Milford School (Auckland) 52
milk round 39
MILLS Alan 16
MITCHELL Leonard Cornwall 8
Mokomoko 56
MOLESWORTH Dover 33
Molesworth & Saies 33
Monet haystack 28
MORLEY Rev. William 21

MORTON Capt. Harry 67
Motutangi 32, 33
Motutangi School 33
Mystery Creek 9
N
National Service Badge 41
National Service Cadets 18
native flora and fauna 23
nativity play 25
Nelson College 13
New Zealand herald 52
Ngati Awa 57
No Town 54
North East Valley School 38
North’s Store 30
Northland 26
NZ board games 1, 52
NZ Expeditionary Force 37
NZ Friends School 52
NZ manufacturers (clothing) 19
NZ Rifle Brigade 37
NZ Road Safety (game) 52
O
Octagon (Dunedin) 40
Opoho 41
Opotiki 56
ORBELL Gary 16
Otago Boys’ High School 42
Otago Penionsula 42
Otoroa 33
P
Pai Marire 56
Papanui 23
PARK Sir Keith 42
PARKES Bev 16
patrotic funds 41
PAUL Allen 11
Bill 11
Christine 6
Don 11
Ted 11
PAVLOVICH Ilija 35
Perica 35
Peep-of-day 54
Pembroke 54
petrol rationing 28
petrol rationing (WW2) 50
PHILPOTT Isaac 21
picture theatres 44
PINEHA Dusky 17
Pohutukawa 24
poppet heads 60
Port Charles 63
Port Charles School 63
Port Lyttleton 21
Port of Auckland 67
Post Offices 54
postal service 54
postmarks 54
PRINCE PHILIP 31
Pukaahu Springs 57
Pyramid 54
Q
QUEEN ELIZABETH II 31
R
rabbits 41
RADIC Marija 34
radio 7
ration books 50
Rationing Emergency Regulations 50
rationing (WW2) 50
Raupo 54
raupo huts 61
REID Margaret 16
Mr W.F 42
REYNOLDS Bob 1, 52
Bruce 52
Jocelyn 52
Margaret 52
RODGERS Lindsay 42
ROGERS Mrs 41
royal tour 31
rugby 12
Rugby Park (Christchurch) 13
rugby referee 12
Rush Munro ice cream 18
S
SAIES William 33
SANDERS Henry Armytage 37
Sandy Bay 63
Sargoods 52
School Cadets 42
school pet day 6
school picnic 65
school rugby 13
school song 18
Selwyn’s Swamp 33
service car 9
shipping Charlotte Jane 23
Cressy 22
Isabel 67
Minerva 67
MV Rangitane 15
MV Rangitata 18
Randolph 21
Sir George Seymour 23
SS Rimutaka 15
Shortland 60
SHORTLAND Willoughby 60
Silverstream 48
Silverstream College 49
Silverstream Station 48
SMITH Allan 40
Beth 40
Ewen 40
Gordon 40
Smurf Road Saefty (game) 52
Softball (game) 52
SPIERS Allie 9
Spit 54
St Albans 23
St Albans Methodist Church 21
St John’s (Te Awamutu) 7
St Mary’s (Parnell) 50
St Stephen the Martyr 56
STENBECK Capt. E. 67
Stephenson & Turner 47
Stony Crossing 34
Styx 54
SUBRITZKY Capt. Alfred 67
Capt. Bert 67
Fred 67
Herbert W 67
Theo 67
Sunset 54
T
Takaka 19
Tauranga 58
Tauranga Harbour 58
Te Awamutu 4
Te Awamutu Primary School 4
Te Kao 33
Te Runanga o Ngati Awa Act 56
Te Teko Hotel 57
teaching 52
television 52
Thames 60
thermal springs 57
TIER Mr J.E 16
TIMU John 17
TIPENE Caroline 33
Mariana 33
Pirimona 33
TIZARD Dame Catherine 1, 52, 56
Tokerau District Maori
Land Court 34
Tokerau Native Land Board 34
Tookey’s Flat 60
Tophouse 54
Totara North 33
Tourist Trade (game) 52
trademark 68
Traffic (game) 52
Tramway Hotel (Coromandel) 62
tuberculosis 34
TURNER Alma 63
Charlie 63
Colin 65
Daisy 63
Don 65
Joy 65
Rose 63
U
US Marines         42
V
VAILLE Mr 28
Victory Bonds 40
VOLKNER Rev. Carl 56
W
Waiharara 35
Waihui 33
Waikawau 65
Waiotahi Stream 61
Waipu Cove 28
Waipu Cove School 28
Waitati 39
Waitemata Harbour 16
WALKER Bert 53
WALLACE Billy 12
Wanaka 54
Wanganui 52
WATKINS Rev. James 23
WATTIE Sir James 18
wedding dress 50
wedding trousseau (WW2) 50
Wellington 47, 72
Wellington College 13
Wesleyan Church of NZ 21
WEST Charles 54
Whangarei 52
Whangarei 31
Whangaroa 33
WHITE Leo 29
White Island 54
Whiteman’s Valley 49
World War One 37
World War Two 4, 38
Wurlitzer 45
X
Y
YERKOVICH Alice 33
Andrew 33
Doris 33
Drago 33
Gladys 33
Lena 33
Lionel 33
Marija 34
Mary 33
Milan 35
Peter 33
Violet 35
YOCK Morris 68
YOUNG Ian 16
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