New Zealand Memories Issue 148 - Contents
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 148 - Index

A

A&H Reed 43

AA Sign Posting Patrol 72

Aberdeen Company 59

Addington 16

Addington saleyards 16

agriculture 30

Air New Zealand 46

Amelia Neill 35

Armed Constabulary baths 13

ARVIDSON Ken 41

Ashburton 17

Auckland 22, 24, 40

Auckland Transport Board 24

B

BANKS Joseph 5

BATCHELDER David 54

BAXTER James K. 39

Bay View 64

BEGHER Mr W. 59

BELL Percy 33

BERNADINE Sister Mary 41

bicycle 20

Birkenhead 21

BLACKMAN Honor 48

BOLAND Mr E.B. 36

BOSWORTH Betty 40

BOSWORTH Harry 40

Bottle Creek 39

Broadbill swordfish 21

Brynderwyn 20

BURNS Mr 14

buses 24

C

CALDER Jean 22

CAMERON Peter 33

CAMERON Rev Ian 33

Canterbury 16

Cape Foulwind 9

Cape Jackson 4

Cape Reinga 20

Cape Reinga lighthouse 20

Castor Bay 39

cattle farming 51

Chainey Bros. 20

Chatham Islands 33

Cherry Island 15

children's magazine 43

Christchurch YMCA 26

Cindy Lou restaurant (Taupo) 14

Civic Theatre 22

comics 14

Conquest magazine 43

COOK David 56

COOK James 5

Cook Strait 7

copper mine (Kawau) 59

Copland Pass 26

Copland Valley 26

Country Women's Institute 67

CRAIG Michael 49

CRAWFORD Mr W.F. 35

curlers 29

cycling 20

Cyclone Bola 34

D

DARLINGTON Betty 13

DINGWALL Alan 26

Douglas rock hut 26

drover 16

droving (sheep) 16, 36

Dunsandel 19

E

Eastland 30

entertainment 48

explorer 5

F

FAITHFUL Mr 43

farming 16, 30

Fencibles 59

FILCHER Shirley 13

Fitter and Turner 24

Flagstaff Hill 21

floods 33, 36

floodwaters 33

FLUTEY Larene 13

FOX Carol 13

Foxton Beach 12

FRIZZELL Dick 42

G

gas lamp 53

GEORGE Garth 49

GILLMANG Michael 54

GILSEMANS Isaac 4

Gisborne 30

Grand Opera House 48

GREENE Katherine 54

Greenstone hut 51

GREY Sir George 60

GUMBRELL George 16

GUNN Davey 51

H

hairdressing 29

haka 9

Halfmoon Bay 57

HARGREAVES Frederick 36

HARRIS Alexander 59

Elizabeth 59

George 59

Hilda June 44

Jeanette 44

John 62

Kate 45

Malcom 44

Martin 45

Robert 44

Thomas 60

Hatfield's Beach 21

Hauraki Gulf 58

Hawke's Bay 64

Helensville 72

Henderson 46

Hermitage 26

His Majesty's Theatre 48

HOBSON Govenor 59

HOGG Colin 41

Hokianga 22

HOLMES Bill 18

Mrs 18

honey extractor 19

horseriding 14

HUNT Alf 1,38

Betty 40

Percy 40

HUNT Samuel Percival Maitland 1, 38

Jonathan 40

Stephen 40

Tom 41

HUTCHINSON Amy 64

Frank 64

I

Invercargill 53

J

JACKMAN Roger 24

Jamestown 51

JOHANNSEN Mrs 22

journal (Abel Tasman) 7

K

Kaeo 22

Kaipara Harbour 41

Kaitaia 22

Kawau Island 58

Kohipatiki 66

L

Lake McKerrow 51

Land Wars 61

LANGE Mrs 32

Le Mans Hamburger Bar 15

LEE Henry 15

LEWIS Joss 19

lighthouse (Cape Reinga) 22

literary awards 42

LOGAN Alexander 54

M

MACK Rudiger 10

magazine (children's) 43

maize 30

Majestic Thaetre (Taupo) 14

Makaraka School 33

Mana College 41

Mansion House 59

Mansion House Bay 58

Mãori Chief (Patuone) 61

Mãori clothing 11

Mãori culture 66

Mãori medicine 61

Mãori shearers 30

Mãori waka 10

Mãori women 66

Mãori Women's Institute 66

map (1600s) 7

mapmakers 7

MARTIN Carol 13

Martin's Bay 51

Masonic Hotel (Orepuki) 52

Masterton 39

Mataura 52

Matawhero 32

Matawhero Church 32

McCormick Deering tractor 19

McGUCKIN Bill 21

Mr 21

McINTYRE Elizabeth 58

McKENZIE Alice 51

Hugh 51

MERCER Beverley 13

MITCHELL Frank 43

MOGRIDGE Mr 14

Mohua 5

MORGAN George 20

MORTON JONES Lt. 59

Mount Cook 26

mountain guide 26

Mt Eden 45

Murderer's Bay 8

MURRAY Lyn 26

N

navigation 7

NEAL Dan 22

Dolly 22

Netherlands East India Co. 5

NEWSHAM John 68

Ngati Tumatakokiri 5

NINNIS Capt. 59

North Auckland 72

North Cape 20

Northland 20

Nuhaka 66

Nukuhau 15

NZ Red Cross 64

NZ South Seas Exhibition 65

NZ Women's Institute 64

NZBC 48

NZWI National Conference 67

O

OGLE John 56

Ohangaiti 21

OLDFIELD Mr C. 51

Onehunga 43

Orepuki 52

overseas experience 68

P

PAHEWA Canon Hakaraia 31

Paihia 21

Papatoetoe 23

Paremata Harbour 39

PATON Harold 49

PATUONE Eruera maihi 61

permanent wave 29

permanent wave machine 29

PERRY Alan 14

June 13

Kevin 14

Mr 14

Mrs 14

Petone 12

photographer (George Turner)57

Picture Palace Theatre 35

Pilbrows Hill 20

poet 1,38

Port Albert 72

pukaea 9

punt 36

Q

R

railway 21

Railway Hotel (Orepuki) 52

REED Mrs 61

REEVES Sir Paul 42

Rickits Hall 14

Rissington 64

roading (North Auckland) 72

Rosie & Co 35

Rotorua 23

ROWLANDS Mr 15

Mrs 15

rural meetings (women) 64

Russell 21

S

sailing 54, 58

SAMPSON Sam 56

Seddon Memorial Tech 24

Selwyn River 17

SEWALL Stephen 54

shearing gang 30

sheep 17

sheep (droving) 36

sheep dog 17

SHERWIN Mrs 44

shipping: Anna Watson 59

Endeavour 5

Heemskerck 4

HMS Pandora 59

Maruffa 54

Moana 58

Pearl 57

SS Oronsay 68

SS Orsova 68

Zeehaen 4

shipwreck 54

sign posts 72

SKEEN Jocelyn 13

Josey 14

Soldier Relief Scheme (WWI) 64

Southland 51

Spa Hotel 13

SPENCER Jerome 64

SPILLER Paul 49

sport's meeting 35

squash 46

St Heliers 22

St Mary's Basilica (Invercargill)53

St Peter's Catholic College 40

Stephens Osland 4

STEVENS Elizabeth 44

George 40

Georgie 44

Hilda June 44

Stewart Island 57

Sunday School 32

SUTCLIFFE Mr H.G. 29

T

Taihape 21

Takatu Point 61

TAMATI WAAKA NENE 61

TASMAN Abel Janszoon 5

Taupo 12, 23

Taupo boat harbour 15

Taupo-Nui-A-Tia school 13

Tautuku Peninsula 54

Tautuku Youth Camp 56

Te Ika a Maui 5

TE KOOTI 32

Te Paki Station 22

Te Waewae Bay 52

Te Wai Pounamu 5

television 48

THATCHER Sir Frederick 59

theatre 48

Three Kings Island 4

Tolaga Bay 36

tramping club (Christchurch) 26

Turanganui Redoubt 32

Turangarere 23

TURNER George Middleton 56

TURNER-WILLIAMS Emily 66

U

Uawa River 36

Uawa River Bridge 36

United Dutch East Indies Co. 8

Universal Grinding Machine 24

V

Valley 26

Van Nierop 5

VIELE Shiela 54

VISSCHER Frans 7

W

Waiheke Island 41

Waikanae Beach 33

Waipaoa River 33

Waipapakauri 22

Waipoua Forest Reserve 22

Waipu Cove 21

Waitangi Tribunal 33

war bride 44

WELCH Joseph 51

Wellington 48

Westland 26

WHITE Dame Robin 41

WILLIAMS Vic 26

WILSON Les 22

Wilson's Family Hotel 52

WINCHCOMBE Gayle 13

WITSEN Nicolaes 10

women's group (NZWI) 64

Women's Institute 64

World War One 64

World War Two 44

X

Y

yacht (Maruffa) 54

Z

To North Cape By Bicycle
An epic ride for teenager Ian Gregory in the summer of 1952.

Charm it Crazy
Rolland McKellar interviews Sam Hunt.

The Perm
Who remembers the permanent wave machines at hairdressing salons?