Akoako

Book Launch 18th June at 6pm, at Schrodinger's Book Shop 137 Jackson St. Petone. If you are in Welly at the time - you are more than welcome to join me.

Lost Village of Mararewa

Let's remember what this Labour Weekend is all about - this man Samuel Duncan Parnell - and his vision - from 1840 - on Petone beach!! And to think that his grave is still hidden among lots of graves in the old Bolton Street Cemetery.

Another interesting find out in Motueka.

More from our historian in the Nelson/Tasman area

Here we go again, dont some Councils ever learn? And haven't we heard about the Fishers before in a similar situation??

Iwi fights plan to shut urupā and marae in 'gated community for the wealthy' A north Auckland iwi say developers of a luxuty lodge want to lock them out of the urupā where generations of ancestors are buried.

This will not be the only place in our country where this has happened.

Council urged to apologise for historical exhumations of impoverished Wellingtonians A bid is being made to get a plaque erected in memory of thousands of impoverished people whose remains were re-buried in unmarked graves at a Wellington cemetery in the mid-1900s because their plots hadn't been paid for.

Too many Councils without proper Heritage/Historical considerations - only interested in appeasing developers for the almighty dollar that they can gain!!

Heritage advocates outraged at plans to demolish 103-year-old memorial library Christchurch heritage campaigners are shocked at plans to demolish 103-year-old war memorial building. They want the city council to revoke the decision.

Despicable and the usual softly softly approach from HeritageNZ has not helped.
When will HNZ take a much more proactive stance on this sort of Historical Issue?

Pā Wars: Blasting at quarry blamed for partly destroying ancient village Even after contracting company J Swap learned of a slip that had destroyed part of an historically significant pā site, it kept blasting.