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WW1 Blackie Brothers — Walter Palmer Blackie
Walter Palmer Blackie was the fourth brother to enlist in World War I.
Read MoreWW1 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.
Read MoreThe Days of Trams in Remuera
Summary of a talk given by Terry Sutcliffe and film and photographic evening.
Read MoreAnzac 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.
Read MoreWW1 Battle of the Somme — John Stewart Dagg
John Stewart Dagg was born in Brighton on 26 September 1891.
Read MoreVisit 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.
Read MoreMission Sisters House 78 Upland Road
78 Upland Road Remuera was known as the House of Studies for the Mission Sisters.
Read MoreTennis Court on Waiata Reserve — 1985
Plans for a private tennis club on Remuera’s Waiata Reserve have divided the neighbourhood.
Read MoreRemuera Children’s Home
In 1893 a home for destitute children was founded by the congregation of the former Union Free Church...
Read MoreWW1 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.
Read MoreNew Developments in the Remuera Shops
Meanwhile development is underway on the old Browns site at 411-413 Remuera Rd.
Read MoreWW1 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.
Read MoreWW1 Battle of the Somme — Captain Geoffrey Clifford Wilson Armstrong
Geoffrey Armstrong enlisted in July 1915 as a lieutenant in the Auckland Infantry Battalion.
Read MoreWW1 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.
Read MoreBattle 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.
Read MoreL.J. Keys
The single storey building on the south-eastern corner of Remuera Rd and Clonbern Rd.
Read MoreThe Old Remuera Post Office
The old Remuera Post Office, built in 1914, is a historic landmark building.
Read MoreHeritage Plaques for Remuera
The Remuera Business Association is adding heritage plaques to buildings in the Remuera shops.
Read MoreWW1 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.
Read MoreBank of New Zealand Remuera
The Bank of New Zealand first opened in Remuera in 1929 in Skelton’s Building at 339-345 Remuera Road.
Read MoreEarly History of Remuera
Long before the Europeans arrived, Remu-wera was probably the Maori name of an area near Mt Hobson.
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