Tauranga Historical Society

This is the first of a two-part series by a contributer who wishes to remain anonymous. It is about an English woman who adopted New Zealand...

Studio portrait of Sylvia Ashton-Warner, taken c. Dec 1958 Silver gelatin print in folder by Rupert Connell, Tauranga Alexander Turnbull Lib...

Opening of the Tauranga Dairy Factory, cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd, 2 October 1910 Image courtesy of Pae Koroki, Ref. 99-1181 My first view of...

Early Sailing Vessels and Visitors to Tauranga, Part XIV Built at the thriving Mechanics Bay shipyard at Auckland in 1861, the 85 ton Albatr...

During the 1800s published stories about Europeans captured by 'savages' thrilled and horrified British, Continental and North Ameri...