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Friday, 17 July 2026
Vivien Edwards – a life to celebrate
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it...
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
162 Years On: The Māori Rifle Pits of Te Ranga
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From Tauranga City Library’s archives A monthly blog about interesting items in our collection Around 6.45am, Sunday the 21st June, I arrive...
Friday, 3 July 2026
Mrs Ruth Mander (1915–2015)
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Left to right: Ruth Mander, Ina Bathe, Mary Parker, and Nancy Snodgrass admiring the rose "Remember Me" at the Tauranga Rose Gar...
Friday, 26 June 2026
The Wreck of the Cutter Oi on Panepane Beach, 1890
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Panepane Point and Beach from Mount Maunganui, showing part of the narrow main shipping channel and the Tauranga harbour. Populated for ce...
Friday, 19 June 2026
David Topi Werahiko Borell – a tribute
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On Saturday 9 May, fifty years and one day after his death, representatives of Tauranga Historical were invited to gather with members of th...
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