Town and Districts
Courthouse
Image: Courthouse, Cambridge, New Zealand, 1909, Cambridge, by Muir & Moodie. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (PS.001028) The Courthouse was built in 1909 by Fred Potts who completed the…
Read MoreLeamington School
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…
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…
Read MorePukerimu School
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…
Read MoreRoto-o-rangi School
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…
Read MoreCambridge Primary School 1880/1
Cambridge Primary School Register Although the Cambridge Primary School started in 1866, the surviving pupils’ enrolment register seems to have started in 1881. This Index is of the pupils who were at the school at…
Read MoreCambridge Primary School 1882
These are the Cambridge Primary School’s New Enrolments for 1882 SCHOOL ENROLEMENT LIST TO COME Disclaimer: While all due care has been taken to verify information contained on this site, the Cambridge Museum…
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