Letters 6
Auckland’s Early Water Supply 8
Remembering Auckland’s first large-scale public water supply system.
Shore Things 12
David Hill looks back on New Zealand’s coastal defences.
A Country Vicar 16
Reflecting on the end of an era for some smaller communities churches around the country.
To Hell(es) and Back: The Daisy Patch 19
8 May 1915, the Battle at the Daisy Patch, is an almost forgotten tragedy in commemorations on Anzac Day.
Royal Whanganui 26
The monarch’s power to declare a town a Royal Borough has never been exercised in New Zealand. If it was, would Whanganui be the most qualified?
Gardens of Memories 28
20th-century Christchurch-based landscape designer Alfred Buxton and his magnificent gardens.
The Arrowtown Crib 31
Nicola Purdie-Smith shares memories of times spent at the family crib.
A Prized Possession 36
One mans love for his prized bicycle.
The Denniston Band 38
A glimpse into the importance of brass bands at the turn of the last century.
Queen’s Guard of Honour 42
Nelson College Cadets had a very important task to undertake in 1954.
The Cape Expedition in the Auckland Islands 44
World War Two’s coast watchers who kept a wary eye on the horizon for sightings of the enemy.
Whitianga Holidays 47
Christmas camping adventures at Whitianga.
Departing Tahuna Camp for Gallipoli 50
An unassuming street in Dunedin holds a strong link to history – for many soldiers it was the first step to the hell which was the Gallipoli campaign.
Sign Here: Grandad’s World War One Autograph Book 53
The memories preserved within a autograph book.
Where Two or Three are Gathered 56
A look at the history of the Auckland Chinese Presbyterian Church and its buildings.
More than Tin and Timber - Pastoral Huts 58
Recalling the romance of New Zealand’s High-Country Huts.
