Tauranga Historical Society

 Recently, and in conjunction with Gerry Hodgson, a retired local architect, Tauranga Historical took a group of fifteen people on a most in...

Yatton Park from above, 2026.   Mansel Street is at extreme top-left corner.   The site of the original homestead, above the bend of the Wai...

  Panepane Point and Beach from Mount Maunganui, showing part of the narrow main shipping channel and the Tauranga harbour. Populated for ce...

Matakana Island’s 20 km-long, ocean-facing Panepane Beach - notorious among 19 th century Māori and    Pākehā  seafarers - posed a serious ...

  Tauranga Harbour, its main entrance and outer waters witnessed the wreckings of many waka Māori, sailing ships and steamers, both large an...

  Pilot House on the slopes of Mauao , Mount Maunganui, c. 195 0s Collection of Te Ao Mārama   - Tauranga City Libraries, Pae Ko r ok ī ...