History – Number 8 Network

Saving St Mary’s

April 11, 2023April 12, 2023 N8N 1 Comment Gordonton, Rev David Smithson, Ruth Cleland, Saving St Mary's Church, St Mary's church Gordonton, the Clelands

It’s just short of three years since the doors shut at St Mary’s Church in Gordonton. But now plans

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‘A great journey’ – Rob McGuire looks back

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 N8N 1 Comment Early days of Waikato council, History of WDC, Rob McGuire, Waikato District Council

After almost 40 years with Waikato District Council, Councillor Rob McGuire didn’t stand for election this year. He shares his memories of an amazing time.

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The changing face of the NZ cow shed

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 N8N 3 Comments Alan Sharp, Gordonton history, herringbone cowshed, history of the herringbone, Ron Sharp, Waikato dairy farm history

From the vault: Gordonton farmer Alan Sharp looks back at how cowsheds in New Zealand have developed over the last

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What a sweetie!

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 N8N 0 Comments Bill Darbyshire Puketaha, Farmall Cub tractor, Pioneer Fundays, Waikato Vintage Tractor & Machinery Club, Waikato vintage tractors, Woodlands

A little Farmall tractor was rusting away in a paddock near Bushy Park, Whanganui, until Puketaha’s Bill Darbyshire rescued it.

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Working the land in the 1930s

April 20, 2020May 1, 2020 Annette Taylor 2 Comments Mike Taylor, Parsell tractor 1930, Puketaha farming history, Puketaha history, Vintage tractors, Waikato old machinery

Wonderful old vintage tractors photographed while working the land in Puketaha in the 1930s – and the men who kept them going. An exclusive photo-story for N8N.