Cambridge Town
Cambridge Cemetery
The first burial recorded on a headstone in the Cambridge cemetery, at Hautapu, is Dugald Charles Edward S MacColl who died 6 August 1866 and his wooden memorial can be seen beside the front gate.…
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The school was opened 12 October 1880 with 46 pupils and Mr H Hyatt teacher. He was remembered 50 years later by Tom Hicks as … a unique teacher who did his best to set…
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The following is inscribed on a Monument at the Leamington Cemetery. Maori War This memorial marks the last resting place of eleven men of the Colonial Forces who died during the Maori War, and whose…
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Maori history tells of a chief, Koroki from whom has descended the Ngatihaua tribe which subsequently occupied the Maungakawa hills and fought under Te Waharoa. Following a defeat of the Ngatihaua by the Arawa Tribe,…
Read MoreCambridge Primary School
The Ten Star Redoubt (behind the present Museum) was home for the first school in Cambridge. In January 1865 the militiamen were allotted farms from confiscated land around the Cambridge district. Wives and children arrived…
Read MoreGoodwood School
In December 1900 the residents of the Fencourt Estate (which had been subdivided by the Government) petitioned the Auckland Education Board for a school to supply the needs of the new settlers. The reserved site was 3 acres…
Read MoreHautapu District School
This alphabetical list of pupils shows enrolment dates pre 1908. This is consistent with NZ Society of Genealogists’ 100 years privacy rule. If you find something of interest please click here to contact us. A ALLWILL…
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Within a decade of settlers taking up farmland in 1865, a school was needed. The residents offered to build a school at their own cost if the Auckland Education Board would provide a teacher and…
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his alphabetical list of pupils shows enrollment dates prior to 1907. This is consistent with NZ Society of genealogists’ 100 years privacy rule. If you find something of interest please click here to contact us. B…
Read MoreTaotaoroa Schools
In September 1885, two ‘half time’ schools sharing one teacher between them were opened in the district. Taotaoroa No 1 was near Buckland Road and Taotaoroa No 2 at Whitehall. At the end of 1892 No 2 School was closed. Then…
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