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Fun days this week at Woodlands!

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 N8N 1 Comment events in Gordonton, Free family fun Waikato, Pioneer Fundays 2020, Woodlands, Woodlands Pioneer Fundays

The Pioneer Fundays are back this week at Woodlands Estate in Gordonton. The three days of family fun start on Tuesday.

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What a sweetie!

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 N8N 0 Comments Bill Darbyshire Puketaha, Farmall Cub tractor, Pioneer Fundays, Waikato Vintage Tractor & Machinery Club, Waikato vintage tractors, Woodlands

A little Farmall tractor was rusting away in a paddock near Bushy Park, Whanganui, until Puketaha’s Bill Darbyshire rescued it.  

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1930s tractor, puketaha
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Working the land in the 1930s

April 20, 2020May 1, 2020 Annette Taylor 2 Comments Mike Taylor, Parsell tractor 1930, Puketaha farming history, Puketaha history, Vintage tractors, Waikato old machinery

Wonderful old vintage tractors photographed while working the land in Puketaha in the 1930s – and the men who kept them going. An exclusive photo-story for N8N.

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Waikato’s own Dad’s Army

April 10, 2020June 15, 2020 N8N 1 Comment Defending Gordonton during World War II, Gordonton's Dad's Army, Invasion Waikato World War II, Lex Riddell, Waikato Home Guard, When the Home Guard went to war, World War II Waikato stories

Gordonton was all ready for invasion during World War II, thanks to our very own Home Guard. We share some of the stories of our own Dad’s Army.

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Head-on crash on Gordonton Rd, occupants walk home for nice cup of tea

September 18, 2019July 14, 2020 Annette Taylor 2 Comments gordonton rd historic crashes, Historic photographs, historic photos waikato, old cars accident, Waikato history

IT WAS A dark and not terrible stormy night, but thick fog was blanketing Gordonton Rd when two vehicles collided head-on back in the 1940s. Check out the historic pic!

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Phot of Alan and Ruth Manning
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Memories of Komakorau School

September 16, 2019April 28, 2020 Annette Taylor 1 Comment Alan Manning, Komakorau School, local waikato history, Waikato schools history

Komakorau was the best school Alan Manning ever attended. All that is left now are the stone steps, in a Waikato paddock. We take a trip back in time.

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