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WW1 William Henning (Service number 11376)

William Henning was born in Auckland 23 December 1884 to James and Emily Henning.

WW1 Ethel Marion Hirst (Gould)

Ethel Marion Hirst was born on 2nd February 1895.

WW1 Ben Hirst (Service Number 2/1793)

Ben Hirst was born on 16 April 1893 to Marion Violet Hirst and Frank Martin Hirst.

WW1 William Edmond Hartland (Service number 12/763)

William Edmond Hartland (Service number 12/763) was born on 6 July 1892.

Remuera Heritage Christmas Party 2017

Fifty people, including Paul Goldsmith, Opposition spokesperson for Arts, Culture & Heritage, had Christmas cheer and refreshments on Sunday 10th December.

Ohinerau Mt Hobson

Sue Cooper and Iain Valentine & Jan Bierman of the Remuera Residents Association met members of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority on Ohinerau Mt Hobson last week to...

WW1 Angelo William Thomas Gill 30795

Angelo William Thomas Gill was born on 18 December 1896 in Canberra, son of T R W and Edith Gill.

WW1 Arthur Ernest (Everard) Bourne 565

Arthur Ernest (Everard) Bourne (Service number 565) was born in Auckland and was the youngest son of Charles Frederick and Margaret Bourne.

WW1 Douglas Hepburn Gamble 13/2191

Douglas Hepburn Gamble (Service number 13/2191) was born 21 February 1893 in Remuera, Auckland to Rachel Louise Gamble and William Nelson Gamble.

WW1 Thomas Ernest 21235

Thomas Ernest (Service number 21235) was born on 13 August 1895, the youngest son of Thomas and Anne Ernest.

WW1 Andrew Royden Erickson 12160

Andrew Royden Erickson (Service number 12160) was born 20 October 1895 in Auckland.

The Ladies College of Remuera

The Ladies College of Remuera By Rebecca Crossan.

A New Zealand Chinese Family in Remuera

A New Zealand Chinese family in Remuera by Phillipa Wong, age 13 years.

St Mark’s Church

Churches have always been important places for Christian communities, providing not only religious worship but community centres.

A Family in Remuera

A Family in Remuera by Julie M Hill and Louise Alana Rooney.

How Auckland has changed over the last 100 years

How Auckland has changed over the last 100 years by Guyon Lang, age 13.

Rona Von Zalinski Remembers Meadowbank

I loved Meadowbank when I moved here in 1940 with my young Air Force husband and our two small daughters and I have loved it ever since.

A Day in the Life of a Remuera Resident — Monsignor Brian Arahill

A day in the life of a Remuera resident, by Kimberley Tse, age 8 years.

Roselle — 82 Shore Road, Remuera

“ROSELLE” 82 Shore Road, Remuera, by Elizabeth Jean Chalmers.

Auckland Essay

Auckland Essay, by Guysen Lang, age 11.

Memories of Living in Maungarei Road

Memories of living in Maungareri Road by Eileen Shapley (nee Hollett).

Remuera Railway Station Preservation Trust

The Remuera Railway Station Preservation Trust was set up in 1994 to preserve the railway station which had sunk into a state of neglect and disrepair.

T.J. Mcnamara on the Great War and Its Effect on the Spiritual in Art

T.J. McNamara gave a moving talk on the Great War and its effect on the spiritual in art, on 1st November 2017.

The Bassett Road Shops in the 1930s

Remuera Rotary Historical Essay Competition - The Bassett Road shops in the 1930s, by Angela Caughey of Remuera.

WW1 Paul Graham Clark (46224)

Paul Graham Clark (Service number 46224) was born on 9 February 1897, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

The Planning and Building of St Aidan’s Church

Remuera Rotary Historical Essay Competition Written by Angela Caughey, 2004.

Seen at the Tudor: A History of the Tudor Theatre

Winner of the Remuera Rotary Historical Essay Competition — written by Jeanette de Heer, 2004.

WW1 Edward Arthur Ormond Butler

Edward Arthur Ormond Butler (Service number 14385) was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 15 June 1887.

WW1 Frederick Thomas Arthur Bowell (Service number 3/1239)

Frederick Bowell was born on 7 September 1888 and was the son of Arthur Henry and Jean Abernathy Bowell.

WW1 Remuera at Passchendaele 12 October 1917

Remuera men who died on October 12th 1917 at Passchendaele.

WW1 Remuera Roll of Honour — Third Battle of Ypres for Passchendaele 4 October 1917

Four Remuera men were killed on this day 4th October 1917 at the Third Battle of Ypres at Gravenstafel Spur off the Passchedaele Ridge in Belgium.

Alderton House

The Alderton family moved about 1905 from Northland to 17 Remuera Road (now 101 Remuera Road).

Auckland Heritage Festival 2017

30 September — 15 October 2017

WW1 Gladys Sandford ( Henning, nee Coates) MBE (87100)

Gladys Sandford was the first woman in New Zealand to work as a car sales representative and also to attain her pilot's licence.

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant Frank Hamilton Bullock-Webster

Frank Hamilton Bullock-Webster was born 24 September 1885 at The Lake House, Hamilton, the eldest son of Harold and Maud Bullock-Webster.

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant & Captain James Dalton Dinneen 66239

James (Jimmy) Dinneen was born 16 July 1883, the fourth of six children of Michael Dalton and Mary Victoria Dinneen (nee Given).

WW1 Leslie Upton Clifford Crowhurst (60081)

Leslie Upton Clifford Crowhurst was born on 29 June 1896, to Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Sapper John William Wright (4/1598) N Z Tunnelling Company

John William Wright was the second son of James and Hannah Wright.

WW1 Francis (Frank) Ernest Crowhurst (60080)

Francis Ernest Crowhurst was born on 25 November 1886 to Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Arthur Frederick Livingstone Crowhurst (24/99)

Arthur Crowhurst was born on 20 May 1894, to Samuel George and Catherine Crowhurst, 24 Eden Street in Newmarket, Auckland.

WW1 Edgar Harvey (Hervey) Robertson (28801)

Edgar Harvey (Hervey) Robertson was born 20 August 1896 in Lyttleton, Christchurch, New Zealand to John and Evelyn E Robertson.

WW1 Samuel Alfred Crowhurst (Service number 12/1933)

Samuel Alfred Crowhurst was born on 14 July 1890 in Onehunga, and was the third son of Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Victor Roy Crowhurst (WW112/1934 & WWII 576999)

Victor Roy Crowhurst was born on 22 July 1893, to Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant William Archibald Buchanan

William (known as Billy) was born in Auckland 22 June1894, son of Archibald Buchanan, and Edith Mary Buchanan.

Herb Farrant on the Battle of Passchendaele

8 September 2017 at 6:30pm

Herb Farrant on the Battle of Passchendaele

Talk about the run up to the Battle for Passchendaele.

WW1 Thomas Douglas Hutcheon

Thomas Douglas Hutcheon (Service number 4/329) was the only son born to Mary Douglas Hutcheon and William Hutcheon.

WW1 Randolph Edward Oswald and Eric Albert Coates 12/59 & 11/643

Randolph Edward Oswald Coates was born in Adelaide on 19 May 1888, the elder son of Oswald and Valerie Albine Coates.

WW1 Horace Howard Wattam

Horace was the son of Robert and Florence Wattam, of Orarake Avenue, Remuera.

WW1 Roland (Rowland) Alfred Ward (Service number 24086)

Rowland Alfred Ward (Service number 24086) of 18 Arney Crescent, Remuera, was born 9 April 1896.

WW1 William Henry Williams

William Henry Williams (Service number 42441) was born 31 December 1890.

WW1 John Alfred Shirtcliffe

Lance-Corporal John Alfred Shirtcliffe, was the only son of Mr J and Mrs Elizabeth Shirtcliffe.

WW1 Captain Oliver Steele

Oliver Steele was born 7 April 1882 in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay where his family farmed at Owhio and Pipanui.

WW1 Harold Dixon Buddle

Harold Dixon Buddle was born 10 August 1884, the younger son and third child of five children of the Thomas and Emma Buddle of 26 Victoria Avenue, Remuera, Auckland.

WW1 Joseph Edward Wood

Joseph Edward Wood (Service number 38787) was born in Auckland on 14 August 1896 to Thomas Wood and Louisa Ann Wood.

Win with Words Story Writing Competition 2017

The prize giving for the annual story writing competition took place at Remuera Library on 30 August 2017.

WW1 Kenneth Ivan Munce

Kenneth Ivan Munce was born on 29 April 1884 to Ruth and John McKenny Munce of 162 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland.

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant George Edmond Vernon Aimer RFC

Lieutenant George Vernon Aimer was the eldest son of Edmond Baxter Aimer and Annie Elizabeth Aimer.

WW1 Flight Lieutenant Trevor Dudley Hall Alderton

Trevor Alderton was born on 5 January 1894 in Whangarei, Northland, the son of Ida and George Edwin Alderton, the founder of modern Kerikeri.

Thomas King’s Royal Bakery

The bakery oven in Remuera, believed to date back to the turn of last century, before it was knocked down.

WW1 Irving Brothers — Augustus and John

Edward Augustus (1867-1918) and Jane (nee Ross) (1869-1958) Irving, were married in 1888, and lived at 260 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland.

WW1 David Keith Duthie – Ypres

Born 26 September 1893, David Keith Duthie, known as Keith, was one of four sons and two daughters.

Mary Dixon

Remuera Heritage notes with sadness the passing away of Mary Dixon, of Dixon Antiques.

WW1 Hugh Alexander Forrest

Hugh Alexander Forrest was the eldest son of Jessie and William Forrest, who was Postmaster at Devonport Auckland.

WW1 Private Erni Bond 44680

Private Erni Bond was the youngest of five children of the late Mr Erni Bond (1852- 20 December 1914) and of Mrs Alice Bond (nee Freeman, (1858 – 1941)) of 51 Remuera Road, Remuera.

WW1 Blackie Brothers — Bernard Blackie 6/3252

Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer.

WW1 Blackie Brothers — 2nd Lieutenant Allan Stuart Blackie

The second son of Henry and Louisa Blackie’s sons to enlist was Allan Stuart Blackie (13/878, 1/484 (WWI) and 824025 (WWII).

WW1 Blackie Brothers — Owen Campbell Blackie

WW1 Blackie Brothers — Walter Palmer Blackie

Walter Palmer Blackie was the fourth brother to enlist in World War I.

Crown Lynn Pottery Te Toi Uku Visit

Remuera Heritage members visited Crown Lynn Pottery Te Toi Uku in New Lynn and were treated to an engaging hour with curator Finn McCahon-Jones

A Night at the Tudor Theatre

9 June 2017

WW1 Lance-Corporal Charles Basil Beeson

Lance-Corporal Charles Beeson (Reg. No 26535), also known as Bungee Beeson, was the fifth son of (Edwin) George and Joanna or (Anna) Beeson.

The Days of Trams in Remuera

Summary of a talk given by Terry Sutcliffe and film and photographic evening.

Remuera Heritage 2016 Annual Report

Welcome to members, members of the Orakei Local Board and friends of the society.

Remuera Heritage Annual General Meeting 2017

5 May 2017 at 6:30

College Rifles Pays Touching Tribute to Fallen Anzac Heroes with Commemorative Jersey

College Rifles rugby club's 2017 commemorative Anzac jersey, worn by the premier men's team on the 100th anniversary of losing soldiers in World War I.

Anzac Day Remembrance Service at St Aidan’s Church

A short church service at St Aidan's at 9.30am on ANZAC Day April 25th 2017.

WW1 Battle of the Somme — John Stewart Dagg

John Stewart Dagg was born in Brighton on 26 September 1891.

Visit to the Bruce Mclaren Trust and Museum

On the 2 April 2017 we visited the Bruce McLaren Trust museum above Remuera Upland Motors 590 Remuera Rd where Bruce and sister Jan lived.

WW1 Passchendaele Edgar and Arthur Boucher

Boucher Brothers — The Darkest Day

Mission Sisters House 78 Upland Road

78 Upland Road Remuera was known as the House of Studies for the Mission Sisters.

Tennis Court on Waiata Reserve — 1985

Plans for a private tennis club on Remuera’s Waiata Reserve have divided the neighbourhood.

Remuera Children’s Home

In 1893 a home for destitute children was founded by the congregation of the former Union Free Church...

WW1 Henry John Innes Walker

More than a century after his death on the Western Front in WW1, the remains of Henry John Innes Walker have been found and identified.

Auckland Unitary Plan August 2016 – Risk to Remuera Historic Heritage

The eastern suburbs have seen significant removal of the single house zone to be replaced with the increased density of...

New Developments in the Remuera Shops

Meanwhile development is underway on the old Browns site at 411-413 Remuera Rd.

WW1 Battle of the Somme — Corporal Robert Henry Whitnall Armiger

Robert Armiger was the son of Robert and Emma Armiger of Ponsonby and attended Auckland Grammar School from 1911.

WW1 Battle of the Somme — Captain Geoffrey Clifford Wilson Armstrong

Geoffrey Armstrong enlisted in July 1915 as a lieutenant in the Auckland Infantry Battalion.

WW1 Battle of the Somme — Lieutenant Gavin Douglas Alexander DCM 4/513

Gavin Alexander was born on the 14 March 1893 and lived at Clover Nook Rd, Epsom.

Battle of the Somme Talk by Herb Farrant

It was on the Somme that the majority of New Zealanders were killed or wounded during the First World War.

L.J. Keys

The single storey building on the south-eastern corner of Remuera Rd and Clonbern Rd.

The Old Remuera Post Office

The old Remuera Post Office, built in 1914, is a historic landmark building.

Henry Choyce

The Choyce family can be traced back to William Choyce.

Bryan Haggitt New Zealand Cricket Volunteer of the Year

Bryan Haggitt has been recognised at the New Zealand Cricket Awards as Volunteer of the Year 2015/16.

Heritage Plaques for Remuera

The Remuera Business Association is adding heritage plaques to buildings in the Remuera shops.

WW1 Matron Cora Beattie Anderson

Cora Beattie Anderson of Remuera had a distinguished war record as a nurse during World War One after she had survived a major shipwreck.

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