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ENLENLARGE PHOTOS........The reeeeeal early days.......actually goes to 1966 or later...

Kaitaia & surrounding area.. you might like to put on some 1920s music (Juke Box) while browse thru these photos...

Kaitaia 1979

Main street kaitaia 1970....

Main Street Kaitaia 1966..

Kaitaia township 1951

greater Kaitaia 1951

The Princess movie Theatre...Kaitaia 1936

Main street kaitaia 1929

Oruru...between Mongonui & Kaitaia 1929 ..check the cows just wandering on the road ..Ha!!

The Winterless north...Kaitaia... 1927

Commerce street Kaitaia 1925.... ..cars and horse and carts and people share the road!!...

Kauri logs Kaitaia 1922 sheeeesh...real mothers of logs...massive!!...

bush railway to get logs out ...somewhere up around the Mangamukas...1920 wooden rails....

still using bullock teams...no trucks in the country yet...Kaitaia 1923

looks like something out of a wild west movie...wagon train..Ha!! ...1924 Getting metal off the river beds for the roads..

Kaitaia 1922 ..notice it was called North Auckland in those early days...

Commerce street Kaitaia gets tarsealed 1920

laying stormwater pipes Commerce street Kaitaia 1919 ..check the 3 different forms of transport ...horse and buggy...car...horses...'North Auckland Farmers Co-op' building on the left ...remember that!!..

Kauri logs Victoria Valley rd Kaitaia 1918 how the hell did they get those massive logs on those carts....sheeeesh!!!..

North end of Kaitaia 1910 dirt and mud roads...tarseal was still 10 years away...

Courthouse and Police residence...Kaitaia 1916 imagine...everywhere you went, you had to go by horse!!!

Hows this!!!....The Kaitaia Post Office ..1907....awesome!!

crossing river Victoria Valley rd Kaitaia 1903 how cool is this photo...we even have a mexican on the left...Ha!!!!

Ahipara (shippies).....'wreck Bay'... ...try some 1920s or 1930s music...(Juke Box)

Ahipara 1989 ..big growth around now...

great shot of Ahipara ..1984

Ahipara 1982..started to become a very popular camping area around now.....

Ahipara 1960..pretty quiet looking place( the further we go back in time) ..still metal road as you see on the left...

Shippies..1951

The Ketch 'Te Hangi' pounded ashore at Ahipara....1935 Crew members (left) salvage some belongings off the ship....

Ahipara 1934...was called a holiday resort in 1934...Ha!!

Shippies 1930....this must be the holiday resort!!...

Collecting Kauri gum up near the top of the Ahipara sandhills 1927

gumdiggers ...Ahipara hills ..1927

The locals having some beach time.... Ahipara 1919

mellow day at 'Shippies' to get some gum out to the boats...1915 I wonder what the horses are saying to one another...Ha!....."Hey Bro..lets do a runnner"....

removing Kauri gum from the Ahipara district 1913

The little Ahipara settlement 1913 No doubt they would have seen many a perfect wave peeling off the point......

Ahipara locals ...1913

and here it is ...called a holiday resort again...Ahipara 1913 Remember.... nearly all the Northland roads were still dirt or metal roads then....transport was mainly by horse and cart!!....

plenty of crays around in 1912....Reef Point Ahipara

The road to Ahipara from Kaitaia 1910... would have been fun in the wet weather....remember those buggys had 4inch wide steal rims.......

in fact this is nearly 10 years later ..... main road in the Victoria Valley Kaitaia 1919.....roads were nothing more than mud holes!!!

digging for Kauri gum on Ahipara beach ..1910

pretty nice looking houses...couple of the original homesteads...Ahipara 1904

Genuine local....'Iraia' in his awesome korowai (tag cloak) ...& carrying a 'Taiaha'....Ahipara 1903

Maori Land court day.......Ahipara 1879 Looks like there was a fairly good community at 'Shippies' even way back then...135 years ago...

and Districts....

top of New Zealand 1969...where the 2 oceans meet.. Spirits Bay and Tom Bowling Bay ..top left..

A lonely ride at Spirits Bay in the far north.....1925

Northcape...near the top ...east coast 1920..very isolated..

staff of 30 ..digging and canning Toheroas...Ninety Mile Bch 1934

New world speed record set on Ninety Mile Bch...1929 The Rolls-Royce Cadillac reached a speed of 215 kmhr or 133miles an hour as it was then....not bad for 1929

A somewhat large 'Noah' (Great White) breathes his last.... southern end of ninety mile beach ...1928

The 'Forest Hall' breaks up from relentless west coast waves ...90 mile beach 1909 Crewmen salvage the leftovers....

the 'Forest Hall'...1909

Drag racing on Ninety Mile Bch...1927..Ha!!

Mongonui Bluff on a more placid day...1918

Top end of 90 Mile beach...Mongonui bluff...1912 .. showing us some huge potential....and hardly ever surfed!!

would be a great longboard wave....1912

another lonely adventurer...Houhora (in the far north-east coast)...1904

Kaeo ...up near Matauri Bay ...1913

Awesome Taipa rivermouth...summer of '62 had some awesome fun waves here in the mid-'60s...great set-up!!...

Taipa 1962...that bar can be such a sweet wave... set-up...shades of Pataua!!!!....

Taipa Beach '52....hardly even heard of in 1952 just north of Mongonui ...in the massive Doubtless Bay...

Taipa..1910 Hows that for a duplicate Horahora set-up as well!!....

another great small wave set-up...Coopers Beach 1962 also had some great little waves here in the mid '60s...also had a good vib...bit like Waipu Cove

Coopers Beach ...1973 amazing how much growth took place in 10 years!!....

Coopers Beach...looking very isolated...1910 Coopers Bch...just about 2 miles south of Taipa..

heading over the Maungamuka's 1930s

Taemaro Bay....just a little north of Paradise Bay..East coast..1939 What an awesome looking little bay area...(between Mongonui and Whangaroa...

Mongonui 1930...the main port for the far north..

far north 1920s

Mongonui (east of Kaitaia)...'Steamer day'...1899.. The ship 'Clansman' made regular trips to places like Mongonui..they would have a special 'Steamers day' when locals would congregate at the wharf for supplies & newcomers..remember an overland trip to Auckland then(horse & cart)took several months.

The 'Apanuiaa' ..(Northern Steam Ship vessel)... Negotiating up the Awanui river...'pretty impressive'...1930

Rangiputa Beach...north of Mongonui, in the Rangaunu Harbour...1910

Beautiful isolated (east coast) Matauri Bay...1963 very isolated...east of Kaeo..

...slush track (road) in the Herekino Valley..1930 A bunch of politicians and dignatries taking a tour around the north to brag on all the progress...Ha!!

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Ti Beach...a small beach between Paihia and Waitangi ...1928

Paihia 1965... some classic cars there......Rev Williams in 1830 said..."its Pai here" (good here)...hence 'Paihia'

Russell 1864... Looking south...Mill Island to the right..Pompallier house (center)..

Long Beach Russell 1964....open ocean side...

Long Beach..Russell 1959.. I could imagine this place getting a good wave on a big swell...a few little reefs here and there...

Pretty nice lookin spot isn't it...Long bch Russell..1950 could certainly have some sweet waves on a big swell....

long Beach lookin pretty barren in 1933....

Long Beach 1886....hardly a soul to be seen...

Opononi 1963.....check the masssive dunes on the North side....

Hokianga Heads...heading out to the beach for a surf...Ha!...1929 ..i think their ...ahh ..kinda bogged..Ha!!

1902 Hokianga Harbour...and the lifeboats off the sunken ship Ventnor.. 515 people went to the bottom.........fortunately 499 were corpses going in coffins back to China...ha!!

1st car at Kohukohu (Hokianga Harbour)...1921

Dargaville main st ...1916...where's Wyatt Earp?

Baylys.....toheroa's.. 1910-20

toheroas... 1925

North and East

Oakura 1966.... classic spot in the 60s...

Puhipuhi 1898....on the way to Oakura... sheeesh...big mother!!!!!.....

Ngunguru 1954... many a good session spent out on that bar....was an awesome wave when it worked...

look how good that Ngunguru bar can get sometimes!!!...

Pataua road 1926

Pataua beach ...1907

Pullmans Hill..Sandy Bay 1946... beautiful isolated coast in '46

The unchanging Whale Bay....1764 ..actually the photo was taken in 1959 but may as well have been 1764...it would have looked just like this!!.....

see!!... 1990.....just looks the same....awesome beautiful beach.. Greg and Ollie Tattersfield having a gander....

Matapouri 1963...and a nice little peak on the bar..

would have been a nice BIG...MASSIVE... peak on the Matapouri bar this day...1916

Tutukaka 1962...another tranquil spot...

overlooking Tutukaka 1932

Tutukaka 1930 ...locals..maybe above Oturu Bay..

called the 'Good-bye Corner' ...Ngunguru road 1919

sheeeeesh!!! 1930s

on the way to Oakura...1913

Hikurangi 1906...

Hikurangi 1907

Completion of the Kawakawa railway station 1908...

How we remember Kawakawa...1962

the Russell road 1936...

Kamo..now part of Whangarei (since 1965)

Kamo 1963...and one of the original buildings...the Kamo pub... ..The first thing you build in a town is a pub..Ha!!...Station road goes off to the left...3 mile bush rd to the right....

Station road looking towards the pub 1965...

Station road... looking down towards the pub...1910

three Mile Bush rd looking down towards the pub 1966...

Three Mile Bush rd looking down towards the pub ...1910

1946

Kamo pub around 1890

Train track from Kamo to Whangarei... 1899

Kamo 1937

Just north of the Kamo brickworks ..1966 Brickworks on the right...

Whangarei.... you might like to listen to some 1920s music while you browse...click the juke box!!...

Anyone remember this place.....Ha!! 63 Maunu road...the grand old daddy of many a hippie party, and home to many a surf bum of the 60s &70s....bit like the New Plymouth infamous 'Castle'....you probably remember 'digs' like this in your home town......

this is an Ariel photo taken of lower Whangarei in 1971... However there is something special about this photo.............see next photo!!! (Morningside suburb at the bottom of this photo...

you see that little yellow circle ...well... .....this photo was taken in the summer of '71 and 'supersession had just started making boards in that little grey roofed house...Gant..Graham Allen....maybe myself and others were probably working in there when this photo was taken!!....

and here it is ....Supersessions factory 1971.... ..this photo taken around 1960

A quick glimpse at 'Morningside' around 1968...

however..not everyone in '71 liked hippies........Ha!!!!

downtown Whangarei ...Rust Lane...1967

looking back down to 1XN radio station...Rust Lane 1967

nov 1967 and we finally get a dedicated Post Office.....at the cost of $569,000... ......sheesh pretty cheep for a building like that!!!!.....in 1945 the Whangarei PO was still controlled by Auckland...

Okara Park...1966

pretty sure this is up around Tikipunga ...1966

Tikipunga close-up 1966 think thats the Sandy Bay road down the bottom...

former swampland reclaimed in '66....here 1 year later...amazing!!

and here it is 9 months earlier .... all reclaimed swampland...amazing..glassworks in the background...

amazing to think that just over a year ago this was just swamp...1967

Advocate photo 1965...looking down Bank street... Whangarei hits 20,000...1965

Advocate photo...Cameron street 1964 A few classic old cars starting to show up now...like that old 48 Humber there with the door open....

Cameron street 1963...and there's one of those classic old FJ Holdens...which were awesome cars... ...it was also around about this time that Tui was dragging people off up and down Cameron street in his topdressing truck...Ha!!

bottom right...corner of Bank and Cameron streets...1962

bottom left...cnr Bank and Cameron Street...1962 'Auto Parts'..bottom right

Cameron street a few years earlier ...1955 ...and hows the classic bus!!...

looking down Cameron street 1946....roads looking a bit dodgy...think they were tarsealed though....

16 yr old Mr Roseman waiting for the lights to change ...Ha!!... ....looking down Bank and Cameron St...1907.....if you wanted to have a chat...just do it in the middle of the road..Ha!!!

and here's Mr Roseman 57 years later ...1973 cnr Bank and Cameron st...

looking down Cameron st ...1898

Cameron st ...1892

Whangarei ..Auckland..Ha!! ..1887

1963 Advocate photo of the business (Hoskings) that seemed to be around forever

Whangarei hospital...1962...Raumanga top right...

Town Basin 1962...can see the Winter Show buildings there..bottom left..

1950s ..Lofty Blomfield guarding his fundraising 'Penny pile'...anyone remember that?...

Downtown Whangarei 1950s....

Kamo road weaving up to the right.... Kensington Park in the distance...1951...

Looking down Bank street ...1950...hardly a soul on the street!!!

Looking straight up Cameron street with Rust Lane in the distance....1950 .....25+ years later Roger Crisp had his classic surf shop...very bottom of this picture...( bottom of Cameron street)!!....

Town Basin looking pretty tranquil...1949

Town Basin had a swing bridge in 1948...so the yaughts could get thru.....

and of course ...rail was a big means of transport in those days.... Whangarei railway station...1945...the Northland rail-line was completed in 1925

Looking up Bank street ...1945 ..looks like a Charlie Chaplin advert on the billboard!!!...

Main intersection of Whangarei...looking very quiet..1942 looks like something out of an old wild west movie.....(the Bank dominating the whole street...Ha!!

An old Steamer at the Town Wharf 1942...

Wartime ...hits Whangarei...1942

Nurses Home 1941...

Town Basin 1935....one day Hatea Drive is going to be there..Ha!!... about 30 years away!!.....you can see all small boats parked at the ship building yards, where eventually the Winter show building will be....

Whangarei Railway Station 1939

Whangarei_Railway station ....1905

Looking from the Western Hills...Cameron Street ...... Okara park area in the distance 1938

Onerahi end of the Town Basin Wharf...1937 All the land with the logs was reclaimed in '66

and this is what it looks like nearly 80 yrs on..... the barge in the last photo was about where those 2 blue (central ) buildings are...amazing!!

Hatea river...1900

supa high tides and heavy rain and most of downtown Whangarei's under water ...1936

Got an idea this is Kensington Park ....Kamo top right...1936

1936 and we get new bridge....you can see the old one on the left..

1935...maybe you can work this one out!!... they say its taken from lookout hill!!!.....it could be taken from Morningside!!

taken from somewhere up Parahaki...1935

1932...there was a rail link from Whangarei across to Onerahi from 1911 to 1933...with a drawbridge! Ships used to dock at Onerahi then people would catch a train to Whangarei.....remember there was no rail-line to Auckland in 1920...& a road trip would take several days...actually probably weeks!!

1932 and the old AMP building on Bank Street.... funny how insurance buildings and banks were built like monuments...Ha!!

Whangarei 1933 ..population of 8,000... New rail-line runs thru the centre of town...AMP monument (building)bottom right of picture..

from the western hills 1933 picture taken from Western Hills Drive area...

Boys High 1931...

Lookout Hill..about 4 miles distant from the town of Whangarei....so the caption says!! ...1931

How nice!!!!!....still looks the same 83 yrs later...awesome!... Lookout Hill... 2014

1928...just out of Whangarei...Parliamentary candidates chatting the locals... How amazing...everyones got a hat on ..Ha!!...the fashion of the 20s!!!...

1926...Walton Street bridge being built.... ..funny to think about where the photographer was taking this photo, was about where we sanded Supersession boards 45 yrs later!!....

Water Street railway bridge...1926... prior to this...the railway line was at road level with flashing lights and a level crossing....

1923...dredging out the Whangarei Harbour..

in 1922...before the rail line....everything came by ship or seaplane ...there was no airport...rail-line or road to Auckland.....there was a track to Auckland but a return trip could take quite a few days..or weeks...

Looking down Bank Street 1922.... didn't matter which side of the road you parked on then...Ha!!

This the first Airiel mail delivery to Whangarei...1920

Onerahi 1921...no airport yet..just paddocks.. you can see the wharf on the left, which was a deepwater port for ships...passengers would catch a train on that wharf thru to Whangarei...

Mair Park 1920.....

Dignitaries pose for a photo on the newly tarsealed Cameron street... 1920 ..the familiar .Whangarei Hotel' on the right....

Looking up Bank Street 1918... well...you didn't bother about the footpath then...just walk up the road...Ha!!..

Cnr Bank and Cameron street 1899

Holy crap!!...what a load.... how on earth did they get that on there!!!!!!

they were going to put the railway thru to Waipu...1922

and a railway thru to Dargaville ...1928

bottom of Bank street...1913 The Grand Hotel

Whangarei harbour ...1915

1915

1915 Looking down the Hatea River.....showing the swing bridge

1914

1914.....

1914 ...Town Hall

1913...Tangiteroria road

1910

1909

early 1900's

1911

1907

1904

Auckland ...Ha!! 1908

Whangarei Hotel 1902

Courts drapery and clothing store....Te Aroha Building... Whangarei... 1905

Railway workshops and yards at Whangarei 1911

Old class L steam locomotive...Whangarei..1911

Whangarei rail yards 1930s

1909...Onerahi

Onerahi was the place where ships docked in 1919

1902

Cameron street ...1890

Bank street...early 1900's

Whangarei first grader...James st ..1903

1930

Onerahi around 1910

Town Basin...probably around 1930s

Town Basin 1930s

milk collection 1930s

1940s

Town Basin...gotta be way back sometime..maybe early 1900s!!!