In its 50th anniversary year, Children and Teens Librarian Kris Saunders takes a look at how Naenae Community Library came to be Beginnings Planning for
The London Mayors of Petone, New Zealand
George Thomas London and his son George London were both Mayors of Petone. The London family of Henry, his wife Martha and children emigrated to
Whiorau/Lowry Bay’s first British settlers, James and Emma Jackson
Walking up the track in East Harbour regional park, Lowry Bay, Lower Hutt, you will chance upon a plaque marking the Jackson house, the first
Hairy Maclary from Hutt City
Researched and written by Tams. Back in the early 1980s, in our Western Hill’s suburb of Belmont, where areas brim full of trees and bird
The Final Statement of William Robertson
In November 1950 William Lewis Robertson deliberately stepped in front of the train to Melling. Gisborne Herald, 21 November 1950 Before departing he penned what
Early Cycling days in the Hutt Valley
Cycling became popular worldwide in the late 1800s and early 1900s and in the Hutt Valley residents were eager to cycle too. Cycles were fashionable,