Milk, transport, euchre and weeds
Meghan Hawkes looks back on Waipa news in 1921. A new Te Awamutu venture was to begin producing dried milk. Dried milk, whether with or without its cream, was a highly concentrated food, and it…
Meghan Hawkes looks back on Waipa news in 1921. A new Te Awamutu venture was to begin producing dried milk. Dried milk, whether with or without its cream, was a highly concentrated food, and it…
Meghan Hawkes looks back to 1930 and reviews the stories making headlines in Waipā. Rabbits had spread extensively in the Waipā region and property owners were expected to exterminate them to the best of their…
There was no hope for John and Elizabeth Finch of Paterangi in an Auckland explosion, or was there? Meghan Hawkes recounts the story. Masses of flames and smoke shooting upwards for hundreds of metres over…
Meghan Hawkes looks at some the headlines in Waipa in 1937. A whirlwind hit the Orakau farm of Mr J Cullen causing extensive damage in just a few minutes. It demolished a milking shed and…
Meghan Hawkes looks at Waipa news from 1911. An outbreak of fire in a stable at the rear of Ahier’s store at Te Awamutu resulted in the destruction of the building together with a bulk…
Meghan Hawkes looks at what was making news in Waipa in 1895. Captain Broun, a naturalist, who had been visiting orchards in the Waikato, arrived at Whatiwhatihoe, the settlement at the Māori King’s residence under Mt…
Edwin Robinson survived the land wars only to die in an unfortunate accident as Meghan Hawkes reflects on in Tales from the Passed. When a machinery belt broke at the Paterangi creamery in November 1902…
Meghan Hawkes looks back at what was making Waipā headlines in 1913. Local heart throbs, the Te Awamutu polo players, competed in the New Zealand polo tournament at Palmerston North. The Savile Cup challenge was…
Meghan Hawkes takes us back to Waipā in 1890 to review the news of the day. Te Awamutu town improvements met with approval. The pathway between Te Awamutu and the railway station had been considerably widened. Formerly only…
Meghan Hawkes looks back on the news as it was reported in 1935. Nine train wagons loaded with lime came off the rails near Te Awamutu disrupting rail traffic for the next 12 hours. The…
