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Te Awamutu's Beginnings
Tainui Maori first settled the Waikato area as early as the fourteenth century. Their forebears sailed to New Zealand from Hawaiki...
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Hochstetter's Travels
In 1857 geologist and explorer Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter began a world-wide voyage of scientific discovery on board the Austrian frigate, Novara. His travels brought him to New Zealand...
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The Finn Brothers
Brian Timothy Finn was born to Dick and Mary Finn at Te Awamutu on June 25, 1952. Brother Neil followed six years later....
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Armstrong Gun
There’s a large 12-pounder Armstrong gun in the NZ Wars exhibition at Te Awamutu Museum, and a fascinating story of how it got there...
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Te Maori 25 Year Anniversary
On September 10 1984 an exceptional exhibition of taonga (Maori cultural treasures) opened to critical acclaim at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...
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Mr and Mrs Smale
Florence Wright lived with her farming family nearby after being turned down as a missionary in China....
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Lake Karapiro
Valerie McMillan grew up in Karapiro where her father worked on constructing the dam. She remembers when the waters rose over their house...
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Constable Williamson: City Posting 1929-36
The Morning Shift – 5am to 1pm: One or two men would be put on fatigue at the city stations. Others would begin patrolling at what was a quiet time. Then the noise of tramcars and vehicles would begin with the rush of workers....
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Fatal Accident at Karapiro
Denice Spratt's family lost her grandmother to an accident at the Karapiro Dam....
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Beautiful Mt Maungatautari
You're about to start the climb. Looking up to the top of the mountain, and it seems to grow. Grow higher and higher into the clouds....
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