Local History / January 2023
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NEWS RELEASE – WAITANGI DAY OPEN DAY -MONDAY – 6th February
- Wrights Hill Fortress
- FOR IMMEDIATE USE … Jan/Feb 2023 WAITANGI DAY OPEN DAY-MONDAY, 6 th February 10AM – 4PM Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be open forpublic inspection again on Waitangi Day, MONDAY, February 6th.
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Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Behind the scenes of Wellington Town Hall's redevelopment
- Wellington City Council
- The Te Whare Whakarauiki Wellington Town Hall redevelopment made great strides in 2022 with the removal of the crane, a prominent feature of the city’s skyline since 2020. Read on to find out about the next stages of the project in 2023.
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Event to mark 100th anniversary of katherine mansfield's death
- Katherine Mansfield House
- On 9 January 1923, a small event was held at the Katherine Mansfield Memorial in Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park in Thorndon, Wellington, to mark the anniversary date of the centenary of Katherine Mansfield's death.
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Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Risk anything! Remembering Katherine Mansfield on the centenary of her death
- Wellington City Libraries
- Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for… Continue reading Risk anything! Remembering Katherine Mansfield on the centenary of her death →
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Dr John Ewart
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- “There has probably never been a greater superintendent of the Wellington Hospital than Dr Ewart” (Evening Post, 5 August 1939). This story was inspired by a Genealogy Investigations story on […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mary Anne Swaison
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This grave is the burial plot of Mary Anne Swainson. She was born in 1833 near Hull in the English Midlands and arrived in New Zealand in 1856. In 1859 […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Lambro Parris
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Lambro was born in 1878 to Andrew and Mary (nee Jackson) Parris. According to Lambro’s obituary, he commenced work on wharves in 1885. He was a foundation member of the […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mary Jackson
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- “Look Before You Leap” . This was the title of a newspaper article reporting on Mary’s marriage in 1882. Andrew Parris married Mary Jackson at St Mary of the Angels […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Peter Fraser
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Peter Fraser was born in 1884 in the far north Scottish Highlands. He left school early and worked to help support his family, but unemployment forced him to go to London. […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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