Tauranga Historical Society

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...

Ken Hayman, c. 1990 Beverly Brasting met her husband-to-be Ken Hayman at Hayman’s Hall when she went there on Anzac Day 1950 to audition as ...

George H.A. Wills Image courtesy of Tauranga City Library, Pae Korokī Ref. 04-563 While Mr George Wills and his wife Mary were living in Pen...

 By John and Julie Green Early single man’s hut The Henderson Brothers sawmill and village were built in 1936 on what is now known as ...

Patrick Freeburn Keenan and His Family by Patricia Brooks Edited by Sophie Levestam, Design by Donella Jones ISBN 978-0-473-45792-1, Ka...

Greerton Township and Surrounding Farms: Early Settlement on Confiscated Land Written and published by Robert Craig Scott, 303p, 2017 Re...