Posts by Amy Banks
Cambridge Cemetery Burial Register 1910-1939 – V Surnames
If you find something of interest please click here to contact us. Waipa District Council administers and manages 10 Lawn Cemeteries and now has an online cemetery database to assist people searching for plot locations of…
Read MoreCambridge Cemetery Burial Register 1910-1939 – W Surnames
If you find something of interest please click here to contact us. Waipa District Council administers and manages 10 Lawn Cemeteries and now has an online cemetery database to assist people searching for plot locations of…
Read MoreCambridge Cemetery Burial Register 1910-1939 – Y Surnames
If you find something of interest please click here to contact us. Waipa District Council administers and manages 10 Lawn Cemeteries and now has an online cemetery database to assist people searching for plot locations of…
Read MoreLeamington Cemetery
Waipa District Council administers and manages 10 Lawn Cemeteries, including Hautapu, and now has an online cemetery database to assist people searching for plot locations of deceased friends and relatives in Waipa cemeteries. Other than the…
Read MoreOhaupo Cemetery
Waipa District Council administers and manages 10 Lawn Cemeteries, including Ohaupo, and now has an online cemetery database to assist people searching for plot locations of deceased friends and relatives in Waipa cemeteries. If you find…
Read MorePukerimu Cemetery – Pre 1981
Waipa District Council administers and manages 10 Lawn Cemeteries, including Hautapu, and now has an online cemetery database to assist people searching for plot locations of deceased friends and relatives in Waipa cemeteries. Five acres had…
Read MoreTamahere Cemetery
The site for St Stephen’s church at Tamahere was a gift from John Martyn junior and the foundation stone was laid 18 September 1882. John Martyn was the first to be buried in the grounds 11 September…
Read MoreCambridge in the 1920s
The Children’s Playground in the Cambridge Domain was established in 1919 on the site of a former stop over pa used by the Maori on their way from Pirongia to Maungakawa. King Tawhaio called Lake…
Read MoreCambridge 1930s – Depression & Recovery
The Plunket Society had been in Cambridge since 28 September 1917. The Independent reported – “A large number of ladies (and several babies) assembled in the Council Chamber”. They formed a sub branch of the…
Read MoreCambridge in the 1940s
In February 1940 Cabinet approved the building of Karapiro Dam for a Hydro Power Station. Heavy machinery was introduced and by October foundation work had started. By November there were 230 men employed and living…
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