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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Thames (NZ): The Treasury update & New Book by M Hawkes

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Meghan Hawkes has a new book on tales of Thames from the local newspapers. Called " A Line of Duck Boards" it is available from T...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Thames (NZ): Lecture Series for Heritage Festival

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Keep an eye on the HERITAGE FESTIVAL Programme - there are many new items. **The Thames School of Mines is hosting several lectures: Th...
Monday, February 11, 2013

Thames (NZ): Heritage Week & Identification of Houses

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During the Heritage festival this year, the Thames Library are holding an event called: Capturing the Present, to become the Heritage of t...
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Thames (NZ): Heritage Festival March 2013

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The events for the Heritage week are appearing, more added every day; advertised as the Thames Heritage Festival 2013 and running 8th - 24t...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Thames (NZ): World War One Soldiers

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As mining opportunities diminished on the goldfields, many miners went off to war to South Africa in the South African War. This call to arm...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Thames (NZ): First Tight Rope walk over Pollen Street

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When looking for events unique to Thames, one always hopes to find something a little different. Well, heres one to ponder on...do you kno...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Thames (NZ): Nurses of Thames Hospital

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Over the past year, a lot of people assisted with research I was doing on the nurses of Thames Hospital. Relatives and past nurses provided ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Thames (NZ): 'The First Time' Women voted

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A new claim has emerged from the people of Thames past, that they were in fact the first area in New Zealand to allow women to vote . Very ...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Thames (NZ): The first hotels

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With the number of hotels found to date soaring above 140, it was interesting to find at paperspast yesterday the entry for the first hotels...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Thames (NZ): The many hotels of The Thames

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Whether a family researcher or someone with an interest in the history of Thames, there is one topic that is usually explored - that of the ...