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The remains of Shortland Pā. Photo: SUPPLIED

‘There was only one’: Totara Pā

Post author:Meghan Hawkes
Post published:November 1, 2022
Post category:Features Vintage Valley News

As part of a Valley Profile series, MEGHAN HAWKES searches through old newspapers to bring you the stories Thames Valley locals once read about themselves. 1937 There were calls for…

Gibbon’s sawmill, Kōpū, on the Waihōu River. From an opposite bank Elizabeth’s desperate calls for help went unheard. Photo: SUPPLIED

Exploding gun causes fatality in Thames

Post author:Meghan Hawkes
Post published:October 25, 2022
Post category:Dead Cert News

John Duncan, straddling the wild pig he’d just killed, lit his pipe with satisfaction.It had been a good Sunday morning in April, 1874, hunting with his wife Riripeti (Elizabeth) at…

The town of Paeroa as it was in 1909. Photo: SUPPLIED

A once ‘dapper presence’ in Paeroa

Post author:Meghan Hawkes
Post published:October 16, 2022
Post category:Dead Cert News

As part of a Valley Profile series, MEGHAN HAWKES explores our local history by seeking out stories of life and death in the Thames Valley The highly cultured, handsome Charles…

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