

Keith Newman
Fruit of the Cape Coast vine
The Clive Grange area was confirmed as an ideal location to promote wine making when international wine expert Romeo Bragato, on loan to the


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Memories from Springfield Road Bradshaws from the 1920s
Albert Bradshaw decided to move from Whakatu to Haumoana in the late 1920s after their doctor advised it would be best for the health of his


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Haumoana School History: Post-WW2 memories (Part 2 of 3)
The earthquake, air raid practice, nit inspection, picnics, blackberry burglars, fires, the ‘murder house’, six of the best and an ever exp


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Innovation and excellence behind Haumoana Fire Service
The Haumoana, Te Awanga and Tuki Tuki Volunteer Fire Brigade was formed in 1946 with about 20 members using bucket pumps, beaters, a home-ma


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Long life on Cape Coast A vitalised atmosphere
Fred Butcher and his wife Mabel (nee Sommerville) were told by Dr Reeves in Havelock North that because of the weakness in their infant son


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Haumoana School history: Tsunami safe centre of learning (Part 1 of 3)
Land was donated by a local farmer for what was originally known as Clive Grange School, at the corner of Parkhill and Raymond Rd, which ope


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Haumoana Basketball’s Long Game
It has always been like a family…In fact the history of the club is a bit like the history of Haumoana


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When Clive Grange became Haumoana
The area south of the Tukituki river mouth was still called Clive Grange until 1913 when the Post Office presumed to imposed a new name that


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The tale of two Black Bridges (part two)
By 1936, the bridge was clearly past its use by date; the decking was slippery and dangerous for horses and cattle and while sand was still


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Tobacco plans stubbed out
Random tobacco plants continue to appear in Haumoana and Te Awanga gardens and paddocks more than a century after the closure of a short-liv