History Articles

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Community

August 22, 2023

Thanks to a groundbreaking project, the HMS Buffalo has been digitally recorded in a highly detai...

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Larissa Jackman

December 15, 2022

As we approach the Summer season, the Pohutukawa (Metrosideros Exelsa) or New Zealand Christmas T...

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Alastair Brickell

November 07, 2020

Geology is our history writ large. It is all around us in the rocks and landforms we see everyday...

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Gordon Barnaby

September 04, 2020

The Mercury Bay Museum was officially opened in 1979 after a decade of intensive planning, sourci...

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John Jackman

October 01, 2020

Our Coromandel Peninsula is well known for its spectacular scenery and its past volcanic activity...

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Dick Wilson

October 02, 2020

In this article from the Mercury Bay Historical Society, the topic of "Box Net Fishing, a Marine ...

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John Jackman

September 03, 2020

Mercury Bay Historical Society presents ‘Snippets of local Mercury Bay History’ – a series of onl...