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Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942:

IMAGES
Photo 1 - Orepuki School class, taken c1939 to 1941; Sepia Tone Class Photo of 26 children. Known pupils are: Shirley Alison Lee, at left of front row; Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in front row 2nd from right; Neil McAllister is fifth in from left in second row. And if you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 2 - Orepuki School pupils outside the School "War Memorial Gates", but no year; Sepia Tone Photo of school children with the school behind the gates. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in second row from front and 4th from right. If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 3 - Orepuki School class, taken c1941-42; Black & White Photo of 28 children. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the front row 6th from left or 4th from right and she was born March 1931. We have been told that its likely to be Shirley Lee in the second row first on the left, by her daughter (Shirley appears to have been born September 1930, so these names fit the date). If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with names.

Photo 4 - Orepuki School class, taken c1937; B & W Photo of 30 children. The known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the back row first on left. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with the names.

Photo 5 - Orepuki School class, taken we think in the late 1930's; B & W Photo of 30 and 1/2 children (should be 31, but sadly 1 is half chopped off on right!)
It is thought that the girl in the striped jacket on the right in the back row may be Myra Hogg (she was born in 1931) & Raymond George Herrick (born 1928) is said to be in the front row third from left by his own daughter, so we will presume this is correct. These dates do fit presumed year for photo. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please do get in touch, or put the names in the comments section.

Photo 6 - Orepuki School Class, taken 1920; B & W Photo of 23 children; The known pupils are: Doris May Finn later Macdonald in the back row second from right. We have also been told that the child in the middle row on the far right is Bessie Butler later Lee. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment.

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has a varied and extremely interesting background, as does the township, more of which can be read in the early history written further below.

Formerly a large gold town, after that had dried up and coal mining was overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki ended up deserted. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival.

Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event, do you have any that you can contribute to our Community Archives of this event?

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old school that was moved there prior, then the old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7. For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed.

But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton ...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/59454316/source

#Settlers #Murihiku #Pioneers #Southland #Farming #EarlyTravel #School #Education #OrepukiOrAropaki #GarfieldAnd #Gold #Mining #Railways #ShaleWorks #OtagoEducationBoard #SouthlandEducationBoard #Nightcaps #Aparima #Churches #TownHalls #TimberMilling #SchoolBuses #Waiau #MacdonaldFamily #Orepuki #OrepukiSchool #ClassPhotos #WesternSouthland #LongwoodsDistrict #Goldfields #Classmates #DigitalOnlyImageInArchive #CentralAndWesternMurihikuSouthlandArchive

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942:

IMAGES
Photo 1 - Orepuki School class, taken c1939 to 1941; Sepia Tone Class Photo of 26 children. Known pupils are: Shirley Alison Lee, at left of front row; Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in front row 2nd from right; Neil McAllister is fifth in from left in second row. And if you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 2 - Orepuki School pupils outside the School "War Memorial Gates", but no year; Sepia Tone Photo of school children with the school behind the gates. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in second row from front and 4th from right. If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 3 - Orepuki School class, taken c1941-42; Black & White Photo of 28 children. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the front row 6th from left or 4th from right and she was born March 1931. We have been told that its likely to be Shirley Lee in the second row first on the left, by her daughter (Shirley appears to have been born September 1930, so these names fit the date). If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with names.

Photo 4 - Orepuki School class, taken c1937; B & W Photo of 30 children. The known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the back row first on left. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with the names.

Photo 5 - Orepuki School class, taken we think in the late 1930's; B & W Photo of 30 and 1/2 children (should be 31, but sadly 1 is half chopped off on right!)
It is thought that the girl in the striped jacket on the right in the back row may be Myra Hogg (she was born in 1931) & Raymond George Herrick (born 1928) is said to be in the front row third from left by his own daughter, so we will presume this is correct. These dates do fit presumed year for photo. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please do get in touch, or put the names in the comments section.

Photo 6 - Orepuki School Class, taken 1920; B & W Photo of 23 children; The known pupils are: Doris May Finn later Macdonald in the back row second from right. We have also been told that the child in the middle row on the far right is Bessie Butler later Lee. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment.

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has a varied and extremely interesting background, as does the township, more of which can be read in the early history written further below.

Formerly a large gold town, after that had dried up and coal mining was overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki ended up deserted. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival.

Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event, do you have any that you can contribute to our Community Archives of this event?

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old school that was moved there prior, then the old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7. For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed.

But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton ...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/59454316/source

#Settlers #Murihiku #Pioneers #Southland #Farming #EarlyTravel #School #Education #OrepukiOrAropaki #GarfieldAnd #Gold #Mining #Railways #ShaleWorks #OtagoEducationBoard #SouthlandEducationBoard #Nightcaps #Aparima #Churches #TownHalls #TimberMilling #SchoolBuses #Waiau #MacdonaldFamily #Orepuki #OrepukiSchool #ClassPhotos #WesternSouthland #LongwoodsDistrict #Goldfields #Classmates #DigitalOnlyImageInArchive #CentralAndWesternMurihikuSouthlandArchive

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942:

IMAGES
Photo 1 - Orepuki School class, taken c1939 to 1941; Sepia Tone Class Photo of 26 children. Known pupils are: Shirley Alison Lee, at left of front row; Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in front row 2nd from right; Neil McAllister is fifth in from left in second row. And if you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 2 - Orepuki School pupils outside the School "War Memorial Gates", but no year; Sepia Tone Photo of school children with the school behind the gates. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in second row from front and 4th from right. If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 3 - Orepuki School class, taken c1941-42; Black & White Photo of 28 children. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the front row 6th from left or 4th from right and she was born March 1931. We have been told that its likely to be Shirley Lee in the second row first on the left, by her daughter (Shirley appears to have been born September 1930, so these names fit the date). If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with names.

Photo 4 - Orepuki School class, taken c1937; B & W Photo of 30 children. The known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the back row first on left. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with the names.

Photo 5 - Orepuki School class, taken we think in the late 1930's; B & W Photo of 30 and 1/2 children (should be 31, but sadly 1 is half chopped off on right!)
It is thought that the girl in the striped jacket on the right in the back row may be Myra Hogg (she was born in 1931) & Raymond George Herrick (born 1928) is said to be in the front row third from left by his own daughter, so we will presume this is correct. These dates do fit presumed year for photo. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please do get in touch, or put the names in the comments section.

Photo 6 - Orepuki School Class, taken 1920; B & W Photo of 23 children; The known pupils are: Doris May Finn later Macdonald in the back row second from right. We have also been told that the child in the middle row on the far right is Bessie Butler later Lee. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment.

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has a varied and extremely interesting background, as does the township, more of which can be read in the early history written further below.

Formerly a large gold town, after that had dried up and coal mining was overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki ended up deserted. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival.

Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event, do you have any that you can contribute to our Community Archives of this event?

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old school that was moved there prior, then the old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7. For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed.

But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton ...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/59454316/source

#Settlers #Murihiku #Pioneers #Southland #Farming #EarlyTravel #School #Education #OrepukiOrAropaki #GarfieldAnd #Gold #Mining #Railways #ShaleWorks #OtagoEducationBoard #SouthlandEducationBoard #Nightcaps #Aparima #Churches #TownHalls #TimberMilling #SchoolBuses #Waiau #MacdonaldFamily #Orepuki #OrepukiSchool #ClassPhotos #WesternSouthland #LongwoodsDistrict #Goldfields #Classmates #DigitalOnlyImageInArchive #CentralAndWesternMurihikuSouthlandArchive

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942:

IMAGES
Photo 1 - Orepuki School class, taken c1939 to 1941; Sepia Tone Class Photo of 26 children. Known pupils are: Shirley Alison Lee, at left of front row; Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in front row 2nd from right; Neil McAllister is fifth in from left in second row. And if you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 2 - Orepuki School pupils outside the School "War Memorial Gates", but no year; Sepia Tone Photo of school children with the school behind the gates. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in second row from front and 4th from right. If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 3 - Orepuki School class, taken c1941-42; Black & White Photo of 28 children. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the front row 6th from left or 4th from right and she was born March 1931. We have been told that its likely to be Shirley Lee in the second row first on the left, by her daughter (Shirley appears to have been born September 1930, so these names fit the date). If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with names.

Photo 4 - Orepuki School class, taken c1937; B & W Photo of 30 children. The known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the back row first on left. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with the names.

Photo 5 - Orepuki School class, taken we think in the late 1930's; B & W Photo of 30 and 1/2 children (should be 31, but sadly 1 is half chopped off on right!)
It is thought that the girl in the striped jacket on the right in the back row may be Myra Hogg (she was born in 1931) & Raymond George Herrick (born 1928) is said to be in the front row third from left by his own daughter, so we will presume this is correct. These dates do fit presumed year for photo. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please do get in touch, or put the names in the comments section.

Photo 6 - Orepuki School Class, taken 1920; B & W Photo of 23 children; The known pupils are: Doris May Finn later Macdonald in the back row second from right. We have also been told that the child in the middle row on the far right is Bessie Butler later Lee. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment.

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has a varied and extremely interesting background, as does the township, more of which can be read in the early history written further below.

Formerly a large gold town, after that had dried up and coal mining was overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki ended up deserted. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival.

Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event, do you have any that you can contribute to our Community Archives of this event?

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old school that was moved there prior, then the old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7. For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed.

But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton ...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/59454316/source

#Settlers #Murihiku #Pioneers #Southland #Farming #EarlyTravel #School #Education #OrepukiOrAropaki #GarfieldAnd #Gold #Mining #Railways #ShaleWorks #OtagoEducationBoard #SouthlandEducationBoard #Nightcaps #Aparima #Churches #TownHalls #TimberMilling #SchoolBuses #Waiau #MacdonaldFamily #Orepuki #OrepukiSchool #ClassPhotos #WesternSouthland #LongwoodsDistrict #Goldfields #Classmates #DigitalOnlyImageInArchive #CentralAndWesternMurihikuSouthlandArchive

Waiau River - photos of Whitebaiting and the river mouth in decades past, c1980s

Whitebaiting, Waiau River and Waiau Mouth. This is what the whitebaiting scene at the Waiau River looked like in 'the season', many years ago now. This series of images, recently donated to the Community Archive, were used to commemorate the new 2024 Whitebaiting season. The new 2025 season starts today on 1 September. We wish all whitebaiters on our river a safe, successful season, and encourage the environmental protection of these taonga, so future generations can also enjoy whitebaiting as we do.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - whitebaiting on the Waiau River at the mouth, in days past
Photo 2 - some of the whitebaiting caravans parked up at Waiau River
Photos 3 - scenes of the Waiau River at the Waiau mouth in days past
Photographs by Ron McDowell & kindly donated to CWA. Licensed CC BY

WHITEBAIT:
The Department of Conservation or DOC, summarises what we know as 'Whitebait, as being, "the juveniles of six species of fish, five of which are migratory galaxiids: inanga, banded kōkopu, giant kōkopu, kōaro and shortjaw kōkopu. The sixth species is common smelt." Doc further inform us that the whitebait caught locally from the Waiau River, are predominantly inanga. These are "found in a wide variety of habitats, from tiny creeks, to coastal rivers, lowland streams, lakes and wetlands." Inanga are small and most only survive a year or so, reaching about 100mm in length – the longest one found on record, was 190 mm.

"Because they are poor climbers, inanga are usually found near the coast. Their silvery belly and somewhat forked tail make them easy to distinguish. Found in places as far flung as Chile, Australia and Argentina, inanga are the most widely distributed native freshwater fish in the world," records DOC. They are also Aotearoa New Zealand’s most commonly caught species of whitebait. But as well as this, their population is in decline. Almost all of the Whitebait species are either in decline or threatened, hence new restrictions on catching them. If we want future generations to be able to carry on our tradition of whitebaiting, we need to preserve this previous taonga/treasure.

Whitebaiting is a favourite cherished sport and time-honoured tradition in many parts of the country, and especially at the Waiau River Mouth. Local's have whitebaited here for generations, and can tell tales of times when the beach stretched all the way along Bluecliffs, with road access and parking. In recent times the Waiau Mouth has eroded into the sea, taking a lot of land with it, forever changing the landscape of the river mouth and whitebaiting.

But the landscape at the Waiau Mouth is not the only thing that has now changed. To help protect these taonga or treasured fish species and their habitats for the future, there is now a shorter season and more set rules. For 2024 on the Waiau River in Western Murihiku Southland, the season ran between September 1 & October 30, with whitebaiting only permitted on those days between 5am to 8pm, or 6am to 9pm during daylight savings. The 2025 season is also running from 1 Sept to 30 October.

Now, each person can only have one whitebait net operating at any given time, and this must be attended at all times. The mouth of the net is not allowed to be wider than 4.5 meters. Also, you cannot fish by structures like bridges, culverts, even river junctions. This is to protect these vulnerable fish stocks. If everyone follows the rules, we can all help maintain a healthy river ecosystem, and ensure that whitebait can continue to thrive for the future.

The new regulations which have recently been put into place, are being enforced in a joint effort between Police and DoC. All whitebaiters were notified and encouraged to educate themselves on the new rules and regulations ahead of the 2024 season. It was pleasing to read in a news article from this year, that a patrol of the Waiau River in an effort to ensure adherence to the new regulations, undertaken in late August 2024, there were no reported violations of early whitebaiting. However, there were some later violations of the rules which restricts nighttime whitebaiting.

WAIAU TRUST WHITEBAIT HABITAT:
This project has a focus on the creation of rearing habitats for whitebait, which in turn, helps a diverse range of wildlife which reside or migrate to this coastal environment. According to the Waiau Trust's website (see more in Place Notes), "Adult fish spawn in vegetation at the margins of tidal wetlands and streams, during spring tides in the months of February to April. The fertilised eggs...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/55974925/source

#Murihiku #Southland #Hunting #GreatOutdoors #WaiauRiverMouth #TeWaewaeBay #WildFoodGathering #SouthWestCoast #WaiauDistrict #WaiauRiver #Whitebaiting #Waiau #WaiauMouth #Fishing #Whitebait #Erosion #CoastalErosion #WhitebaitHabitat #Galaxiids #Inanga #WaiauTrust #SouthCoast

Waiau River - photos of Whitebaiting and the river mouth in decades past, c1980s

Whitebaiting, Waiau River and Waiau Mouth. This is what the whitebaiting scene at the Waiau River looked like in 'the season', many years ago now. This series of images, recently donated to the Community Archive, were used to commemorate the new 2024 Whitebaiting season. The new 2025 season starts today on 1 September. We wish all whitebaiters on our river a safe, successful season, and encourage the environmental protection of these taonga, so future generations can also enjoy whitebaiting as we do.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - whitebaiting on the Waiau River at the mouth, in days past
Photo 2 - some of the whitebaiting caravans parked up at Waiau River
Photos 3 - scenes of the Waiau River at the Waiau mouth in days past
Photographs by Ron McDowell & kindly donated to CWA. Licensed CC BY

WHITEBAIT:
The Department of Conservation or DOC, summarises what we know as 'Whitebait, as being, "the juveniles of six species of fish, five of which are migratory galaxiids: inanga, banded kōkopu, giant kōkopu, kōaro and shortjaw kōkopu. The sixth species is common smelt." Doc further inform us that the whitebait caught locally from the Waiau River, are predominantly inanga. These are "found in a wide variety of habitats, from tiny creeks, to coastal rivers, lowland streams, lakes and wetlands." Inanga are small and most only survive a year or so, reaching about 100mm in length – the longest one found on record, was 190 mm.

"Because they are poor climbers, inanga are usually found near the coast. Their silvery belly and somewhat forked tail make them easy to distinguish. Found in places as far flung as Chile, Australia and Argentina, inanga are the most widely distributed native freshwater fish in the world," records DOC. They are also Aotearoa New Zealand’s most commonly caught species of whitebait. But as well as this, their population is in decline. Almost all of the Whitebait species are either in decline or threatened, hence new restrictions on catching them. If we want future generations to be able to carry on our tradition of whitebaiting, we need to preserve this previous taonga/treasure.

Whitebaiting is a favourite cherished sport and time-honoured tradition in many parts of the country, and especially at the Waiau River Mouth. Local's have whitebaited here for generations, and can tell tales of times when the beach stretched all the way along Bluecliffs, with road access and parking. In recent times the Waiau Mouth has eroded into the sea, taking a lot of land with it, forever changing the landscape of the river mouth and whitebaiting.

But the landscape at the Waiau Mouth is not the only thing that has now changed. To help protect these taonga or treasured fish species and their habitats for the future, there is now a shorter season and more set rules. For 2024 on the Waiau River in Western Murihiku Southland, the season ran between September 1 & October 30, with whitebaiting only permitted on those days between 5am to 8pm, or 6am to 9pm during daylight savings. The 2025 season is also running from 1 Sept to 30 October.

Now, each person can only have one whitebait net operating at any given time, and this must be attended at all times. The mouth of the net is not allowed to be wider than 4.5 meters. Also, you cannot fish by structures like bridges, culverts, even river junctions. This is to protect these vulnerable fish stocks. If everyone follows the rules, we can all help maintain a healthy river ecosystem, and ensure that whitebait can continue to thrive for the future.

The new regulations which have recently been put into place, are being enforced in a joint effort between Police and DoC. All whitebaiters were notified and encouraged to educate themselves on the new rules and regulations ahead of the 2024 season. It was pleasing to read in a news article from this year, that a patrol of the Waiau River in an effort to ensure adherence to the new regulations, undertaken in late August 2024, there were no reported violations of early whitebaiting. However, there were some later violations of the rules which restricts nighttime whitebaiting.

WAIAU TRUST WHITEBAIT HABITAT:
This project has a focus on the creation of rearing habitats for whitebait, which in turn, helps a diverse range of wildlife which reside or migrate to this coastal environment. According to the Waiau Trust's website (see more in Place Notes), "Adult fish spawn in vegetation at the margins of tidal wetlands and streams, during spring tides in the months of February to April. The fertilised eggs...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/55974925/source

#Murihiku #Southland #Hunting #GreatOutdoors #WaiauRiverMouth #TeWaewaeBay #WildFoodGathering #SouthWestCoast #WaiauDistrict #WaiauRiver #Whitebaiting #Waiau #WaiauMouth #Fishing #Whitebait #Erosion #CoastalErosion #WhitebaitHabitat #Galaxiids #Inanga #WaiauTrust #SouthCoast

Waiau River - photos of Whitebaiting and the river mouth in decades past, c1980s

Whitebaiting, Waiau River and Waiau Mouth. This is what the whitebaiting scene at the Waiau River looked like in 'the season', many years ago now. This series of images, recently donated to the Community Archive, were used to commemorate the new 2024 Whitebaiting season. The new 2025 season starts today on 1 September. We wish all whitebaiters on our river a safe, successful season, and encourage the environmental protection of these taonga, so future generations can also enjoy whitebaiting as we do.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - whitebaiting on the Waiau River at the mouth, in days past
Photo 2 - some of the whitebaiting caravans parked up at Waiau River
Photos 3 - scenes of the Waiau River at the Waiau mouth in days past
Photographs by Ron McDowell & kindly donated to CWA. Licensed CC BY

WHITEBAIT:
The Department of Conservation or DOC, summarises what we know as 'Whitebait, as being, "the juveniles of six species of fish, five of which are migratory galaxiids: inanga, banded kōkopu, giant kōkopu, kōaro and shortjaw kōkopu. The sixth species is common smelt." Doc further inform us that the whitebait caught locally from the Waiau River, are predominantly inanga. These are "found in a wide variety of habitats, from tiny creeks, to coastal rivers, lowland streams, lakes and wetlands." Inanga are small and most only survive a year or so, reaching about 100mm in length – the longest one found on record, was 190 mm.

"Because they are poor climbers, inanga are usually found near the coast. Their silvery belly and somewhat forked tail make them easy to distinguish. Found in places as far flung as Chile, Australia and Argentina, inanga are the most widely distributed native freshwater fish in the world," records DOC. They are also Aotearoa New Zealand’s most commonly caught species of whitebait. But as well as this, their population is in decline. Almost all of the Whitebait species are either in decline or threatened, hence new restrictions on catching them. If we want future generations to be able to carry on our tradition of whitebaiting, we need to preserve this previous taonga/treasure.

Whitebaiting is a favourite cherished sport and time-honoured tradition in many parts of the country, and especially at the Waiau River Mouth. Local's have whitebaited here for generations, and can tell tales of times when the beach stretched all the way along Bluecliffs, with road access and parking. In recent times the Waiau Mouth has eroded into the sea, taking a lot of land with it, forever changing the landscape of the river mouth and whitebaiting.

But the landscape at the Waiau Mouth is not the only thing that has now changed. To help protect these taonga or treasured fish species and their habitats for the future, there is now a shorter season and more set rules. For 2024 on the Waiau River in Western Murihiku Southland, the season ran between September 1 & October 30, with whitebaiting only permitted on those days between 5am to 8pm, or 6am to 9pm during daylight savings. The 2025 season is also running from 1 Sept to 30 October.

Now, each person can only have one whitebait net operating at any given time, and this must be attended at all times. The mouth of the net is not allowed to be wider than 4.5 meters. Also, you cannot fish by structures like bridges, culverts, even river junctions. This is to protect these vulnerable fish stocks. If everyone follows the rules, we can all help maintain a healthy river ecosystem, and ensure that whitebait can continue to thrive for the future.

The new regulations which have recently been put into place, are being enforced in a joint effort between Police and DoC. All whitebaiters were notified and encouraged to educate themselves on the new rules and regulations ahead of the 2024 season. It was pleasing to read in a news article from this year, that a patrol of the Waiau River in an effort to ensure adherence to the new regulations, undertaken in late August 2024, there were no reported violations of early whitebaiting. However, there were some later violations of the rules which restricts nighttime whitebaiting.

WAIAU TRUST WHITEBAIT HABITAT:
This project has a focus on the creation of rearing habitats for whitebait, which in turn, helps a diverse range of wildlife which reside or migrate to this coastal environment. According to the Waiau Trust's website (see more in Place Notes), "Adult fish spawn in vegetation at the margins of tidal wetlands and streams, during spring tides in the months of February to April. The fertilised eggs...
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Waiau River - photos of Whitebaiting and the river mouth in decades past, c1980s

Whitebaiting, Waiau River and Waiau Mouth. This is what the whitebaiting scene at the Waiau River looked like in 'the season', many years ago now. This series of images, recently donated to the Community Archive, were used to commemorate the new 2024 Whitebaiting season. The new 2025 season starts today on 1 September. We wish all whitebaiters on our river a safe, successful season, and encourage the environmental protection of these taonga, so future generations can also enjoy whitebaiting as we do.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - whitebaiting on the Waiau River at the mouth, in days past
Photo 2 - some of the whitebaiting caravans parked up at Waiau River
Photos 3 - scenes of the Waiau River at the Waiau mouth in days past
Photographs by Ron McDowell & kindly donated to CWA. Licensed CC BY

WHITEBAIT:
The Department of Conservation or DOC, summarises what we know as 'Whitebait, as being, "the juveniles of six species of fish, five of which are migratory galaxiids: inanga, banded kōkopu, giant kōkopu, kōaro and shortjaw kōkopu. The sixth species is common smelt." Doc further inform us that the whitebait caught locally from the Waiau River, are predominantly inanga. These are "found in a wide variety of habitats, from tiny creeks, to coastal rivers, lowland streams, lakes and wetlands." Inanga are small and most only survive a year or so, reaching about 100mm in length – the longest one found on record, was 190 mm.

"Because they are poor climbers, inanga are usually found near the coast. Their silvery belly and somewhat forked tail make them easy to distinguish. Found in places as far flung as Chile, Australia and Argentina, inanga are the most widely distributed native freshwater fish in the world," records DOC. They are also Aotearoa New Zealand’s most commonly caught species of whitebait. But as well as this, their population is in decline. Almost all of the Whitebait species are either in decline or threatened, hence new restrictions on catching them. If we want future generations to be able to carry on our tradition of whitebaiting, we need to preserve this previous taonga/treasure.

Whitebaiting is a favourite cherished sport and time-honoured tradition in many parts of the country, and especially at the Waiau River Mouth. Local's have whitebaited here for generations, and can tell tales of times when the beach stretched all the way along Bluecliffs, with road access and parking. In recent times the Waiau Mouth has eroded into the sea, taking a lot of land with it, forever changing the landscape of the river mouth and whitebaiting.

But the landscape at the Waiau Mouth is not the only thing that has now changed. To help protect these taonga or treasured fish species and their habitats for the future, there is now a shorter season and more set rules. For 2024 on the Waiau River in Western Murihiku Southland, the season ran between September 1 & October 30, with whitebaiting only permitted on those days between 5am to 8pm, or 6am to 9pm during daylight savings. The 2025 season is also running from 1 Sept to 30 October.

Now, each person can only have one whitebait net operating at any given time, and this must be attended at all times. The mouth of the net is not allowed to be wider than 4.5 meters. Also, you cannot fish by structures like bridges, culverts, even river junctions. This is to protect these vulnerable fish stocks. If everyone follows the rules, we can all help maintain a healthy river ecosystem, and ensure that whitebait can continue to thrive for the future.

The new regulations which have recently been put into place, are being enforced in a joint effort between Police and DoC. All whitebaiters were notified and encouraged to educate themselves on the new rules and regulations ahead of the 2024 season. It was pleasing to read in a news article from this year, that a patrol of the Waiau River in an effort to ensure adherence to the new regulations, undertaken in late August 2024, there were no reported violations of early whitebaiting. However, there were some later violations of the rules which restricts nighttime whitebaiting.

WAIAU TRUST WHITEBAIT HABITAT:
This project has a focus on the creation of rearing habitats for whitebait, which in turn, helps a diverse range of wildlife which reside or migrate to this coastal environment. According to the Waiau Trust's website (see more in Place Notes), "Adult fish spawn in vegetation at the margins of tidal wetlands and streams, during spring tides in the months of February to April. The fertilised eggs...
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Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History, 1910-1930

Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History:

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has an interesting background, as does the township. In 1872 the first school in the area was established, and ended up being run under the name of Garfield-Orepuki School, in the newly moved township of Garfield. The Otago Education Board who were the oversight for the new school at Orepuki, used its “difficult and remote location” to justify not visiting the school to do the usual reports on the building and teaching.

The roll in the beginning was just 16 children, but by the time the first year was out, the roll stood at over 30 students, and kept growing steadily from its opening date. This made the school itself too overcrowded and unsuitable and it was to be rebuilt twice – the first time four years after it opened, when the original building was turned into the schoolhouse for accommodation of teaching staff. As it was one of the first of many buildings eventually erected in the township, many district events were held on the site and in the building, which doubled as a public hall, dance hall, and even a church.

The second school also proved inadequate, and it was replaced again by a much larger three roomed affair, but this was not to remain where it was either, even though it was the last building to be moved from the Garfield site. Fascinatingly, miners ended up digging a rich vein which led them right to the School Reserve in the Gully. The school land plus that of the whole township was mined, after a resolution was reached with the Education Board for the miners to pay to move the school!

By 1874 a School Committee was formed, in line with the requirements of the Education Act. This was made up of the following men: Chairman, D Hunter; Secretary, JL Currie; plus - J Callaghan, H Creasey, R Cupples, TH Devonshire, AJ Jolly, FH McLean, and R Riddle.

An interesting news report from 1882 tells us the school was closed (again!) and that this was a regular occurrence over the last three years. More details emerge about the rain “driving in through the windows like a shower bath”, leading to all the children having to be moved away from the back. It was also noted that there was a current contract let for repairs to the schoolhouse at this time.

After Garfield was demolished by gold mining, the school was forced to relocate to the third and final resting place of the ever moving local township, which came about from its closeness to the local coalmining works and the 1885 railway connecting the two. After the railway opening, the newly erected town of Orepuki was to grow and prosper beyond all belief over the next 20 years with around 3,000 people living there at the height of its existence. By 1900 there was a huge township, which necessitated the continual enlarging of the local public school. The photo shown here is of the old school after it had got its 3 room extensions built.

But after the gold dried up and coal mining being overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki became deserted again. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival. Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event.

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old prior moved school. The old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7.

For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed. But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton Primary School and Waiau Area School had agreed to leave the current stop where it was.

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Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History, 1910-1930

Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History:

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has an interesting background, as does the township. In 1872 the first school in the area was established, and ended up being run under the name of Garfield-Orepuki School, in the newly moved township of Garfield. The Otago Education Board who were the oversight for the new school at Orepuki, used its “difficult and remote location” to justify not visiting the school to do the usual reports on the building and teaching.

The roll in the beginning was just 16 children, but by the time the first year was out, the roll stood at over 30 students, and kept growing steadily from its opening date. This made the school itself too overcrowded and unsuitable and it was to be rebuilt twice – the first time four years after it opened, when the original building was turned into the schoolhouse for accommodation of teaching staff. As it was one of the first of many buildings eventually erected in the township, many district events were held on the site and in the building, which doubled as a public hall, dance hall, and even a church.

The second school also proved inadequate, and it was replaced again by a much larger three roomed affair, but this was not to remain where it was either, even though it was the last building to be moved from the Garfield site. Fascinatingly, miners ended up digging a rich vein which led them right to the School Reserve in the Gully. The school land plus that of the whole township was mined, after a resolution was reached with the Education Board for the miners to pay to move the school!

By 1874 a School Committee was formed, in line with the requirements of the Education Act. This was made up of the following men: Chairman, D Hunter; Secretary, JL Currie; plus - J Callaghan, H Creasey, R Cupples, TH Devonshire, AJ Jolly, FH McLean, and R Riddle.

An interesting news report from 1882 tells us the school was closed (again!) and that this was a regular occurrence over the last three years. More details emerge about the rain “driving in through the windows like a shower bath”, leading to all the children having to be moved away from the back. It was also noted that there was a current contract let for repairs to the schoolhouse at this time.

After Garfield was demolished by gold mining, the school was forced to relocate to the third and final resting place of the ever moving local township, which came about from its closeness to the local coalmining works and the 1885 railway connecting the two. After the railway opening, the newly erected town of Orepuki was to grow and prosper beyond all belief over the next 20 years with around 3,000 people living there at the height of its existence. By 1900 there was a huge township, which necessitated the continual enlarging of the local public school. The photo shown here is of the old school after it had got its 3 room extensions built.

But after the gold dried up and coal mining being overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki became deserted again. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival. Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event.

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old prior moved school. The old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7.

For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed. But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton Primary School and Waiau Area School had agreed to leave the current stop where it was.

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Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History, 1910-1930

Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History:

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has an interesting background, as does the township. In 1872 the first school in the area was established, and ended up being run under the name of Garfield-Orepuki School, in the newly moved township of Garfield. The Otago Education Board who were the oversight for the new school at Orepuki, used its “difficult and remote location” to justify not visiting the school to do the usual reports on the building and teaching.

The roll in the beginning was just 16 children, but by the time the first year was out, the roll stood at over 30 students, and kept growing steadily from its opening date. This made the school itself too overcrowded and unsuitable and it was to be rebuilt twice – the first time four years after it opened, when the original building was turned into the schoolhouse for accommodation of teaching staff. As it was one of the first of many buildings eventually erected in the township, many district events were held on the site and in the building, which doubled as a public hall, dance hall, and even a church.

The second school also proved inadequate, and it was replaced again by a much larger three roomed affair, but this was not to remain where it was either, even though it was the last building to be moved from the Garfield site. Fascinatingly, miners ended up digging a rich vein which led them right to the School Reserve in the Gully. The school land plus that of the whole township was mined, after a resolution was reached with the Education Board for the miners to pay to move the school!

By 1874 a School Committee was formed, in line with the requirements of the Education Act. This was made up of the following men: Chairman, D Hunter; Secretary, JL Currie; plus - J Callaghan, H Creasey, R Cupples, TH Devonshire, AJ Jolly, FH McLean, and R Riddle.

An interesting news report from 1882 tells us the school was closed (again!) and that this was a regular occurrence over the last three years. More details emerge about the rain “driving in through the windows like a shower bath”, leading to all the children having to be moved away from the back. It was also noted that there was a current contract let for repairs to the schoolhouse at this time.

After Garfield was demolished by gold mining, the school was forced to relocate to the third and final resting place of the ever moving local township, which came about from its closeness to the local coalmining works and the 1885 railway connecting the two. After the railway opening, the newly erected town of Orepuki was to grow and prosper beyond all belief over the next 20 years with around 3,000 people living there at the height of its existence. By 1900 there was a huge township, which necessitated the continual enlarging of the local public school. The photo shown here is of the old school after it had got its 3 room extensions built.

But after the gold dried up and coal mining being overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki became deserted again. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival. Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event.

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old prior moved school. The old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7.

For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed. But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton Primary School and Waiau Area School had agreed to leave the current stop where it was.

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Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History, 1910-1930

Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History:

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has an interesting background, as does the township. In 1872 the first school in the area was established, and ended up being run under the name of Garfield-Orepuki School, in the newly moved township of Garfield. The Otago Education Board who were the oversight for the new school at Orepuki, used its “difficult and remote location” to justify not visiting the school to do the usual reports on the building and teaching.

The roll in the beginning was just 16 children, but by the time the first year was out, the roll stood at over 30 students, and kept growing steadily from its opening date. This made the school itself too overcrowded and unsuitable and it was to be rebuilt twice – the first time four years after it opened, when the original building was turned into the schoolhouse for accommodation of teaching staff. As it was one of the first of many buildings eventually erected in the township, many district events were held on the site and in the building, which doubled as a public hall, dance hall, and even a church.

The second school also proved inadequate, and it was replaced again by a much larger three roomed affair, but this was not to remain where it was either, even though it was the last building to be moved from the Garfield site. Fascinatingly, miners ended up digging a rich vein which led them right to the School Reserve in the Gully. The school land plus that of the whole township was mined, after a resolution was reached with the Education Board for the miners to pay to move the school!

By 1874 a School Committee was formed, in line with the requirements of the Education Act. This was made up of the following men: Chairman, D Hunter; Secretary, JL Currie; plus - J Callaghan, H Creasey, R Cupples, TH Devonshire, AJ Jolly, FH McLean, and R Riddle.

An interesting news report from 1882 tells us the school was closed (again!) and that this was a regular occurrence over the last three years. More details emerge about the rain “driving in through the windows like a shower bath”, leading to all the children having to be moved away from the back. It was also noted that there was a current contract let for repairs to the schoolhouse at this time.

After Garfield was demolished by gold mining, the school was forced to relocate to the third and final resting place of the ever moving local township, which came about from its closeness to the local coalmining works and the 1885 railway connecting the two. After the railway opening, the newly erected town of Orepuki was to grow and prosper beyond all belief over the next 20 years with around 3,000 people living there at the height of its existence. By 1900 there was a huge township, which necessitated the continual enlarging of the local public school. The photo shown here is of the old school after it had got its 3 room extensions built.

But after the gold dried up and coal mining being overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki became deserted again. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival. Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event.

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old prior moved school. The old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7.

For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed. But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton Primary School and Waiau Area School had agreed to leave the current stop where it was.

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Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine, 1922

Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine:

Rosalie Bennett née Ward, has donated these photo's and information on her grandparents, Thomas & Catherine Ward who had 8 sons, 7 of them are in the photo here. They had one more son after this, his name was Frank. Rosalie says, they lived in Papatotara and Tūātapere and her granddad was a Manager at Kilkelly's sawmill, they lived in a Kilkellys house at Papatotara. Her father was Eric, who is also shown in the family photo above.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - Back Row, L-R: sons Thomas 1906 & Eric 1907 with Cecil 1909
Front Row, L-R: sons Ray 1911, Mum (Catherine) with baby Dallas 1921, Bert (Albert) 1916 & Dad (Thomas) with Bill (William) 1914
Born after this photo was taken, was baby Frank (Francis) 1923
Photo 2 - Thomas & Catherine's headstone at Tūātapere Cemetary

SOME FAMILY HISTORY:
Further to the above, Rosalie has sent in the following history on the family:
(Tom WARD family of Papatotara – as recounted below by Bert, a grandson)
“[Thomas snr.] he was a great man with the traction engines, with his sons he was contracting all the farmers crops. I can remember my father [Tom jnr.] saying it was very heavy and dusty work filling bags with chaff, going along narrow roads with their big machines.

My Grandfather also had a farm at Papatotara, out from Tuatapere. My brothers and myself went to Papatotara School. A man by the name of Jack Baker bought Grandad’s farm in later years. He lived with his daughter Alice in Kennington later, they were farmers.

Grandad used to come and stay with my Dad now and then at Tuatapere, where my father was manager of a big timber mill for Kilkelly Bros. Grandad was very keen on gardening. I remember Grandad thought he would enlarge Dad’s garden. There was a lot of very high dry fern around where the married houses were, anyway, Grandad decided to have a burn off, anyway it got away on him and by the time the fire hoses were got out, three houses burned down. It was not Grandad’s day. He always kept very good health."

In Allan Templeton’s ‘Southwest Sawmills’ book, it has the following information on the Ward’s at Papatotara; “During the locy days a fire got away and burnt about 50 acres of bush, fortunately, not of very good quality. It has since been known as Kilkelly’s Clearing… Later, a rail tractor was brought in to use as a safety measure against fire, and it worked on a Maori block that is now part of Bill Caulfield’s farm.

Over a time the mill’s six houses and two or three huts were occupied by several of the following workers:
Phil Kilkelly, Gus Morton, Jim Jacobson, Charlie Donaldson, George Cook, Mick Dowling and his son Bob, Mathew and George White, Dave Rogers, Bill Barnett, Fred Fluerty, Jim Spain, Tom Boyle and his son Ray, Jim Johnson and his sons Mac and Phil and his daughter Violet (a box factory worker), Dan Ogilvy, Snow Egerton, a Mr Cahil, Bert Ackers the sawyer, Jim Stuck the head yardman, Tom Ward the manger and his son Eric, and Tommy Laurie a lorry driver. The mill also had a smith and smithy. The plant closed down for several years and Ned Cockburn, a relation of Kilkelly’s stayed as caretaker until it re-opened in 1942, after Kilkelly’s Otahu mill was burnt down. In its second life, the Terrace Road Mill cur only pinus for boxes. Logs were carted from as far as Spar Bush on a Rio Speedwagon driven by Micky Maloney, Tommy Laurie was also a lorry driver, while Jack King, a local carrier, carted the box timber to rail.”

Above info from Rosalie Bennett. The Southwest Sawmill’s extract - and whole book on the district is available to view at CWArchive Heritage Hub.

Just to make things confusing, Thomas (Tom) jnr., shown here with his family, also had a father Thomas (Tom) snr., who had married Margaret. They had at least 7 children, between the years of 1880 and 1889. Thomas James whose family is shown here, was their second child, and he was born in 1881. Then Thomas jnr. also had a son called Thomas, born in 1906, and he is shown here as well, being the eldest of this families children. It is of note that these parents of John James WARD, John & Margaret, were buried at Aparima Riverton Cemetery. Margaret was to die very young, at only 36 or 38, depending on if you believe cemetery records or her grave.

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Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine, 1922

Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine:

Rosalie Bennett née Ward, has donated these photo's and information on her grandparents, Thomas & Catherine Ward who had 8 sons, 7 of them are in the photo here. They had one more son after this, his name was Frank. Rosalie says, they lived in Papatotara and Tūātapere and her granddad was a Manager at Kilkelly's sawmill, they lived in a Kilkellys house at Papatotara. Her father was Eric, who is also shown in the family photo above.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - Back Row, L-R: sons Thomas 1906 & Eric 1907 with Cecil 1909
Front Row, L-R: sons Ray 1911, Mum (Catherine) with baby Dallas 1921, Bert (Albert) 1916 & Dad (Thomas) with Bill (William) 1914
Born after this photo was taken, was baby Frank (Francis) 1923
Photo 2 - Thomas & Catherine's headstone at Tūātapere Cemetary

SOME FAMILY HISTORY:
Further to the above, Rosalie has sent in the following history on the family:
(Tom WARD family of Papatotara – as recounted below by Bert, a grandson)
“[Thomas snr.] he was a great man with the traction engines, with his sons he was contracting all the farmers crops. I can remember my father [Tom jnr.] saying it was very heavy and dusty work filling bags with chaff, going along narrow roads with their big machines.

My Grandfather also had a farm at Papatotara, out from Tuatapere. My brothers and myself went to Papatotara School. A man by the name of Jack Baker bought Grandad’s farm in later years. He lived with his daughter Alice in Kennington later, they were farmers.

Grandad used to come and stay with my Dad now and then at Tuatapere, where my father was manager of a big timber mill for Kilkelly Bros. Grandad was very keen on gardening. I remember Grandad thought he would enlarge Dad’s garden. There was a lot of very high dry fern around where the married houses were, anyway, Grandad decided to have a burn off, anyway it got away on him and by the time the fire hoses were got out, three houses burned down. It was not Grandad’s day. He always kept very good health."

In Allan Templeton’s ‘Southwest Sawmills’ book, it has the following information on the Ward’s at Papatotara; “During the locy days a fire got away and burnt about 50 acres of bush, fortunately, not of very good quality. It has since been known as Kilkelly’s Clearing… Later, a rail tractor was brought in to use as a safety measure against fire, and it worked on a Maori block that is now part of Bill Caulfield’s farm.

Over a time the mill’s six houses and two or three huts were occupied by several of the following workers:
Phil Kilkelly, Gus Morton, Jim Jacobson, Charlie Donaldson, George Cook, Mick Dowling and his son Bob, Mathew and George White, Dave Rogers, Bill Barnett, Fred Fluerty, Jim Spain, Tom Boyle and his son Ray, Jim Johnson and his sons Mac and Phil and his daughter Violet (a box factory worker), Dan Ogilvy, Snow Egerton, a Mr Cahil, Bert Ackers the sawyer, Jim Stuck the head yardman, Tom Ward the manger and his son Eric, and Tommy Laurie a lorry driver. The mill also had a smith and smithy. The plant closed down for several years and Ned Cockburn, a relation of Kilkelly’s stayed as caretaker until it re-opened in 1942, after Kilkelly’s Otahu mill was burnt down. In its second life, the Terrace Road Mill cur only pinus for boxes. Logs were carted from as far as Spar Bush on a Rio Speedwagon driven by Micky Maloney, Tommy Laurie was also a lorry driver, while Jack King, a local carrier, carted the box timber to rail.”

Above info from Rosalie Bennett. The Southwest Sawmill’s extract - and whole book on the district is available to view at CWArchive Heritage Hub.

Just to make things confusing, Thomas (Tom) jnr., shown here with his family, also had a father Thomas (Tom) snr., who had married Margaret. They had at least 7 children, between the years of 1880 and 1889. Thomas James whose family is shown here, was their second child, and he was born in 1881. Then Thomas jnr. also had a son called Thomas, born in 1906, and he is shown here as well, being the eldest of this families children. It is of note that these parents of John James WARD, John & Margaret, were buried at Aparima Riverton Cemetery. Margaret was to die very young, at only 36 or 38, depending on if you believe cemetery records or her grave.

Hopefully this entry will be added to as more information comes to hand. If you or anyone you know has any more information or photos to share or accounts of the WARD family of Papatotara during the years, please do share this with us in the comments section. You can do t...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/57191435/source

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Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine, 1922

Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine:

Rosalie Bennett née Ward, has donated these photo's and information on her grandparents, Thomas & Catherine Ward who had 8 sons, 7 of them are in the photo here. They had one more son after this, his name was Frank. Rosalie says, they lived in Papatotara and Tūātapere and her granddad was a Manager at Kilkelly's sawmill, they lived in a Kilkellys house at Papatotara. Her father was Eric, who is also shown in the family photo above.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - Back Row, L-R: sons Thomas 1906 & Eric 1907 with Cecil 1909
Front Row, L-R: sons Ray 1911, Mum (Catherine) with baby Dallas 1921, Bert (Albert) 1916 & Dad (Thomas) with Bill (William) 1914
Born after this photo was taken, was baby Frank (Francis) 1923
Photo 2 - Thomas & Catherine's headstone at Tūātapere Cemetary

SOME FAMILY HISTORY:
Further to the above, Rosalie has sent in the following history on the family:
(Tom WARD family of Papatotara – as recounted below by Bert, a grandson)
“[Thomas snr.] he was a great man with the traction engines, with his sons he was contracting all the farmers crops. I can remember my father [Tom jnr.] saying it was very heavy and dusty work filling bags with chaff, going along narrow roads with their big machines.

My Grandfather also had a farm at Papatotara, out from Tuatapere. My brothers and myself went to Papatotara School. A man by the name of Jack Baker bought Grandad’s farm in later years. He lived with his daughter Alice in Kennington later, they were farmers.

Grandad used to come and stay with my Dad now and then at Tuatapere, where my father was manager of a big timber mill for Kilkelly Bros. Grandad was very keen on gardening. I remember Grandad thought he would enlarge Dad’s garden. There was a lot of very high dry fern around where the married houses were, anyway, Grandad decided to have a burn off, anyway it got away on him and by the time the fire hoses were got out, three houses burned down. It was not Grandad’s day. He always kept very good health."

In Allan Templeton’s ‘Southwest Sawmills’ book, it has the following information on the Ward’s at Papatotara; “During the locy days a fire got away and burnt about 50 acres of bush, fortunately, not of very good quality. It has since been known as Kilkelly’s Clearing… Later, a rail tractor was brought in to use as a safety measure against fire, and it worked on a Maori block that is now part of Bill Caulfield’s farm.

Over a time the mill’s six houses and two or three huts were occupied by several of the following workers:
Phil Kilkelly, Gus Morton, Jim Jacobson, Charlie Donaldson, George Cook, Mick Dowling and his son Bob, Mathew and George White, Dave Rogers, Bill Barnett, Fred Fluerty, Jim Spain, Tom Boyle and his son Ray, Jim Johnson and his sons Mac and Phil and his daughter Violet (a box factory worker), Dan Ogilvy, Snow Egerton, a Mr Cahil, Bert Ackers the sawyer, Jim Stuck the head yardman, Tom Ward the manger and his son Eric, and Tommy Laurie a lorry driver. The mill also had a smith and smithy. The plant closed down for several years and Ned Cockburn, a relation of Kilkelly’s stayed as caretaker until it re-opened in 1942, after Kilkelly’s Otahu mill was burnt down. In its second life, the Terrace Road Mill cur only pinus for boxes. Logs were carted from as far as Spar Bush on a Rio Speedwagon driven by Micky Maloney, Tommy Laurie was also a lorry driver, while Jack King, a local carrier, carted the box timber to rail.”

Above info from Rosalie Bennett. The Southwest Sawmill’s extract - and whole book on the district is available to view at CWArchive Heritage Hub.

Just to make things confusing, Thomas (Tom) jnr., shown here with his family, also had a father Thomas (Tom) snr., who had married Margaret. They had at least 7 children, between the years of 1880 and 1889. Thomas James whose family is shown here, was their second child, and he was born in 1881. Then Thomas jnr. also had a son called Thomas, born in 1906, and he is shown here as well, being the eldest of this families children. It is of note that these parents of John James WARD, John & Margaret, were buried at Aparima Riverton Cemetery. Margaret was to die very young, at only 36 or 38, depending on if you believe cemetery records or her grave.

Hopefully this entry will be added to as more information comes to hand. If you or anyone you know has any more information or photos to share or accounts of the WARD family of Papatotara during the years, please do share this with us in the comments section. You can do t...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/57191435/source

#Papatotara #WestOfTheWaiau #WesternSouthland #Kilkelly #Sawmilling #Farming #WardFamily #Ward #Bennett #Timber #Bush #Waiau #Southwest #Fire #Bushmen #DigitalImageInArchivePaperCopyPrintedOnFile #DigitalNZ

Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine, 1922

Papatotara Early Farm Properties - Ward Family, Thomas and Catherine:

Rosalie Bennett née Ward, has donated these photo's and information on her grandparents, Thomas & Catherine Ward who had 8 sons, 7 of them are in the photo here. They had one more son after this, his name was Frank. Rosalie says, they lived in Papatotara and Tūātapere and her granddad was a Manager at Kilkelly's sawmill, they lived in a Kilkellys house at Papatotara. Her father was Eric, who is also shown in the family photo above.

IMAGES:
Photo 1 - Back Row, L-R: sons Thomas 1906 & Eric 1907 with Cecil 1909
Front Row, L-R: sons Ray 1911, Mum (Catherine) with baby Dallas 1921, Bert (Albert) 1916 & Dad (Thomas) with Bill (William) 1914
Born after this photo was taken, was baby Frank (Francis) 1923
Photo 2 - Thomas & Catherine's headstone at Tūātapere Cemetary

SOME FAMILY HISTORY:
Further to the above, Rosalie has sent in the following history on the family:
(Tom WARD family of Papatotara – as recounted below by Bert, a grandson)
“[Thomas snr.] he was a great man with the traction engines, with his sons he was contracting all the farmers crops. I can remember my father [Tom jnr.] saying it was very heavy and dusty work filling bags with chaff, going along narrow roads with their big machines.

My Grandfather also had a farm at Papatotara, out from Tuatapere. My brothers and myself went to Papatotara School. A man by the name of Jack Baker bought Grandad’s farm in later years. He lived with his daughter Alice in Kennington later, they were farmers.

Grandad used to come and stay with my Dad now and then at Tuatapere, where my father was manager of a big timber mill for Kilkelly Bros. Grandad was very keen on gardening. I remember Grandad thought he would enlarge Dad’s garden. There was a lot of very high dry fern around where the married houses were, anyway, Grandad decided to have a burn off, anyway it got away on him and by the time the fire hoses were got out, three houses burned down. It was not Grandad’s day. He always kept very good health."

In Allan Templeton’s ‘Southwest Sawmills’ book, it has the following information on the Ward’s at Papatotara; “During the locy days a fire got away and burnt about 50 acres of bush, fortunately, not of very good quality. It has since been known as Kilkelly’s Clearing… Later, a rail tractor was brought in to use as a safety measure against fire, and it worked on a Maori block that is now part of Bill Caulfield’s farm.

Over a time the mill’s six houses and two or three huts were occupied by several of the following workers:
Phil Kilkelly, Gus Morton, Jim Jacobson, Charlie Donaldson, George Cook, Mick Dowling and his son Bob, Mathew and George White, Dave Rogers, Bill Barnett, Fred Fluerty, Jim Spain, Tom Boyle and his son Ray, Jim Johnson and his sons Mac and Phil and his daughter Violet (a box factory worker), Dan Ogilvy, Snow Egerton, a Mr Cahil, Bert Ackers the sawyer, Jim Stuck the head yardman, Tom Ward the manger and his son Eric, and Tommy Laurie a lorry driver. The mill also had a smith and smithy. The plant closed down for several years and Ned Cockburn, a relation of Kilkelly’s stayed as caretaker until it re-opened in 1942, after Kilkelly’s Otahu mill was burnt down. In its second life, the Terrace Road Mill cur only pinus for boxes. Logs were carted from as far as Spar Bush on a Rio Speedwagon driven by Micky Maloney, Tommy Laurie was also a lorry driver, while Jack King, a local carrier, carted the box timber to rail.”

Above info from Rosalie Bennett. The Southwest Sawmill’s extract - and whole book on the district is available to view at CWArchive Heritage Hub.

Just to make things confusing, Thomas (Tom) jnr., shown here with his family, also had a father Thomas (Tom) snr., who had married Margaret. They had at least 7 children, between the years of 1880 and 1889. Thomas James whose family is shown here, was their second child, and he was born in 1881. Then Thomas jnr. also had a son called Thomas, born in 1906, and he is shown here as well, being the eldest of this families children. It is of note that these parents of John James WARD, John & Margaret, were buried at Aparima Riverton Cemetery. Margaret was to die very young, at only 36 or 38, depending on if you believe cemetery records or her grave.

Hopefully this entry will be added to as more information comes to hand. If you or anyone you know has any more information or photos to share or accounts of the WARD family of Papatotara during the years, please do share this with us in the comments section. You can do t...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/57191435/source

#Papatotara #WestOfTheWaiau #WesternSouthland #Kilkelly #Sawmilling #Farming #WardFamily #Ward #Bennett #Timber #Bush #Waiau #Southwest #Fire #Bushmen #DigitalImageInArchivePaperCopyPrintedOnFile #DigitalNZ

For #InternationalWomensDay Check out this local #Waiau lass who took out a few firsts for women in our country #Aotearoa #NZ #LocalLegends #WonderWomen

https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1656419/waiau-district-history-international-womens-day-historic-remembrance-event

For #InternationalWomensDay Check out this local #Waiau lass who took out a few firsts for women in our country #Aotearoa #NZ #LocalLegends #WonderWomen

https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1656419/waiau-district-history-international-womens-day-historic-remembrance-event

For #InternationalWomensDay Check out this local #Waiau lass who took out a few firsts for women in our country #Aotearoa #NZ #LocalLegends #WonderWomen

https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1656419/waiau-district-history-international-womens-day-historic-remembrance-event

For #InternationalWomensDay Check out this local #Waiau lass who took out a few firsts for women in our country #Aotearoa #NZ #LocalLegends #WonderWomen

https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1656419/waiau-district-history-international-womens-day-historic-remembrance-event

#OTD An early settler in the #Waiau District, Alexander Pearson, died early in the morning this day in history, on 21st January 1928. He had married Agnes Park, they married on 30 December 1870, in the town of Wishaw, Scotland.

Around 4-5 years later, the couple came to Aotearoa NZ. After some time, the family moved to #Orepuki by packhorse, where a homestead was built, known as “Holmburn”.

Alex's son-in-law George Charlton, was the storekeeper at #Tūātapere, the store can be seen here below:

#OTD An early settler in the #Waiau District, Alexander Pearson, died early in the morning this day in history, on 21st January 1928. He had married Agnes Park, they married on 30 December 1870, in the town of Wishaw, Scotland.

Around 4-5 years later, the couple came to Aotearoa NZ. After some time, the family moved to #Orepuki by packhorse, where a homestead was built, known as “Holmburn”.

Alex's son-in-law George Charlton, was the storekeeper at #Tūātapere, the store can be seen here below:

#OTD An early settler in the #Waiau District, Alexander Pearson, died early in the morning this day in history, on 21st January 1928. He had married Agnes Park, they married on 30 December 1870, in the town of Wishaw, Scotland.

Around 4-5 years later, the couple came to Aotearoa NZ. After some time, the family moved to #Orepuki by packhorse, where a homestead was built, known as “Holmburn”.

Alex's son-in-law George Charlton, was the storekeeper at #Tūātapere, the store can be seen here below:

#OTD An early settler in the #Waiau District, Alexander Pearson, died early in the morning this day in history, on 21st January 1928. He had married Agnes Park, they married on 30 December 1870, in the town of Wishaw, Scotland.

Around 4-5 years later, the couple came to Aotearoa NZ. After some time, the family moved to #Orepuki by packhorse, where a homestead was built, known as “Holmburn”.

Alex's son-in-law George Charlton, was the storekeeper at #Tūātapere, the store can be seen here below:

The word for Day 30 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #WhyMuseum30 #HeAhaWhareTaonga30

Museum30 is a great way for GLAM's to showcase all our collections online. See more of the local history from our district in the Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive on this link: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Waiau #RuralNZ
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 30 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #WhyMuseum30 #HeAhaWhareTaonga30

Museum30 is a great way for GLAM's to showcase all our collections online. See more of the local history from our district in the Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive on this link: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Waiau #RuralNZ
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 30 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #WhyMuseum30 #HeAhaWhareTaonga30

Museum30 is a great way for GLAM's to showcase all our collections online. See more of the local history from our district in the Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive on this link: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Waiau #RuralNZ
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 30 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #WhyMuseum30 #HeAhaWhareTaonga30

Museum30 is a great way for GLAM's to showcase all our collections online. See more of the local history from our district in the Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive on this link: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Waiau #RuralNZ
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 29 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Storytelling #KōreroPaki

Charlie Moffat did a bit of storytelling or kōrero paki about this house... See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1602393/eastern-bush-district-moffat-family-history

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #FlaxMilling
#Waiau #MoffatFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #War
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 29 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Storytelling #KōreroPaki

Charlie Moffat did a bit of storytelling or kōrero paki about this house... See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1602393/eastern-bush-district-moffat-family-history

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #FlaxMilling
#Waiau #MoffatFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #War
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 29 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Storytelling #KōreroPaki

Charlie Moffat did a bit of storytelling or kōrero paki about this house... See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1602393/eastern-bush-district-moffat-family-history

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #FlaxMilling
#Waiau #MoffatFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #War
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 29 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Storytelling #KōreroPaki

Charlie Moffat did a bit of storytelling or kōrero paki about this house... See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1602393/eastern-bush-district-moffat-family-history

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #FlaxMilling
#Waiau #MoffatFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #War
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 28 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Walls #Pātū

If the walls of the Eastern Bush Hotel could talk, they would sure tell some stories! See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564613/eastern-bush-hotel-store-post-office-mouat-ownership-1905-2004

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #AccommodationHouse
#Waiau #MouatFamily
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Hotel
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 28 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Walls #Pātū

If the walls of the Eastern Bush Hotel could talk, they would sure tell some stories! See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564613/eastern-bush-hotel-store-post-office-mouat-ownership-1905-2004

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #AccommodationHouse
#Waiau #MouatFamily
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Hotel
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 28 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Walls #Pātū

If the walls of the Eastern Bush Hotel could talk, they would sure tell some stories! See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564613/eastern-bush-hotel-store-post-office-mouat-ownership-1905-2004

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #AccommodationHouse
#Waiau #MouatFamily
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Hotel
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 28 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Walls #Pātū

If the walls of the Eastern Bush Hotel could talk, they would sure tell some stories! See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564613/eastern-bush-hotel-store-post-office-mouat-ownership-1905-2004

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #AccommodationHouse
#Waiau #MouatFamily
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Hotel
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 27 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Plan #Hoahoa

There must have been a plan or hoahoa for the builders of this Eastern Bush Church from 1914. See more about this building in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564914/eastern-bush-district-presbyterian-church-history-foundation-stone-laying

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #EasternBush
#Waiau #Presbyterian #Churches
#CommunityCollaboration #FarmingFamilies #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 27 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Plan #Hoahoa

There must have been a plan or hoahoa for the builders of this Eastern Bush Church from 1914. See more about this building in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564914/eastern-bush-district-presbyterian-church-history-foundation-stone-laying

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #EasternBush
#Waiau #Presbyterian #Churches
#CommunityCollaboration #FarmingFamilies #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 27 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Plan #Hoahoa

There must have been a plan or hoahoa for the builders of this Eastern Bush Church from 1914. See more about this building in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564914/eastern-bush-district-presbyterian-church-history-foundation-stone-laying

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #EasternBush
#Waiau #Presbyterian #Churches
#CommunityCollaboration #FarmingFamilies #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 27 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Plan #Hoahoa

There must have been a plan or hoahoa for the builders of this Eastern Bush Church from 1914. See more about this building in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564914/eastern-bush-district-presbyterian-church-history-foundation-stone-laying

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #EasternBush
#Waiau #Presbyterian #Churches
#CommunityCollaboration #FarmingFamilies #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 26 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Colleague #Hoamahi

A couple of colleagues or hoamahi of the Clifden Limeworks with their boiler. See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1597951/clifden-district-business-industry-clifden-lime-works-company-ltd

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Limeworks
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 26 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Colleague #Hoamahi

A couple of colleagues or hoamahi of the Clifden Limeworks with their boiler. See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1597951/clifden-district-business-industry-clifden-lime-works-company-ltd

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Limeworks
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 26 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Colleague #Hoamahi

A couple of colleagues or hoamahi of the Clifden Limeworks with their boiler. See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1597951/clifden-district-business-industry-clifden-lime-works-company-ltd

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Limeworks
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 26 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Colleague #Hoamahi

A couple of colleagues or hoamahi of the Clifden Limeworks with their boiler. See more in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1597951/clifden-district-business-industry-clifden-lime-works-company-ltd

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Limeworks
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 25 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Candle #kānara

This early home of Jim & Olive Laurie would have run on candles or kānara. See more on them in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1600711/orawia-district-settlers-laurie-family

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Forestry
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 25 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Candle #kānara

This early home of Jim & Olive Laurie would have run on candles or kānara. See more on them in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1600711/orawia-district-settlers-laurie-family

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Forestry
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 25 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Candle #kānara

This early home of Jim & Olive Laurie would have run on candles or kānara. See more on them in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1600711/orawia-district-settlers-laurie-family

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Forestry
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 25 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Candle #kānara

This early home of Jim & Olive Laurie would have run on candles or kānara. See more on them in our Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1600711/orawia-district-settlers-laurie-family

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Museums #Archives #digipres #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming #Forestry
#Waiau #LaurieFamily #Ōrawia
#CommunityCollaboration #Homes #Whare #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory #Clifden
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 22 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Orange #Pākākā

The diggers in this group of photos are orange or pākākā coloured. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this machinery and this job, here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565822/mararoa-river-willow-clearance

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres #Mararoa
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 22 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Orange #Pākākā

The diggers in this group of photos are orange or pākākā coloured. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this machinery and this job, here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565822/mararoa-river-willow-clearance

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres #Mararoa
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 22 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Orange #Pākākā

The diggers in this group of photos are orange or pākākā coloured. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this machinery and this job, here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565822/mararoa-river-willow-clearance

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres #Mararoa
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 22 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Orange #Pākākā

The diggers in this group of photos are orange or pākākā coloured. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this machinery and this job, here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565822/mararoa-river-willow-clearance

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres #Mararoa
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #RuralNZ #AgricultureHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 21 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #View #Tirohanga

The view or tirohanga of the landscape surrounding the removal of the Eastern Bush hall is spectacular. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565760/eastern-bush-district-old-hall

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 21 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #View #Tirohanga

The view or tirohanga of the landscape surrounding the removal of the Eastern Bush hall is spectacular. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565760/eastern-bush-district-old-hall

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 21 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #View #Tirohanga

The view or tirohanga of the landscape surrounding the removal of the Eastern Bush hall is spectacular. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565760/eastern-bush-district-old-hall

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 21 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #View #Tirohanga

The view or tirohanga of the landscape surrounding the removal of the Eastern Bush hall is spectacular. See our Central and Western Districts Archive for more information on this here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1565760/eastern-bush-district-old-hall

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 20 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Bookshelves #PaePukapuka

Two of the bookshelves or pae pukapuka of our new community archive project for the Central and Western Districts of Murihiku Southland in Aotearoa NZ. To view the archive see: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 20 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Bookshelves #PaePukapuka

Two of the bookshelves or pae pukapuka of our new community archive project for the Central and Western Districts of Murihiku Southland in Aotearoa NZ. To view the archive see: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 20 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Bookshelves #PaePukapuka

Two of the bookshelves or pae pukapuka of our new community archive project for the Central and Western Districts of Murihiku Southland in Aotearoa NZ. To view the archive see: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive

The word for Day 20 in English then Māori of #Museum30 #Bookshelves #PaePukapuka

Two of the bookshelves or pae pukapuka of our new community archive project for the Central and Western Districts of Murihiku Southland in Aotearoa NZ. To view the archive see: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/central-western-murihiku-southland-archive

#History #Heritage #Aotearoa #NZ #GLAM #Clifden #Museums #Archives #digipres
#EasternBush #Waiau #Ōtautau #Murihiku #Southland #Farming
#CommunityCollaboration #Ōrawia #RuralNZ #AgHistory
#CentralAndWesternArchive