Santa’s Breakfast

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Waiuku Museum

It is the holiday season again, why not have some holiday humour. This was pasted into a hand written recipe book from L.L. Scopes. Part of the Waiuku Museum collection.

Santa’s Breakfast  

Santa Claus’ dear old mother

Last Christmas got a fright,

Santa went out in the evening

And of course, stayed out all night! 

She had his breakfast ready,

But it very soon got cold.

Said she: “I wish dear Santa

Would come in when he’s told.”  

She had ham and eggs for breakfast 

And marmalade and toast;

And sixteen roasted apples

(All the things he liked the most). 

But just when day was breaking

He hurried through the door;

You may guess that he was hungry,

For he didn’t leave a core.

Moral: –

So hang your stocking early,

Don’t make poor Santa wait,

For when his breakfast is ready,

You mustn’t keep him late.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21065, 26 December 1931, Page 6 (Supplement).

Waiuku in the News – Kohekohe School Christmas Holidays

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Waiuku Museum

Ex Kohekohe school in 1946
Waiuku Museum Society Collection

The Kohekohe School was closed for the Christmas holidays on the evening of the 22nd December, when, at the request of the teachers and a few friends, the children assembled in the school paddock, and had a very pleasant evening’s amusement. The sports consisted of running, jumping, skipping, etc., for prizes presented by Mr. Murray, Mrs. Muir, Miss Clarke, and Mr. Ferguson. Miss Clarke was very energetic in looking after the programme, and deserves the thanks of the Kohekohe children. After the good things were all disposed of, three hearty cheers were given for the teachers (Mr. Murray and Miss Clarke), when the children wended their way home well pleased with their entertainment. This is the first time anything of the sort has been given here.— A Correspondent.

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18861230.2.53.3

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7833, 30 December 1886, Page 5

Photo Essay – Hartmann House

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Waiuku Museum

Photographer: Douglas Allan Oldfield.
Waiuku Museum Society Collection

Hartmann House arriving at the King Street Reserve (later renamed the Tamakae Reserve), Waiuku, April 1979. The Waiuku Museum Society had acquired the house to move to the reserve as the nucleus of a planned historical precinct. Built for Anton and Pauline Hartmann in 1886, it was believed to be Waiuku’s oldest surviving house.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/38657

Waiuku Museum Postcard (photograph taken about 2015).

Photo Essay – Pehiakura

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Waiuku Museum

View of the ancient pa site at Pehiakura, near Kohekohe, 1964. The Waiuku arm of the Manukau Harbour is visible in the distance. The photograph was taken near the site of the ‘lost’ Maori village of Pehiakura. Pehiakura had flourished under the leadership of the well-known Ngati Tamaoho chief Epiha Putini (aka Jabez Bunting) during the 1840s, but had later been abandoned because of endemic territorial disputes with the neighbouring Ngati Te Ata iwi. At its peak, the village had been a notable centre of Methodist missionary activity.
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The writer Elsie Locke and the Methodist minister the Rev. C.T.J. Luxton photographed by Brian Muir on the site of the ‘lost’ Maori village of Pehiakura, near Kohekohe, August 1964.
The writer Elsie Locke and the Methodist minister the Rev. C.T.J. Luxton photographed by Brian Muir on the site of the ‘lost’ Maori village of Pehiakura, near Kohekohe, August 1964. Pehiakura had flourished under the leadership of the well-known Ngati Tamaoho chief Epiha Putini (aka Jabez Bunting) during the 1840s, but had later been abandoned because of endemic territorial disputes with the neighbouring Ngati Te Ata iwi. At its peak, the village had been a notable centre of Methodist missionary activity.
The Reverend Luxton, while serving as the minister of Wesley Methodist Church in Waiuku during the late 1950s, had attempted to locate the site of the historic village, but without success; as had the young Waiuku historian Brian Muir. However, one wet day in August 1964, Brian Muir, accompanied by the visiting writer Elsie Locke (who had grown up in Waiuku) finally rediscovered the site.
This photograph records a visit the pair made soon afterwards with the Reverend Luxton. In 1965 Elsie Locke wrote a radio documentary about the rediscovery of Pehiakura; in 1968 she also published an historical novel for children set in Waiuku, ‘The End of the Harbour’.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/41916

View taken in the vicinity of the site of the ‘lost’ Maori village of Pehiakura, near Lakes Pehiakura and Pokorua, Kohekohe, September 1964. Pehiakura had flourished under the leadership of the well-known Ngati Tamaoho chief Epiha Putini (aka Jabez Bunting) during the early to mid-19th century, but was later abandoned, in part because of endemic territorial disputes with the neighbouring Ngati Te Ata iwi. At its peak, the village was a notable centre of Methodism, and its buildings included a substantial raupo church. The exact site of the village was later almost lost to memory, but in August 1964 the young Waiuku historian Brian Muir, accompanied by the visiting writer Elsie Locke (who had grown up in Waiuku), finally rediscovered it.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/42126

Part of the former site of the 19th-century Maori settlement of Pehiakura, near Kohekohe, photographed in January 1964.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/37645

Waiuku in the News – Kentish Hotel

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Waiuku Museum

THE KENTISH HOTEL.

On landing from the steamer, the first important building is Mr Sedgwick’s Kentish Hotel. Mr Sedgwick has of late considerably improved the appearance of the building and its surroundings. A contract for large additions to the hotel, was taken some weeks ago by Messrs Henessy and Hammond, who enjoy a good local reputation as builders. The work is nearly completed, the verandah and balcony only requiring the finishing touches. The balustrades have been turned out at Mr Hockin’s Waiuku Manufactory, and are of totara. A walk through the new suites of rooms shew that travellers, visitors, and the general public have every desirable convenience. New furniture is observable in every department. Newly married couples desirous of spending the honeymoon in a quiet country spot might do worse than go to Waiuku. The hotel has 20 rooms in addition to the large hall where the Waiuku and Waipipi Highway Boards hold their meetings. There is also a large kitchen, scullery, and other outbuildings, a large stable, kitchen garden and paddocks within a hundred yards. Horses and vehicles may be had on hire at the hotel.

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18770219.2.11

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2172, 19 February 1877, Page 2