Tauranga Historical Society

Any historical researcher must at some stage ponder when what might be loosely called ‘stuff’ becomes, in a more dignified term, ‘the stuff ...

Mr T.R. Te Kani at Gate Pa/Pukehinahina 35mm film negative, Gifford-Cross/NZME Bay of Plenty Times Collection, publ. 30 Apr 1964 Image cour...

Early Sailing Vessels and Visitors to Tauranga, Part XVII On 5th March 1832, the armed sailing cutter Taeopa , one of New Zealand’s first Ma...

From Tauranga City Library’s archives A monthly blog about interesting items in our collection Mr. Barry in 1872, advertised for sale an est...

Wairoa Bridge (Tauranga), circa 1905-1907. Postcard A.G. Series No. 105 C Collection of Justine Neal The precursor to the modern Wairoa sect...