2018 159 Years of Kaiwaka
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159 years of Kaiwaka 2018 ‘The Little Town of Lights’ January 2018 Man’s Best Friend Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Year’s Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Otamatea Tennis Tournament 28 29 30 31 Anniversary Day Clockwise from left: Robert Hastie and Drum (Huntaway); Tony Hargreaves and Willie (Heading dog) penning sheep at Molesworth Sheep Dog Trials; Peter Finch’s working Kaiwaka’s first recorded dog Tractors first arrived at the end provincial gazette. dogs, Huntaways.at the back, trial was held in 1899 at the of WWII. One of the first was a Heading dogs in front; Spec, Kaiwaka Show - in the paddock Farmall Tractor with an The Kaiwaka centennial representing the dogs that play a where the KWMHall now stands. International Harvester haybaler. celebrations were 2-4 April 1959. large part in our lives, from hunting to guarding to companionship; Tabby The Molesworth Sheep Dog Rev.Gittos & family moved to The Kaiwaka Historical Society the cat - the dog’s friend? Not likely! Trial Club will be celebrating its Rangiora Mission Station in 1866. was formed 6 August 1986 - - manning the office fax at home. 60th anniversary on the Oneriri purpose to keep paper records and grounds on 1 and 2 May Village of Kaiwaka surveyed photographic history. The Huntaway and Heading dog are 1864. special to New Zealand and have Handy Dog, a special yard event Internet was being used by the been bred from Border Collies and run on Hastie Farm, Otioro Rd. The Kaiwaka Riding in 1958 general public in Kaiwaka by the Labradors. was 70 square miles (18,000 ha / mid-1990s. First cow - owned S.Chalton 45,000 acres) with a capital value 1860s. of £1.5 million, with a total The Kaiwaka web site was population of nearly 1,100. established in 2003 - First car and truck - 1915. www.kaiwaka.co.nz First TV installed 2 April 1961. 1 April 1859 sale of land in Kaiwaka was advertised in the February 2018 Rocks, roads, rail & rivers Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Waitangi Day Pukekaroro – looking north across the school 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Valentine’s Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Kaiwaka Railway Station opening 18 March 1913 Rocks - Pukekaroro, Pukepohatu Kaiwaka Landing, Curtis Point, (Baldrock). The Great North Road, from was a regular stopping point for Auckland to Whangarei, passed ships and boats until the Ranganui Roads - Kaiwaka straddles State through Kaiwaka but was only a railway bridge was built in Highway 1, the road that traverses line on a map for much of the 1913-14 and blocked the access. Baldrock the entire length of New Zealand. 19th century. In 1918 Jane Mander (1877- Hazel Craig at Ranganui wharf Rail - From the south the rail By 1900 the worst places on the 1949), wrote The story of a New line passes through the tunnel at road between Kaiwaka and Zealand river, a novel based on Tunnel Hill, crossing Oneriri Road Whangarei were metalled. the Pukekaroro and Kaiwaka areas by the old station, over the and families of the kauri milling Ranganui Bridge, and continues 1890s - the bush tramway from time. north. Baldrock ran roughly south on line of SH1 nearly to Mountain Road February 1962 the Kaiwaka Rivers - The Kaiwaka River runs and dropped to run out onto M angawhai Rd, from SH 1 to the from the east, through the town, trestles over the Kaiwaka River. Town Boundary, was tarseled. and joins with the Wairau River to form the Otamatea River. The In 1896 fire destroyed the bush The population of Kaiwaka in Oruawharo and Topuni Rivers on Baldrock and put an end to 1911 was 211. In the 2006 census flow on the south side of Oneriri kauri milling. the population of the town was into the Kaipara Harbour. just under 600. March 2018 Youthful adventure Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 1912 hockey team Tennis 1925 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St. Patrick’s Day Fishing -1st marlin brought into Rangiora boat ramp 1996 Scouts team-building 1980s 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Good Friday Kaiwaka Brownies 1980 Otamatea Gymnastics 2006 ‘Boys Club’ formed by Frank Scouts began October 1949. Jaques in 1925, with music and dancing. Cubs began February 1957. Fancy dress parties have been Guides and Brownies began popular since the 1920s, and have March 1957. been a regular feature for children since that time. First ballet exam held 4 August 1960 - Miss K.Boyle teacher. Kaiwaka Plunket started 13 Aug 1936. In 1981 they joined with Venturer Scouts began 1985. Mangawhai and Maungaturoto to form the Lower Northland branch. Rock Solid catered for youth throughout the 1990s. Hakaru Young Farmers began June 1949 and Country Girls in Scouts and Cubs have marked 1953. The two groups combined Founder’s Day (22 February) with Debutantes 1977 in 1974. In 1997 this club won a mud slide in 2006 and 2007. the Dr L.W.McCaskill (NZ) Community Service Award. Kaiwaka Guides and Scouts marching in centennial parade 1959 April 2018 Sports Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Daylight Easter Saving Ends Monday Easter Sunday Rugby Football at McClean Park c.1950 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Guy Haughton & Precious McKenzie, Gym opening 1990 End Term One 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ANZAC Hakaru Pony club began in Day 1974 with children on farm horses. Tennis at the old Domain Pavilion 1975 29 30 Term Two Begins First athletics were recorded in the become the Eastern United Rugby the 1981 pavilion was through 1890s. Football Club. In March 1995 security and 24 hour catering at Otamatea Rugby named their senior three Sweetwaters' Festivals. Hockey 1990 Tennis was first played on grass teams the HAWKS. Athletics 1982 courts behind the current Cheese The 1990 opening of the saw shop. In 1913 courts were built The Kaiwaka Domain Board, on the beginning of Kaiwaka fitness and close to the present courts. After current Kaiwaka Sports Assn site,, badminton. WWII new courts were built at was formed in the early 1920s. The McClean Park (now the rest area opening of the Kaiwaka Domain and Otamatea Gymnastics started 2004 next to the motel). In 1975, Sports Grounds was on 12 March in the Kaiwaka Gym. following floods, new courts were 1960 with a Gala Day and the built on the current site. Kaiwaka crowning of the carnival queen. In Pt. Curtis Cruising Club celebrated Tennis Club celebrated 75th April 1961 flood lights were installed 50 years in 2007. Birthday December 1987. in Kaiwaka Domain - first rugby match under lights. Rugby was also played at McClean Park; the players washed in the First Kaipara Hunt meeting 9 June Kaiwaka River. In April 1960 - the 1979. Kaiwaka, Mangawhai and Oneroa rugby football clubs combined to The majority of the fundraising for The Kaiwaka Sports Association today May 2018 Community Services Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kaiwaka Fire Brigade in action, southern end of Kaiwaka town, 2006 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 The Kaiwaka Bugle team at work Kaiwaka Firebrigade formed formal opening Opening day for the Kaiwaka 1963. Their new Station opened post office and telephone in November 1966. 1897 the Curtis/McClean exchange was 16 April 1936, and boarding house was moved from the regular rural delivery began. Kaiwaka St.John’s formed Pt. Curtis to Kaiwaka - included September 1977, initially meeting the first post office. The post office closed in in the Archie Bull Hall. The new February 1988, and the postal station opened 30 November 1914 saw the opening of agency opened. 1991. Kaiwaka’s first telephone exchange. The local RSA clubrooms were Discussions for the Kaiwaka built in 1951. Water Supply began in the early The first public telephone was 1960s - piping began in 1975 installed outside the exchange in The Kaiwaka Bugle - first issue under a local scheme. 1964. produced by Mary and Bob Corker some time before April Kaiwaka Lions Club formed in The automatic telephone 1978. 1978. exchange opened 28 September 1984. Kaiwaka St. John members took commission of their first ambulance 27 April 1993 - Kate’s Place 1 November 1990. June 2018 Matariki & Marae Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Queen ’s Birthday Governor General Sir Paul Reeves is rowed by a crew of 150 on the waka Mahuhu ki te Rangi. He crossed from the former Rangiora Mission House to the Otamatea Marae, for the opening of the marae on 3 November 1990. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Matariki 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Matariki (Pleiades) marks the start of the Maori New Year. Paraire Karaka Paikea, 1894 - 1943, Te Uri-o-Hau and Ngati Whatua; Methodist minister, Ratana leader, M.P. 1938-1943. Tapihana Paraire (Dobson) Paikea (pictured right), a great- great-grandson of the paramount Te Uri-o-Hau chief Paikea Te Hekeua (Te Uri-o-Hau and Ngati Whatua leader) and son of Paraire, was M.P.