by Stuart | Feb 5, 2023 | Event Reports
Whakatane & District Historical Society Event Report on Field Trip to Waimana and Taneatua Above is the headstone of Emily Savage, wife of Charles and sister-in-law of Frederick Savage – first person buried in Waimana cemetery. They were some of the first...
by Stuart | Oct 19, 2022 | Event Reports
Whakatane & District Historical Society Event Recently the Whakatane Historical Society and Whakatane Blue Light held a “Grandma’s Picnic” event at Allandale School. We were ably assisted by students of the Whakatane High School Interact Club. It...
by Stuart | Jun 29, 2022 | Event Reports
Whakatane & District Historical Society Event During the evening of 22 June Professor Doctor Lachy Patterson, Head of Maori and Indigenous Studies at Otago University, gave the following illustrated address to Society Members and other interested members of the...
by Stuart | Mar 9, 2022 | Event Reports
Whakatane & District Historical Society ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING March Thursday 17th 5:30pm Knox Presbyterian Church, Domain Rd Whakatane. Agenda of the Annual General Meeting shall be: (i) Apologies...
by Glen West | Sep 24, 2019 | Event Reports
On Sunday 22nd September Members of the Whakatane and District Historical Society met at the Lyceum Club Rooms to share a 1970s “Ladies a Plate” luncheon. The food was amazing, the table was filled with treats from the 70s era – pikelets with jam and cream, bacon...
by Glen West | Aug 26, 2019 | Event Reports
1970s Lunch Sunday September 15th 12:30pm Lyceum Club Rooms . What food do you remember from 50 years ago? Cheese and pineapple hedgehogs? Pizza with tinned spaghetti? Seafood cocktail? What did you take for “Ladies a Plate”? Stuffed Eggs? Sponge with Cream and...
