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Hold a 130-year-old glass plate negative up to the light, and you are holding a physical fragment of human memory. The 10,000 glass negatives of the Feaver Collection held at Puke Ariki Museum capture rural Ōpunake life from the 1890s to the...
The Government’s decision to pause its reform of local government until after the general election is, first and foremost, welcome. The decision by Local Government Minister Simon Watts and Cabinet reflects some fundamental questions...
When Eltham became a borough in 1901, the town’s new council decided to rename the main street. Within the town boundary, Mountain Rd became High St. History famously records Bridge St as the first tar-sealed road in New Zealand. Forgotten...
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of a railway line from New Plymouth to Waitara, on October 14, 1875. In this photograph, workers cart debris from Mt Eliot (formerly Puke Ariki Pā) between Egmont and Queen streets in New...
