Local History / August 2023
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Kroner – were they spies?
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This is a postscript to our last story which prompted our reader Liz Moir to message us and ask the question. Were we missing something? Were they spies? To answer […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Walter Phelps Bibbing
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Who is W.P.B? The Burial Register provides the answer: Walter Phelps Bibbing. His death in the newspaper says ‘Little is known of Bibbing. He came to Wellington by the Waikere […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Hildegard Kroner
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This headstone for 8 year old Hildegard Kroner is the only evidence of three generations of the Kroner family in New Zealand. Her grandfather Heinrich Wilhelm Kroner [sometimes Kroener] came […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Incledon
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- We have often admired this headstone for its unusual ‘drop shadow’ leadwork lettering, which seems quite modern for the era. It was a prime candidate to be cleaned. The plot […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Claude Woodford
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Claude Albert Curtis Woodford – served in WWI twice Claude was 8 years old when his father died in 1895 (see previous story). He went to Sydney Street school and […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sarah McKinlay and Charles Ralph
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Sarah McKinlay and her husband Charles Robert Ralph Charles was born in 1862 in Glasgow and Sarah in 1863. Charles’ parents were Charles Ralph and Ann Duncan. Who Sarah’s parents […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Thomas Woodford
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Sudden Death of Mr T C Woodford Thomas Curtis Woodford was born in 1848 in Paddington, London to a watchmaking father. The family emigrated to Canterbury when he was ‘quite […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dulcie Quig
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- The Mystery of George Shaw Dulcie Belle Quig was the first wife of Thomas Ellis Glover, a well-known Wellington cartoonist. Dulcie married Tom in 1916, at the age of 20. […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Harry Clifton Gibbons
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Harry Clifton Gibbons – seed merchant Harry was born in Lincoln, England and came to New Zealand in 1884, aged 23. For many years was in the seed business on […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Walter Mansfield
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Monumental Mason Makes Mischief (1917) This wasn’t Walter’s first time in court. Back in 1896, he was there for assault charges against the Sexton of Karori Cemetery, Ernest Nash. The […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Should we hang on to our heritage buildings?
- Capital Magazine
- Take a walk through Wellington with Dennis Clifford as he investigates whether heritage buildings deserve a place in our city's future. The post Should we hang on to our heritage buildings? appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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Life's a beach in Oriental Bay
- Wellington City Council
- Oriental Parade may be dubbed the Riviera of the south, and is a hot spot when the sun comes out, but it wasn’t always that way – in fact it was just a one man town during the early days of European settlement.
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Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington City Libraries – looking back to look forward
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Central Library has been housed in a series of buildings which have become more user-friendly with each move. Less visible, is the progression of library services.
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Everything, everywhere, all at Mabel’s
- Capital Magazine
- Vibrant flavors meet cherished memories at Marlar Boon's Burmese restaurant. The post Everything, everywhere, all at Mabel’s appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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Globe Building, Holland Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Cuba Street has time on its side
- Wellington City Council
- We all know - and mostly love - Cuba Street, but not many of us are familiar with the street name's origin. Despite having popular local haunts like Havana Bar and Fidel’s Café related to the country of Cuba, it’s actually named after an early settler ship called Cuba, which arrived on our fair shores in 1840.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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