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WW1 Samuel Francis Jonkers (11048) and Sons Edward and Cyril
Samuel Francis Jonkers (11048) of 32 Green Lane Remuera was killed in action on 1 October 1916, 47 years of age at the Battle of the Somme.
Read MoreWW1 Leonard Richard Grimwade and Edward Norman Grimwade
Leonard Grimwade obtained the rank of Sergeant in the territorial forces with the 16th Regiment of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club.
Read MoreRemuera Railway Station – Tyer Train Tablet Apparatus
The Remuera railway station has two pieces of Tyer Tablet apparatus.
Read MoreWW1 Thomas Harry Kinder and John William Kinder
Thomas Henry (Harry) Kinder (British Army) was the second son of prominent Aucklander, Harry Allen Kinder.
Read MoreWW1 Lance Corporal Malcolm Innes Finlayson (12/2433)
Malcolm Innes Finlayson (13/2433), (1885 – 1916), was born on 1 July 1885.
Read MoreWW1 Gunner Robert Roderick Creighton Corbett McFarland 12811
Robert Roderick Creighton (Crighton or Crichton) Corbett McFarland (known as Roddy), born in Hawera on the 18 September 1895.
Read MoreRemuera Fire Station and the Village Green
The area currently known as The Village Green was originally a works depot for the Remuera Road Board, and later for the Auckland City Council.
Read MoreWW1 Sergeant William Dobson Eggleston (25993)
William Dobson Eggleston was born 19 March 1887 in Sunderland, England, the elder son of Mrs Jane Cole Eggleston.
Read MoreWW1 Private Robert William Gray (49705)
Robert William Gray was born on the 10 June 1895 in Cambridge to Elizabeth and William Gray.
Read MoreHeritage StoryMap tour of the Remuera shops
Take a heritage walk through the Remuera shops, starting at St Aidan's Church through the town centre to King's School.
Read MoreWilson’s Beach and Jetty
Wilson’s Jetty is located on Wilson’s Beach at the northern end of Victoria Avenue.
Read MorePurewa – Mrs Constance Duthie
Constance Duthie was the founder and first principal of Corran School in Remuera in 1952.
Read MorePurewa — Reuben Charles Porter
Reuben and Harold were born in New Zealand; Reuben in Rolleston St, Thames on September 20th 1886.
Read MoreRemuera Railway Station
View a collection of historical photos of the Remuera Railway Station.
Read MoreOn the Hobson Bay walkway extension and Wilson’s beach and jetty – Have Your Say!
22 July 2019, Parnell Cricket Club
Read MoreRemuera Trams
Remuera is an example of the commercial & community centre of one of Auckland’s traditional tram suburbs.
Read MoreGeography Project
Hilary Monteith was a pupil at Epsom Girls Grammar in 1956 when she completed a geography project on Remuera.
Read MorePurewa — Thomas Henry Ah Chee
Thomas Henry (Tom) Ah Chee (1928-2000) opened the first supermarket in New Zealand or Australia in 1958.
Read MoreTudor Theatre
The Tudor theatre opened in June 1926, at 333 Remuera Rd, owned by Fuller Hayward Theatres Corporation and F.G. Mumford.
Read MoreWW1 Purewa – John Robert Burgin, Chaplain Major (Clerk in Holy Orders) 18/29
John Robert Burgin was born on 10th October 1869 at Long Bennington, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
Read MorePurewa – Chhota Jivanji 1896-1921
Chhota Jivanj was born in 1896 in Satem, Bombay (Mumbai).
Read MoreWW1 Charlotte Dinneen YMCA and YWCA
Charlotte Kate Dalton Dinneen was the second of six children of Michael Dalton and Mary Victoria Dinneen.
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