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Sunday, 27 September 2026
Correcting the links: Harold John Jenks
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Harold Jenks, Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, was a member of the Tauranga Historical Society. Harold Jenks’ drawing of ...
Friday, 18 September 2026
The Arrival of Steamships at Tauranga and the Challenges of the Mount Maunganui Channel
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Before the 1860s, visits by steamers seeking commercial cargoes at Tauranga were rare events. Between the 1840s and 1860s, the Tauranga-to...
Friday, 11 September 2026
An Architour of some of Tauranga’s older homes
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Recently, and in conjunction with Gerry Hodgson, a retired local architect, Tauranga Historical took a group of fifteen people on a most in...
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Ōmokoroa from the Air: Alf Rendell and the Unsworth Subdivisions
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From Tauranga City Library’s archives A monthly blog about interesting items in our collection Today, it is difficult to imagine Ōmokoroa Po...
Friday, 28 August 2026
Henry Williams and the Herald: Their First Visit to Tauranga Moana
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Pilot Bay in the 1800s Image: John Kinder, Mt Mau nganui, Tauranga, 1874, 1937/15/46 , Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki On 26th June 202...
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