Waikato history – Page 2 – Number 8 Network

Keeping busy with the Home Guard

February 8, 2013September 26, 2014 N8N 5 Comments Bill Waring, Home Guard, meat trade history, Waikato history

The horn on a Morris Oxford is great for sending Morse Code, recalls Bill Waring in his reminiscences on the early

Swamp clearing 1900’s style

January 18, 2013September 3, 2018 N8N 5 Comments Chapman flax farms, history, Perry Rice, Piako swamp, SC Smith, Waikato history

Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice starts the new year with a look at farm life from a century ago. Far from

But wait – there’s more to tell

November 15, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 0 Comments Bisleys, Hamilton, hamilton central libraries, Perry Rice, Waikato history

Hamilton Central Libraries’ Perry Rice has been digging in the drawers again and come up with a postscript to his

Where Hamilton began

August 15, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 2 Comments hamilton central libraries, Isaac Coates' flax mill, Perry Rice, Waikato history

This is Hamilton in 1898. In the foreground, on the eastern bank of the Waikato River, is Isaac Coates’ flax

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