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

May 4, 2018June 9, 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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From Hukanui to Passchendaele – a soldier remembered

April 23, 2018June 9, 2020 Annette Taylor 0 Comments Anzac Day gordonton 2018, Duncan McNicol soldier Gordonton, Gordonton history, history of Gordonton pioneers, Woodlands Estate, Woodlands estate history, World War One Waikato stories

Local history enthusiast Mike Taylor shares the story of a pioneering family of the Gordonton District and one of the many soldiers who never came back from the First World War.

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Woodlands puts on the fun, then and now

April 4, 2018June 9, 2020 Annette Taylor 1 Comment Gordonton homestead, Historic stories Waikato sports day, Pioneer Fundays Woodlands, Victorian Amusements Lord and Lady Black, Waikato Times historic Woodlands sports day, Woodlands Historic Homestead

With Woodland’s Pioneer Fundays fast approaching, N8N looks back at how the pioneers entertained themselves way back when. A

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Artist’s wall of fame remembered

February 2, 2018June 9, 2020 Annette Taylor 10 Comments artist, Chris and Jenny Smith, Chris Smith, Gordonton, Gordonton Wall of Fame, Hereford Fine China, The Trading Post

Gordonton artist Chris Smith painted his eye-catching, colourful Wall of Fame depicting life and the locals of Gordonton in 1999. Annette Taylor talked with him in 2014.