Virgo
August 23 - September 22A strong sense of relationship optimism and purpose, is not only allowing you to gain a better sense of perspective over where you're going, it is also helping to open up the communication lines. This is a time to be talking about your future, your dreams and where you're going, not to be raking up the past and reliving old issues. It's time to be moving on, but in a way that is inspired and excited about what the future holds.
Saturday, October 28
South Taranaki Women
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/stwomen.html
Maggie Brown - Corner Shop Owner Maggie Brown was born on the 6 July 1887 at Hawera, the third youngest of 11 children of John and Elizabeth Brown nee Smith. John and Elizabeth came to Hawera in 1877, where they purchased Priest Hill farm, 124 acres on Waihi Road, now Hicks Park. It was a town supply farm, John being Hawera’s first milkman. All the family milked, by hand.
In common with most children of that time, Maggie was “brought up on horses” and it was soon evident that she possessed a particular talent for horse riding. She has an excellent carriage and presented a handsome picture when dressed in her riding gear. She had a wonderful seat and hands when mounted. Maggie competed with great success in A and P Shows from Palmerston North to New Plymouth, winning numerous gold medals, wrist watches and enough certificates to cover a horse blanket. Her most notable successes were scored on Osprey, a 17 hand hunter, owned by Stan Symes and looked after by E W Symes of Waverley. Maggie was also an accomplished huntswoman. She rode for 30 years and only retired after a serious accident sustained at Kakaramea.
At one competition, Maggie was riding all of the three remaining horses in an event, and as she fell and broke her wrist, there could be no result.
Maggie was a tailoress by trade and worked for Messrs Adamson and Robb, Hawera, before moving to Wanganui where she worked for Mr A Webb, a Wanganui tailor.
She moved back to Hawera in the 1933-34 period, and purchased a shop on the Glover Road and Union Street corner from a Miss Bridge. For nearly 30 years, Maggie served the traveling public, selling sweets, ice-creams (in season, from an ice-chest), newspapers etc and was well known for her patience and courtesy, particularly to the hundreds of children who traveled by train to school in Hawera.
In the days of the depression, Maggie operated a labour bureau from her shop. She dealt with people in desperate situations prepared to work. Her manner of handling these people was akin to a modern day social worker, and she had considerable sympathy for the underdog. Many lasting friendships were formed. The field of placement was usually domestic or farming. There were some employers with whom she eventually refused to do business with after a bad track record.
Maggie Brown died on the 28 June 1973 at Hawera aged 85 years.
SOURCE
Brown family
Maggie Brown - Corner Shop Owner Maggie Brown was born on the 6 July 1887 at Hawera, the third youngest of 11 children of John and Elizabeth Brown nee Smith. John and Elizabeth came to Hawera in 1877, where they purchased Priest Hill farm, 124 acres on Waihi Road, now Hicks Park. It was a town supply farm, John being Hawera’s first milkman. All the family milked, by hand.
In common with most children of that time, Maggie was “brought up on horses” and it was soon evident that she possessed a particular talent for horse riding. She has an excellent carriage and presented a handsome picture when dressed in her riding gear. She had a wonderful seat and hands when mounted. Maggie competed with great success in A and P Shows from Palmerston North to New Plymouth, winning numerous gold medals, wrist watches and enough certificates to cover a horse blanket. Her most notable successes were scored on Osprey, a 17 hand hunter, owned by Stan Symes and looked after by E W Symes of Waverley. Maggie was also an accomplished huntswoman. She rode for 30 years and only retired after a serious accident sustained at Kakaramea.
At one competition, Maggie was riding all of the three remaining horses in an event, and as she fell and broke her wrist, there could be no result.
Maggie was a tailoress by trade and worked for Messrs Adamson and Robb, Hawera, before moving to Wanganui where she worked for Mr A Webb, a Wanganui tailor.
She moved back to Hawera in the 1933-34 period, and purchased a shop on the Glover Road and Union Street corner from a Miss Bridge. For nearly 30 years, Maggie served the traveling public, selling sweets, ice-creams (in season, from an ice-chest), newspapers etc and was well known for her patience and courtesy, particularly to the hundreds of children who traveled by train to school in Hawera.
In the days of the depression, Maggie operated a labour bureau from her shop. She dealt with people in desperate situations prepared to work. Her manner of handling these people was akin to a modern day social worker, and she had considerable sympathy for the underdog. Many lasting friendships were formed. The field of placement was usually domestic or farming. There were some employers with whom she eventually refused to do business with after a bad track record.
Maggie Brown died on the 28 June 1973 at Hawera aged 85 years.
SOURCE
Brown family
Wednesday, October 25
Lady Luck Takes Up Residency
Lady Luck takes up residence in Hawera 25 October 2006
Luck seems to be stuck in Hawera. It all started a fortnight ago when a Lotto player picked up one of 10 Dream year promotions, worth $180,000.
That was followed by a second division Powerball winner, who picked up $57,000.
Now the luck has switched to two Instant Kiwi winners, with an elderly Hawera woman winning $50,000 on a crossword ticket last week.
The 79-year-old, who wants to remain anonymous, said she went to buy a ticket only after reading about an upcoming windfall in her stars.
"I can't believe it," the grandmother of eight said. "I don't often play these games and I didn't think I'd won anything when I took it into the shop for them to put through the machine."
That was not the end of the town's run of luck. Another Instant Kiwi winner picked up $25,000 at the weekend.
Luck seems to be stuck in Hawera. It all started a fortnight ago when a Lotto player picked up one of 10 Dream year promotions, worth $180,000.
That was followed by a second division Powerball winner, who picked up $57,000.
Now the luck has switched to two Instant Kiwi winners, with an elderly Hawera woman winning $50,000 on a crossword ticket last week.
The 79-year-old, who wants to remain anonymous, said she went to buy a ticket only after reading about an upcoming windfall in her stars.
"I can't believe it," the grandmother of eight said. "I don't often play these games and I didn't think I'd won anything when I took it into the shop for them to put through the machine."
That was not the end of the town's run of luck. Another Instant Kiwi winner picked up $25,000 at the weekend.
Monday, October 16
Grafitti Clean Up
Graffiti clean-up crew threatened 16 October 2006
By CRAIG JEFFREYOne suburb in Hawera is too dangerous for community corrections workers to remove graffiti.
Contractor Murray Sulzberger refused to allow his small team to enter a state housing area in Ramanui following a threat to shoot one of the workers if they touched a tagged iron fence.
"When I went to get my crew, one of them said he'd been warned by another community service worker (formerly known as PD workers) not to touch the fence, or his missus would shoot him," he said.
The 200-metre iron fence is tagged along its length with gang insignia and graffiti.
For safety reasons, Mr Sulzburger did not allow his workers to go to the area and, in future, would not wash graffiti off fences there.
Graffiti along Fairfield Rd is out of control, with nearly half of all fences up to Manawapou Rd being vandalised.
One house, which was recently moved onto a section and redecorated, had a brand new wooden fence covered in spray paint graffiti within a month of being built.
The South Taranaki District Council has doubled its graffiti removal budget for this financial year to $40,000.
A zero-tolerance policy and a proactive approach will see the council treat graffiti as vandalism.
"But the council cannot do it alone," community services manager Jan
Martin said.
At a meeting held at Ngati Ruanui Iwi's offices on Wednesday, representatives from police, Black Power, Child, Youth and Family and Maori wardens unanimously agreed to enter a partnership with the council and develop a strategy to solve the problem.
The representatives agreed a modified crimebusters diversion scheme, such as that which operates in Porirua, could work in Hawera.
The scheme had been developed to make youths under 17 accountable for their criminal offending.
It targets first and second-time offenders, who are put to work cleaning up the mess and are in full view of the public on weekends.
By CRAIG JEFFREYOne suburb in Hawera is too dangerous for community corrections workers to remove graffiti.
Contractor Murray Sulzberger refused to allow his small team to enter a state housing area in Ramanui following a threat to shoot one of the workers if they touched a tagged iron fence.
"When I went to get my crew, one of them said he'd been warned by another community service worker (formerly known as PD workers) not to touch the fence, or his missus would shoot him," he said.
The 200-metre iron fence is tagged along its length with gang insignia and graffiti.
For safety reasons, Mr Sulzburger did not allow his workers to go to the area and, in future, would not wash graffiti off fences there.
Graffiti along Fairfield Rd is out of control, with nearly half of all fences up to Manawapou Rd being vandalised.
One house, which was recently moved onto a section and redecorated, had a brand new wooden fence covered in spray paint graffiti within a month of being built.
The South Taranaki District Council has doubled its graffiti removal budget for this financial year to $40,000.
A zero-tolerance policy and a proactive approach will see the council treat graffiti as vandalism.
"But the council cannot do it alone," community services manager Jan
Martin said.
At a meeting held at Ngati Ruanui Iwi's offices on Wednesday, representatives from police, Black Power, Child, Youth and Family and Maori wardens unanimously agreed to enter a partnership with the council and develop a strategy to solve the problem.
The representatives agreed a modified crimebusters diversion scheme, such as that which operates in Porirua, could work in Hawera.
The scheme had been developed to make youths under 17 accountable for their criminal offending.
It targets first and second-time offenders, who are put to work cleaning up the mess and are in full view of the public on weekends.
First Time Author
First-time author set for success 16 October 2006
By YVETTE BATTEN Mike Christiansen woke up in the early hours of the morning, about four years ago, with an idea.
That idea is about to make its debut.
"I woke up at 3am one morning and decided I was going to write a book – and by 5am I had all the characters," Mr Christiansen said.
His first book, Jack, is on the press with the first copies going on sale after Labour Weekend.
"This story follows the mishaps and adventures of Jack and his mates, Ruka, Zeb and Toby," Mr Christiansen said.
Along the way, they try to outsmart the school bully, discover that girls are not always bad and learn to stand up for things they consider important.
"When they discover that the skatepark land could be bought by the grumpy local busybodies, they decide that something must be done," he said.
The characters are not based on anyone in particular, but parts of the storyline were inspired by Mr Christiansen's experiences.
Mr Christiansen is the first to admit he's not the most avid book fan, but he hopes his children's book will inspire youngsters to read more.
"I'm a builder, not a writer," he said.
The book has been produced with local cartoonist Karl Quinn of Screen Art, Taryn Lobb and Jago Print and Graphics Ltd.
The first production will see 500 copies deposited in book stores and surf outlets in Oakura and New Plymouth.
But that's not all Mr Christiansen has been up to – he's already got two other books in the pipeline, set to follow on from his first if it goes well.
"If there's any interest in this, I'll do it (print the others). It depends on how it sells," he said.
By YVETTE BATTEN Mike Christiansen woke up in the early hours of the morning, about four years ago, with an idea.
That idea is about to make its debut.
"I woke up at 3am one morning and decided I was going to write a book – and by 5am I had all the characters," Mr Christiansen said.
His first book, Jack, is on the press with the first copies going on sale after Labour Weekend.
"This story follows the mishaps and adventures of Jack and his mates, Ruka, Zeb and Toby," Mr Christiansen said.
Along the way, they try to outsmart the school bully, discover that girls are not always bad and learn to stand up for things they consider important.
"When they discover that the skatepark land could be bought by the grumpy local busybodies, they decide that something must be done," he said.
The characters are not based on anyone in particular, but parts of the storyline were inspired by Mr Christiansen's experiences.
Mr Christiansen is the first to admit he's not the most avid book fan, but he hopes his children's book will inspire youngsters to read more.
"I'm a builder, not a writer," he said.
The book has been produced with local cartoonist Karl Quinn of Screen Art, Taryn Lobb and Jago Print and Graphics Ltd.
The first production will see 500 copies deposited in book stores and surf outlets in Oakura and New Plymouth.
But that's not all Mr Christiansen has been up to – he's already got two other books in the pipeline, set to follow on from his first if it goes well.
"If there's any interest in this, I'll do it (print the others). It depends on how it sells," he said.
Taranaki Still Inspires Writer
Taranaki still inspires writer 16 October 2006
By JAYNE HULBERT Prolific writer Graeme Lay owes much of his inspiration to growing up in coastal Taranaki.
Lay, who grew up and went to school in Opunake, says even today that if he needs to be inspired, he just drives through the town.
Now living in Auckland, Lay was in New Plymouth on Saturday to speak at the annual Power of Words writers event.
"Opunake was a great place to grow up. It did have a wonderful beach and, like most writers, I have a strong affinity with the sea," Lay said.
He laughed, recalling a friend telling him "you can take the boy out of Opunake, but you can't take Opunake out of the boy".
"Which is a very cruel thing to say but, like most cruel things, is very true."
He said during the winter months, the local library became his domain. "Now I can't go through any small town in New Zealand without finding the library."
Lay has written novels, short stories, children's and travel books and has edited a range of publications.
His latest novel, Alice And Luigi, sees him blend his own genealogy with history and fiction. The book is based on the lives of his paternal great-grandparents.
Lay said delving into the lives of his ancestors began as a genealogy project and ended up as a novel. After finding Luigi's naturalisation certificate, Lay had to invent a life for him.
Luigi is an Italian fisherman who flees his homeland in 1878 after committing a crime. Arriving in New Zealand, he meets Alice. They fall in love and start a family in Makara, on Wellington's south coast.
On Saturday, Lay also shared the story behind the painting that graces the novel's cover.
It is called Babette – a portrait of Alice and Luigi's third daughter, Alicia, painted in 1905 by Frances Hodgkins.
Lay said Hodgkins arrived at Luigi and Alice's home asking for help to carry her equipment to the beach so she could paint Kapiti Island. Luigi offered his 15-year-old daughter Alicia.
"On the beach, the girl's bonnet blows off and all her red hair cascades down, and the artist says, `forget about Kapiti, I want to paint you'."
By JAYNE HULBERT Prolific writer Graeme Lay owes much of his inspiration to growing up in coastal Taranaki.
Lay, who grew up and went to school in Opunake, says even today that if he needs to be inspired, he just drives through the town.
Now living in Auckland, Lay was in New Plymouth on Saturday to speak at the annual Power of Words writers event.
"Opunake was a great place to grow up. It did have a wonderful beach and, like most writers, I have a strong affinity with the sea," Lay said.
He laughed, recalling a friend telling him "you can take the boy out of Opunake, but you can't take Opunake out of the boy".
"Which is a very cruel thing to say but, like most cruel things, is very true."
He said during the winter months, the local library became his domain. "Now I can't go through any small town in New Zealand without finding the library."
Lay has written novels, short stories, children's and travel books and has edited a range of publications.
His latest novel, Alice And Luigi, sees him blend his own genealogy with history and fiction. The book is based on the lives of his paternal great-grandparents.
Lay said delving into the lives of his ancestors began as a genealogy project and ended up as a novel. After finding Luigi's naturalisation certificate, Lay had to invent a life for him.
Luigi is an Italian fisherman who flees his homeland in 1878 after committing a crime. Arriving in New Zealand, he meets Alice. They fall in love and start a family in Makara, on Wellington's south coast.
On Saturday, Lay also shared the story behind the painting that graces the novel's cover.
It is called Babette – a portrait of Alice and Luigi's third daughter, Alicia, painted in 1905 by Frances Hodgkins.
Lay said Hodgkins arrived at Luigi and Alice's home asking for help to carry her equipment to the beach so she could paint Kapiti Island. Luigi offered his 15-year-old daughter Alicia.
"On the beach, the girl's bonnet blows off and all her red hair cascades down, and the artist says, `forget about Kapiti, I want to paint you'."
Residential Junk Yard
Residential junkyard to be sold 16 October 2006
By RICHARD WOODD Hawera's most notable eyesore, Maurice Boyd's residential junkyard on Glover Rd, is to be put up for sale.
Mr Boyd and his wife Thelma have bought a house on Davidson St and will sell their half-acre Glover Rd property on two titles when the new valuations are released in early December.
Mr Boyd has had an ongoing battle with local councils for years, over using the property for car wrecking and scrap storage.
There are 16 old cars on the property, including five blocking the driveway and another three parked on the street. Three sheds are overflowing with assorted plumbing materials, car parts and old lawnmowers. The large house is also packed with material.
Mr Boyd said he had always been sure of his historic and continuing right to use the residential-zoned property for business purposes.
About five years ago, the South Taranaki District Council paid for a high fence to be erected to screen the front yard from public view.
This was after Mr Boyd responded to an abatement notice by being approved for legal aid assistance and announcing he would fight the action in court.
"The Mayor Mary Bourke and then chief executive Toby Hall came to see me. Over a coffee they said the case would cost them $15,000 and it wasn't worth it. I told them they'd never win. They then paid their contractors PAE to erect and paint a fence across the front."
Mr Boyd said the council's biggest mistake was giving him the option of shifting all his junk and old cars or putting up a fence to screen it.
"That meant they approved the stuff being here as long as it was hidden from view."
Mr Boyd also owns the Hawera Handyman Barn on Union St, which has also caused him problems with the council for many years because of his goods spilling out onto the footpath.
"I've tried to talk reason with (council environmental manager) Graham Young, but he does everything by the rulebook."
Asked why he had decided to sell up and move, Mr Boyd said: "It's time to start thinking about retirement. I've had health problems – I've had a breakdown, five hip replacements and I've now got the beginnings of Parkinson's disease.
"I've resisted numerous offers for the property. I've decided that once the new valuations arrive, I'll advertise for expressions of interest first, in case anyone wants to go for a re-zoning, then maybe sell by tender or auction." Mr Boyd said the property would be tidied up before the sale.
"I'll have a clean-up here. I'll just take it quietly, no need to rush things. When you look around, there's not a colossal amount of stuff here. Some of the cars are nearly ready for the crusher.
"It's got to be worth $250,000-$300,000. If we don't get our price, we'll put a tenant in and just carry on as is, but living in Davidson St."
A plumber by trade, he is also a scrap dealer, second-hand dealer, car wrecker, antiques dealer, a lawnmower fixer, and books dealer. "I'm all of those. I'm a general trader."
He denies he gets pleasure from his battles with the council.
"No, I'm just defending my rights. I don't scrap for the sake of it. But I'll bite back if I'm attacked."
Thanks to that tenacity, and the council deal, his reputation of owning one of Hawera's biggest eyesores is waning.
"Well, what can they see but a fence?"
His wife scotches any notion that he is planning to start over again at Davidson St, or keep his shop at Glover Rd.
"There's no way he's taking anything to Davidson St," she said. "I'm putting my foot down. It's not going to happen again. That's what our boys said and that's what I'm saying."
Council spokesman Graham Young declined to comment on Mr Boyd's plans. However, he is understood to have put his head in his hands when told Mr Boyd had bought another house.
By RICHARD WOODD Hawera's most notable eyesore, Maurice Boyd's residential junkyard on Glover Rd, is to be put up for sale.
Mr Boyd and his wife Thelma have bought a house on Davidson St and will sell their half-acre Glover Rd property on two titles when the new valuations are released in early December.
Mr Boyd has had an ongoing battle with local councils for years, over using the property for car wrecking and scrap storage.
There are 16 old cars on the property, including five blocking the driveway and another three parked on the street. Three sheds are overflowing with assorted plumbing materials, car parts and old lawnmowers. The large house is also packed with material.
Mr Boyd said he had always been sure of his historic and continuing right to use the residential-zoned property for business purposes.
About five years ago, the South Taranaki District Council paid for a high fence to be erected to screen the front yard from public view.
This was after Mr Boyd responded to an abatement notice by being approved for legal aid assistance and announcing he would fight the action in court.
"The Mayor Mary Bourke and then chief executive Toby Hall came to see me. Over a coffee they said the case would cost them $15,000 and it wasn't worth it. I told them they'd never win. They then paid their contractors PAE to erect and paint a fence across the front."
Mr Boyd said the council's biggest mistake was giving him the option of shifting all his junk and old cars or putting up a fence to screen it.
"That meant they approved the stuff being here as long as it was hidden from view."
Mr Boyd also owns the Hawera Handyman Barn on Union St, which has also caused him problems with the council for many years because of his goods spilling out onto the footpath.
"I've tried to talk reason with (council environmental manager) Graham Young, but he does everything by the rulebook."
Asked why he had decided to sell up and move, Mr Boyd said: "It's time to start thinking about retirement. I've had health problems – I've had a breakdown, five hip replacements and I've now got the beginnings of Parkinson's disease.
"I've resisted numerous offers for the property. I've decided that once the new valuations arrive, I'll advertise for expressions of interest first, in case anyone wants to go for a re-zoning, then maybe sell by tender or auction." Mr Boyd said the property would be tidied up before the sale.
"I'll have a clean-up here. I'll just take it quietly, no need to rush things. When you look around, there's not a colossal amount of stuff here. Some of the cars are nearly ready for the crusher.
"It's got to be worth $250,000-$300,000. If we don't get our price, we'll put a tenant in and just carry on as is, but living in Davidson St."
A plumber by trade, he is also a scrap dealer, second-hand dealer, car wrecker, antiques dealer, a lawnmower fixer, and books dealer. "I'm all of those. I'm a general trader."
He denies he gets pleasure from his battles with the council.
"No, I'm just defending my rights. I don't scrap for the sake of it. But I'll bite back if I'm attacked."
Thanks to that tenacity, and the council deal, his reputation of owning one of Hawera's biggest eyesores is waning.
"Well, what can they see but a fence?"
His wife scotches any notion that he is planning to start over again at Davidson St, or keep his shop at Glover Rd.
"There's no way he's taking anything to Davidson St," she said. "I'm putting my foot down. It's not going to happen again. That's what our boys said and that's what I'm saying."
Council spokesman Graham Young declined to comment on Mr Boyd's plans. However, he is understood to have put his head in his hands when told Mr Boyd had bought another house.
Sunday, October 1
Who Is From Hawera Part 4
whats the matter with the "boys" from the old milk treatment station lol, I was one of them
glaad to see that the message board is going so well, must be bringing up a few memories for people ah? well wilson street sounds like its a popular topic, i lived there 4 20 years in 78 wilon street, my parents still there now.
Right next door to my parents old house. If it's who I think it is, then when i lived there your dad was working for Cudbys (I think) & got all the surplus concrete for the driveway.
yea, that was the school. I was only 5 and started there. Strange place and all new people. We lived beside a maori family called the kerihomers? that were good to us. The school as i remember it was all prefabs on blocks with open foundations. I was very pleased to come home. I think our house was number 11, it had a huge section and you could drive around the back. The house had a large return veranda.
Who remembers the "muffler" in the main street. (fountain in the middle of that 1 way system) gone now thankyou.
yes i remember that I have it on video somewhere, with Mary our mayor and tim shadbolt
the muffler is sitting in a shed up at king edward park i think...
My old stamping ground Lived in Patea but went to college in Hawera on Mills bus. Miss Shearer my form teacher
lived there when i was about 4 well in Fraser rd, anyone remember anyone by the name of Mathew Black??? or the Deaths?? Jack or bill
Obviously the Kerehoma's were there for years..I lived around on Kamahi Ave (was developed in the 70's) in the 80's and 90's and remember them and the Blacks lived on the corner of Fantham and Turuturu Road. I lived up Fraser Road a couple of years ago..we were up the top end closer to Eltham
We lived on Austin Rd and our kids went to fraser Rd school Yes know Jack and Judith
we have had some serious and tragic accidents around this area havent we over the years
my dad played the drums for a lot of the old time dances..Meremere Ohangai,Whakamara,Mokoia,Manutahi.Ararata.Could have been before your time though
I used to go to the old time dances..in the savage club hall! Mum used to take us every fortnight..they were great! To this day I love dancing all the old dances unfortunately only the older guys know the steps..lol The guys of my generation hardly know how to waltz let alone the maxina/gay gordon/eva 3 step/valetta (sp?)
To seedy4 It seems like the Hawera one is more popular tho than the Stratty one I started - Game On!! When were the dances - what years. Did you mean the local discos in the 80's at the Rugby Club or Toko Hall etc?
Loved the old time dances So graceful And the dance frocks we wore were so Pretty.Short ones and the long were so elegant..
Old time dances. I remember old time dances and the wonderfull suppers.The competions were always a favourite as well.My great aunt Annie Quin who lived in what I thought was a garage in Victoria St when I was little,was well known as Hawreas Mother of music.
Any remember our.....our local constabulary?? Basil Webby, Dennis Dugan and co. We had a few run-ins with them outside the old piecart!
my family are all from manaia ( aunty and uncle owned Butlers bookshop )and i lived in hawera in the early 90's and worked at the intermediate in 2003/4.
remember those 2 bobbies hehehe, dennis duggan has passed away but basil is still around
know an Ian Taylor he lived down the hill opposite Naumai Park.. is he still around? he was getting on a bit when I left four years ago. Bit of an advocate for grey power etc. And whats happening with Naumai Park?... I remember reading something about it being drastically changed or something?...
I remeber corrigans hill and the sklenars. what years are you talking about? we had a market garden on george powells farm, from 1960-63 or there abouts. use to get crawlies with selwyn, in their stream.the mccolls and teacher keith peters and parents lived there as well
Ian Taylor has passed on - he was deaf and used to sing really loud at the presbyterian church. had a walking stick - such a spry man
Yrs from 1969 to current time. Selwin I havn't seen in about the last 2yrs. See Annette from time to time. Been a few years since I've seen any of the younger sisters
went to the Stratford dances in 1963 and 1964. No brownies for me - just swimming club. Had a garden plot though that Mr Syme used to judge each year. My best garden was eaten by the ducks the day before judging. The garedn had to measure an exact number of feet and you had to keep a planting etc diary.
Rod Syme was quite a figure in the town. the only garden we had was a market garden
Rod symes used to come out to Meremere schoool and judge our plots too..Was a nice guy..And we were given the seeds and had to plant them on certain days and keep a diary.
went to meremere school many many years ago as my father was first assistant at the factory way back, the dickensons were our neighbours, this wood be 40 or more years ago, dam thats along time ago when u sit and think about it
We left Meremere in 1950 and Moved to Ohangai I still had two sisters married and living in Meremere..Give me a clue or two What did your surname start with.There were the Mills.woodhead.Gilmour.Dickenson.
I was in the same class at HHS as Vincent Sklenars. Check out photo in oldfriends site as well. 1964 4e2. Only seen a couple of those people since those days. Must get to the next reunion. Getting on a bit,hope there's one soon
Used to deliver the Daily news around Fanthom street and nearby streets in 1961-63 in the early hours of the morning lot of the streets had no lights. fell of the bike a few times. 20lb fruit case box on the front carrier to hold the papers.
milners used to have a dairy on the corner, opposite St Mary's in Princes Street. Maggie Brown had one on the corner of Union St and Glover Road. Ian Crawford had the bookshop next door. Gordon King had the reconditioning workshop at 88 Union Street
do you know any Taranaki Stories The pukeariki web site is fantastic - and looking for stories. http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/default.asp
I remember years ago......when Hawera made the headlines of the national papers....with the high rate of teenage promiscuity and pregancy
and The truth ran the story ...of Hawera High being the Drug Centre of NZ!..was in 3rd form at the time ..and very innocent THEN I might add!
sex and drugs in little ole 70's Hawera! and dont forget there was rock'n'roll too...anyone remember when Misex rocked the Furlong just before they went to oz?
late 60's to late 70's Was a very hectic time for me & yes there was sex/drugs (pot mostly) & rock n roll to be had pretty well anywhere in Hawera at that stage. Gee's don't even think of mentioning the amount of booze that was available. Very contradry town back then because we had US young ppl testing everything around (as teens do) & watching our backs for the retired farmers trying to keep tabs on us. (yes my dad was a retired farmer as well). Did a stint on the M.O.W's trucks cleaning drains/ patching roads with Snow Tantrum as our driver. Worked for Morris Boyd in his hire/sale shop (& he's still doing it). did the rounds of Kiwi (3 mths) & Normanby dairy factory's (1 yr).
Didn't seem to have the vandalism/thefts Or fights like these days but spose thats about the same for most places now. you know,... if ya got snapped then it was mostly fair enough. .... unless it was Dennis Duggan ;-(
mary bourke appears to have been there for many years. as mayor that is. do you remember the Red Indian in Wann and McKays bike shop - and the sports shop run by Willie Yep
willie was an uncle of ours - a good guy. Jan remembers him as a vege man - he was also a taxi driver. a man of many talents.
Yes I remember the red indian & Willy yep. Mckays bike shop is where I brought my first 10 speed bike. Another brother of mine was running a taxi from that stand for a year or 2.(Graham, mk3 zepher)
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glaad to see that the message board is going so well, must be bringing up a few memories for people ah? well wilson street sounds like its a popular topic, i lived there 4 20 years in 78 wilon street, my parents still there now.
Right next door to my parents old house. If it's who I think it is, then when i lived there your dad was working for Cudbys (I think) & got all the surplus concrete for the driveway.
yea, that was the school. I was only 5 and started there. Strange place and all new people. We lived beside a maori family called the kerihomers? that were good to us. The school as i remember it was all prefabs on blocks with open foundations. I was very pleased to come home. I think our house was number 11, it had a huge section and you could drive around the back. The house had a large return veranda.
Who remembers the "muffler" in the main street. (fountain in the middle of that 1 way system) gone now thankyou.
yes i remember that I have it on video somewhere, with Mary our mayor and tim shadbolt
the muffler is sitting in a shed up at king edward park i think...
My old stamping ground Lived in Patea but went to college in Hawera on Mills bus. Miss Shearer my form teacher
lived there when i was about 4 well in Fraser rd, anyone remember anyone by the name of Mathew Black??? or the Deaths?? Jack or bill
Obviously the Kerehoma's were there for years..I lived around on Kamahi Ave (was developed in the 70's) in the 80's and 90's and remember them and the Blacks lived on the corner of Fantham and Turuturu Road. I lived up Fraser Road a couple of years ago..we were up the top end closer to Eltham
We lived on Austin Rd and our kids went to fraser Rd school Yes know Jack and Judith
we have had some serious and tragic accidents around this area havent we over the years
my dad played the drums for a lot of the old time dances..Meremere Ohangai,Whakamara,Mokoia,Manutahi.Ararata.Could have been before your time though
I used to go to the old time dances..in the savage club hall! Mum used to take us every fortnight..they were great! To this day I love dancing all the old dances unfortunately only the older guys know the steps..lol The guys of my generation hardly know how to waltz let alone the maxina/gay gordon/eva 3 step/valetta (sp?)
To seedy4 It seems like the Hawera one is more popular tho than the Stratty one I started - Game On!! When were the dances - what years. Did you mean the local discos in the 80's at the Rugby Club or Toko Hall etc?
Loved the old time dances So graceful And the dance frocks we wore were so Pretty.Short ones and the long were so elegant..
Old time dances. I remember old time dances and the wonderfull suppers.The competions were always a favourite as well.My great aunt Annie Quin who lived in what I thought was a garage in Victoria St when I was little,was well known as Hawreas Mother of music.
Any remember our.....our local constabulary?? Basil Webby, Dennis Dugan and co. We had a few run-ins with them outside the old piecart!
my family are all from manaia ( aunty and uncle owned Butlers bookshop )and i lived in hawera in the early 90's and worked at the intermediate in 2003/4.
remember those 2 bobbies hehehe, dennis duggan has passed away but basil is still around
know an Ian Taylor he lived down the hill opposite Naumai Park.. is he still around? he was getting on a bit when I left four years ago. Bit of an advocate for grey power etc. And whats happening with Naumai Park?... I remember reading something about it being drastically changed or something?...
I remeber corrigans hill and the sklenars. what years are you talking about? we had a market garden on george powells farm, from 1960-63 or there abouts. use to get crawlies with selwyn, in their stream.the mccolls and teacher keith peters and parents lived there as well
Ian Taylor has passed on - he was deaf and used to sing really loud at the presbyterian church. had a walking stick - such a spry man
Yrs from 1969 to current time. Selwin I havn't seen in about the last 2yrs. See Annette from time to time. Been a few years since I've seen any of the younger sisters
went to the Stratford dances in 1963 and 1964. No brownies for me - just swimming club. Had a garden plot though that Mr Syme used to judge each year. My best garden was eaten by the ducks the day before judging. The garedn had to measure an exact number of feet and you had to keep a planting etc diary.
Rod Syme was quite a figure in the town. the only garden we had was a market garden
Rod symes used to come out to Meremere schoool and judge our plots too..Was a nice guy..And we were given the seeds and had to plant them on certain days and keep a diary.
went to meremere school many many years ago as my father was first assistant at the factory way back, the dickensons were our neighbours, this wood be 40 or more years ago, dam thats along time ago when u sit and think about it
We left Meremere in 1950 and Moved to Ohangai I still had two sisters married and living in Meremere..Give me a clue or two What did your surname start with.There were the Mills.woodhead.Gilmour.Dickenson.
I was in the same class at HHS as Vincent Sklenars. Check out photo in oldfriends site as well. 1964 4e2. Only seen a couple of those people since those days. Must get to the next reunion. Getting on a bit,hope there's one soon
Used to deliver the Daily news around Fanthom street and nearby streets in 1961-63 in the early hours of the morning lot of the streets had no lights. fell of the bike a few times. 20lb fruit case box on the front carrier to hold the papers.
milners used to have a dairy on the corner, opposite St Mary's in Princes Street. Maggie Brown had one on the corner of Union St and Glover Road. Ian Crawford had the bookshop next door. Gordon King had the reconditioning workshop at 88 Union Street
do you know any Taranaki Stories The pukeariki web site is fantastic - and looking for stories. http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/default.asp
I remember years ago......when Hawera made the headlines of the national papers....with the high rate of teenage promiscuity and pregancy
and The truth ran the story ...of Hawera High being the Drug Centre of NZ!..was in 3rd form at the time ..and very innocent THEN I might add!
sex and drugs in little ole 70's Hawera! and dont forget there was rock'n'roll too...anyone remember when Misex rocked the Furlong just before they went to oz?
late 60's to late 70's Was a very hectic time for me & yes there was sex/drugs (pot mostly) & rock n roll to be had pretty well anywhere in Hawera at that stage. Gee's don't even think of mentioning the amount of booze that was available. Very contradry town back then because we had US young ppl testing everything around (as teens do) & watching our backs for the retired farmers trying to keep tabs on us. (yes my dad was a retired farmer as well). Did a stint on the M.O.W's trucks cleaning drains/ patching roads with Snow Tantrum as our driver. Worked for Morris Boyd in his hire/sale shop (& he's still doing it). did the rounds of Kiwi (3 mths) & Normanby dairy factory's (1 yr).
Didn't seem to have the vandalism/thefts Or fights like these days but spose thats about the same for most places now. you know,... if ya got snapped then it was mostly fair enough. .... unless it was Dennis Duggan ;-(
mary bourke appears to have been there for many years. as mayor that is. do you remember the Red Indian in Wann and McKays bike shop - and the sports shop run by Willie Yep
willie was an uncle of ours - a good guy. Jan remembers him as a vege man - he was also a taxi driver. a man of many talents.
Yes I remember the red indian & Willy yep. Mckays bike shop is where I brought my first 10 speed bike. Another brother of mine was running a taxi from that stand for a year or 2.(Graham, mk3 zepher)
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Pukearuhe
Whiteley plaque removed 30 September 2006
By LEIGHTON KEITHA plaque that became a sore point between iwi and other Pukearuhe locals was suddenly removed yesterday, disappointing people wanting to preserve history.
The plaque on Pukearuhe's 83-year-old Whiteley Memorial was taken down by a firm of monumentalists at the request of New Plymouth's Methodist Church.
No one from the church would comment to the Taranaki Daily News about the plaque's removal.
The memorial was erected to honour Methodist missionary the Reverend John Whiteley, who along with seven other people was killed by Maori in 1869.
The land was returned to the Ngati Tama iwi in a Treaty settlement in 2003. The iwi says the memorial was insensitive to Maori.
A year later, news that the church had agreed to remove the cairn raised an uproar.
David Musker, a spokesman for Save Our Sites (SOS), a local group which aims to protect historical monuments in the region, said it was a shame the memorial was being torn down.
"We weren't in favour of it, but it is history now – history that has gone," Mr Musker said.
Contributions from all over New Zealand were received for the memorial.
"We thought that it could have been preserved as part of history," Mr Musker said.
"I think it is part of history and it is a shame to see it go."
Ngati Tama iwi manager Greg White said the church had an agreement with the iwi to remove the memorial.
"It is just a piece of land that was returned to us and we don't need any monuments on it at the moment," Mr White said.
The iwi says it depends on whose version of history you believe as to what sort of person Mr Whiteley was.
"If he was a man of such high mana, how do you explain him being killed?
"He was running messages on behalf of the army or militia at the time and he paid the price of being an informer," he said.
Mr White said the church was meant to remove the entire memorial.
Ngati Tama iwi member Colin Mattock, of Urenui, said he was annoyed about the plaque's removal.
"I firmly believe they don't have any right to make the church remove it," Mr Mattock said.
He said he had heard the plaque was going to be removed quickly and quietly.
A majority of the iwi would not know about the removal and Mr White was not representing all of them, he said.
"I don't see why he has the right to do that.
"They are taking history away. Our younger generation will never know."
Historic Places Trust central region area co-ordinator David Watt said it was an issue between the church and the iwi.
The memorial was part of the registration of the historic reserve area, Mr Watt said.
"I think the important thing is to try to achieve an outcome that is going to be acceptable all round," he said.
The trust had been kept in the loop about what was going to be done.
By LEIGHTON KEITHA plaque that became a sore point between iwi and other Pukearuhe locals was suddenly removed yesterday, disappointing people wanting to preserve history.
The plaque on Pukearuhe's 83-year-old Whiteley Memorial was taken down by a firm of monumentalists at the request of New Plymouth's Methodist Church.
No one from the church would comment to the Taranaki Daily News about the plaque's removal.
The memorial was erected to honour Methodist missionary the Reverend John Whiteley, who along with seven other people was killed by Maori in 1869.
The land was returned to the Ngati Tama iwi in a Treaty settlement in 2003. The iwi says the memorial was insensitive to Maori.
A year later, news that the church had agreed to remove the cairn raised an uproar.
David Musker, a spokesman for Save Our Sites (SOS), a local group which aims to protect historical monuments in the region, said it was a shame the memorial was being torn down.
"We weren't in favour of it, but it is history now – history that has gone," Mr Musker said.
Contributions from all over New Zealand were received for the memorial.
"We thought that it could have been preserved as part of history," Mr Musker said.
"I think it is part of history and it is a shame to see it go."
Ngati Tama iwi manager Greg White said the church had an agreement with the iwi to remove the memorial.
"It is just a piece of land that was returned to us and we don't need any monuments on it at the moment," Mr White said.
The iwi says it depends on whose version of history you believe as to what sort of person Mr Whiteley was.
"If he was a man of such high mana, how do you explain him being killed?
"He was running messages on behalf of the army or militia at the time and he paid the price of being an informer," he said.
Mr White said the church was meant to remove the entire memorial.
Ngati Tama iwi member Colin Mattock, of Urenui, said he was annoyed about the plaque's removal.
"I firmly believe they don't have any right to make the church remove it," Mr Mattock said.
He said he had heard the plaque was going to be removed quickly and quietly.
A majority of the iwi would not know about the removal and Mr White was not representing all of them, he said.
"I don't see why he has the right to do that.
"They are taking history away. Our younger generation will never know."
Historic Places Trust central region area co-ordinator David Watt said it was an issue between the church and the iwi.
The memorial was part of the registration of the historic reserve area, Mr Watt said.
"I think the important thing is to try to achieve an outcome that is going to be acceptable all round," he said.
The trust had been kept in the loop about what was going to be done.
Eltham Primary School
Facade saved from demolition 30 September 2006
By CRAIG JEFFREYLearning by doing enabled Eltham Primary School's 81-year-old facade to be saved from demolition on Friday.
The school's motto came in handy for contractors and may have given them inspiration as they moved the nine-tonne concrete facade to its new site at the front of the school, where it will be set into a bank.
Caretaker Jason Baikie said he would do whatever it took to save the facade, as the school had a long history and some members of the community had expressed regret that nothing would be saved from their former school.
Contractors were about to level all of the old school buildings, when Mr Baikie decided the facade could be saved.
"I thought using a crane might work, so I contacted the board of trustees and they were happy to hire one," he said.
However, the job could still come unstuck as the big slab has yet to be laid down and could fold or crack, but with the school's motto, Learn by doing – knowledge is power, there as a constant reminder that success should not be far away.
By CRAIG JEFFREYLearning by doing enabled Eltham Primary School's 81-year-old facade to be saved from demolition on Friday.
The school's motto came in handy for contractors and may have given them inspiration as they moved the nine-tonne concrete facade to its new site at the front of the school, where it will be set into a bank.
Caretaker Jason Baikie said he would do whatever it took to save the facade, as the school had a long history and some members of the community had expressed regret that nothing would be saved from their former school.
Contractors were about to level all of the old school buildings, when Mr Baikie decided the facade could be saved.
"I thought using a crane might work, so I contacted the board of trustees and they were happy to hire one," he said.
However, the job could still come unstuck as the big slab has yet to be laid down and could fold or crack, but with the school's motto, Learn by doing – knowledge is power, there as a constant reminder that success should not be far away.
New Plymouth Documented
Film-maker here for a look at home-made movies 30 September 2006
By ROCHELLE WESTTaranaki's film history is, itself, being documented on film.
Former New Plymouth woman Elizabeth Hoyle has returned to Taranaki from her Melbourne base to make a film about the region's film makers for her Masters Degree at the Victorian College of Arts film school.
"I'm coming back and re-discovering the fact that New Plymouth has an incredible background of film, post war," Ms Hoyle said.
"It began as amateur films of family and scenery, but a lot went on to make documentaries."
Ms Hoyle, with the help of fellow film student Caro Macdonald, has been interviewing Taranaki people who have worked in film, either for their jobs or as a hobby. Her subjects include a variety of film enthusiasts, such as Rowan and Aileen Guthrie, who documented big events in Taranaki on film as well as commissioned pieces, the New Plymouth Film Club's Ron Mundell and Max Clarke who runs his own cinema called Max's Old Time Movies.
Many of the local films are documentary style, covering everything from the Queen's visit in 1954 to the old New Plymouth Post Office being demolished and the central city floods in the early 1970s.
"Taranaki seems to have this insane creativity going on in all sorts of mediums and methods. Some people say it's the air, the mountain and the sea. The landscape has a really big effect on people. Other people have said it's very much a kiwi thing. A lot of these guys started (film making) before television, as a form of entertainment," Ms Hoyle said.
The thing that has impressed Ms Hoyle and Ms Macdonald the most is their subjects' technical abilities, with the film makers being mostly self-taught.
"It's very inspirational to see. They are very creative and innovative. We are capturing something of the creative spirit that is around," Ms Macdonald said.
Entitled 16mm Maxwell, Ms Hoyle's documentary film will be screened at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne and then at various film festivals.
Ms Hoyle also wants to screen her film in Taranaki in the future
By ROCHELLE WESTTaranaki's film history is, itself, being documented on film.
Former New Plymouth woman Elizabeth Hoyle has returned to Taranaki from her Melbourne base to make a film about the region's film makers for her Masters Degree at the Victorian College of Arts film school.
"I'm coming back and re-discovering the fact that New Plymouth has an incredible background of film, post war," Ms Hoyle said.
"It began as amateur films of family and scenery, but a lot went on to make documentaries."
Ms Hoyle, with the help of fellow film student Caro Macdonald, has been interviewing Taranaki people who have worked in film, either for their jobs or as a hobby. Her subjects include a variety of film enthusiasts, such as Rowan and Aileen Guthrie, who documented big events in Taranaki on film as well as commissioned pieces, the New Plymouth Film Club's Ron Mundell and Max Clarke who runs his own cinema called Max's Old Time Movies.
Many of the local films are documentary style, covering everything from the Queen's visit in 1954 to the old New Plymouth Post Office being demolished and the central city floods in the early 1970s.
"Taranaki seems to have this insane creativity going on in all sorts of mediums and methods. Some people say it's the air, the mountain and the sea. The landscape has a really big effect on people. Other people have said it's very much a kiwi thing. A lot of these guys started (film making) before television, as a form of entertainment," Ms Hoyle said.
The thing that has impressed Ms Hoyle and Ms Macdonald the most is their subjects' technical abilities, with the film makers being mostly self-taught.
"It's very inspirational to see. They are very creative and innovative. We are capturing something of the creative spirit that is around," Ms Macdonald said.
Entitled 16mm Maxwell, Ms Hoyle's documentary film will be screened at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne and then at various film festivals.
Ms Hoyle also wants to screen her film in Taranaki in the future
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