Local History

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A flax mill dating back to the turn of the century

Alexander Redoubt from the air

Monument to the brave who fell in the 1863-64 land war

Queens Redoubt

Musket salute in memory of the fallen as we pass the site of Cameron Stockade

Titi hill NZ war memorial

Gun Turret from the steamer pioneer

Havelock Bluff Stockade

The original paddle wheeler ‘Manuwai’ 1920’s

Rawhiti 2 today from the river

Rawhiti II approaching Hamilton wharf in the 1930’s

River bach

Let the adventures begin …