Keith Newman
Te Awanga - Dirt roads to development: The evolution of a village (Part 2 of 2)
Access to Te Awanga was by metal road until it was finally sealed in the late 1930s with metal provided from a large quarry near the present
Keith Newman
Tiromoana terrain: Tough land to tame
It was a harsh and difficult section of land to farm with several changes over the next two decades as different parties either leased or ow
Keith Newman
Te Awanga - Oat paddock to oasis The evolution of a village (Part 1 of 2)
Te Awanga village evolved over several decades as families camped by the beach near the Maraetototara river mouth and squatters built rugged
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
Keith Newman
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
Keith Newman
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
Keith Newman
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
Keith Newman
Te Awanga railway iron protection
Back in the 1970s Te Awanga locals, fed up with inaction by local authorities over the regular erosion in front of their beachfront homes to
