Tauranga Historical Society

  A tonne of ordnance crosses the Kaimai Range, 1832 Ururoa (the great white shark), also known as Rewharewha Te Koke, c. 1780–1861, was a p...

Part I  Alexander (Sandy) Turner sailed from Ireland to Auckland with his family on the immigrant ship Carisbrooke Castle in 1875 . Travelli...

The Wairoa River entrance at low water showing Kaiarero (Tilby) Point on the north-west corner of Fergusson Park Living in early Tauranga,...

The Intertribal Musket War’s Impact on Tauranga A Ngāpuhi musket haka or haka peruperu During the 1820s and 1830s, the Matua-Otūmoetai...

It’s easy to assume, at this distance of time, that in the years after raupatu [1] land ownership was steadily and seamlessly transferred t...