Local History / May 2024
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Meet the medlar
- Katherine Mansfield House
- British orchardist Jane Steward gave a fascinating talk about medlar trees and their fruit which is now available online. We have a medlar tree at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and use its fruit to make jelly each year.
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Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Olaf Hansen
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Olaf (known as Yank), aged 35 and a taxi proprietor lived in Seatoun Road. In April 1932 he had gradually been excavating a cliff at the rear of his house […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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King
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This unusual plot design caught our eye in the upper area of Church of England 2 section. It is clad with marble and has a concave tablet surface and a […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fischel
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Alfons Frederick Fischel was born in Prague in 1874. His profession was an engineer. He married Gisela Karmel in Vienna in 1902, their marriage was recorded in the Jewish register […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tangiwai Funeral Service
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Tangiwai Funeral Service – 31 December 1953 Seventy years ago, a funeral service was held at Karori Cemetery for the twenty-one unidentified victims of the Tangiwai disaster that occurred on […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mary Wood
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Mary (May) Wood Mary was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Samson. She married firstly to John Douglas McNeil in 1904 in Dunedin. They had two children: John Samson and […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Anniversary Day
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- To mark Wellington Anniversary Day, we would like to share this photo we found from 1913. The ‘Early Settlers and Historical Association of Wellington’ issued an open invitation to all […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Clemencot
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- In 1921, arranged by her daughter Madame Parker, Madame Emilie Marguerite Clemencot (nee Chavelle) and Madame Parker’s sister Mademoiselle Blanche Emilie Clemencot arrived in Hastings from St-Chamond, Loire, France. Madame […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Thomas Campbell Edwards
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- One of our readers Jayce wrote in to ask if we knew what this object is on Thomas Edwards’ grave. Having examined it and done a few Google images searches, […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Zealand Centennial Exhibition | Edmund Anscombe
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition celebrated 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It ran from November 1939 until May 1940 on a site at […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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News release – kings birthday open day
- Wrights Hill Fortress
- KING’S BIRTHDAY– OPEN DAY MONDAY 3RD JUNE, 10AM- 4PM Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be opening for public inspection again on King’s Birthday, Monday 3rd June. The World War Two coastal battery first opened to the public in 1989 and will be accessible between 10am and 4pm. On King’s Birthday people are invited to self-guide themselves through the tunnels and gun emplacements. The walk usually takes about one hour, so bring a torch with you for some fun! Visitors will be able to explore the 620 metres of underground tunnels with a free map and history pamphlet. They will see the engine room, shell stores, plotting rooms and the huge gun pit where Gun Number 1 used to stand, as well as a replica of the 10 metre-long gun barrel.
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Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Join us for our 2024 AGM
- Karori Historical Society
- Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 4 June 2024 at St Ninian’s, Newcombe Crescent, Karori at 7.30 pm. Members and friends welcome. Business After the AGM we are lucky to have Elizabeth Cox as our speaker, who will be talking about her book Making Space, and in particular the life of Lucy Greenish. […]
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington’s Epuni Street to be corrected to properly honour ancestor
- Wellington City Council
- Epuni Street in Aro Valley will be formally renamed to Hōniana Te Puni Street this week to accurately reflect the tupuna (ancestor) the street is named after.
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Epuni Street, Fitchettown, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Position Statement: The Architectural Centre
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Photo above: Mr and Mrs W.
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Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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