The Great Sequah I’m the oldest Great Grandson of Charles Frederick Rowley, otherwise known as “The Great Sequah”. (editor’s note: the “quack doctor” mentioned in Cars, cows and miracle cures – A Snip in Time…
The Great Sequah I’m the oldest Great Grandson of Charles Frederick Rowley, otherwise known as “The Great Sequah”. (editor’s note: the “quack doctor” mentioned in Cars, cows and miracle cures – A Snip in Time…
Last summer was my first attempt at building a garden and growing something worth eating out of it. About mid-way through December, though, I realised I had made a big mistake. My tomato plants had…
The worm-eaten and rat-ridden state of the Star Hotel at Kihikihi compelled the police in 1916 to apply to have its licence cancelled. The place was in a state of great disrepair, patched with tin…
Eons ago, humanity began to learn from natural events and understand our Earth in incredible ways. We evolved through tragedies like impactful eruptions and earthquakes. Valuable stories were passed down to teach descendants how to…
Travellers desiring to inspect the site of the big hydro-electric works at Arapuni had not experienced the best facilities for making the motor journey between Te Awamutu and Putāruru owing to the mail cars on the Arapuni-Putaruru section not synchronising…
The early settlers of our region remain significant to our history and our future. Māori landed in Kawhia harbour and many travelled across the hills to settle in Waipa. Generations of tribes covered the lush,…
This time 20 years ago, countries around the Indian Ocean were reeling from the grief and horror of one of the deadliest events in modern history – the Boxing Day tsunami triggered by the 9.2-9.3…
This week I had a chat with Joshua Sargent with the Environmental Research Institute at the University of Waikato. He is an environmental spatial scientist, which is someone who combines the elements of environment, people,…
Campers in 1937 in the Waikato district were glad to see the sun after three waterlogged days. The weather change came at a time when 90 per cent of campers had capitulated, clambering into their…
Pay your way In this last year I have been very disappointed to see so many vehicles with expired road registration – some months expired and some by years. A recent one outside the information…
