Howick’s Concrete Road
The following article appeared in the NZ Herald on 10/8/2005 and the proof of these claims can still be seen on the centre strip of concrete on Ridge Road. “Road builders here will soon follow those in Europe and Australia and build concrete roads,” says Fletcher Building chief executive Ralph Waters. “This country will soon […]
A hitch hike to lovely Howick Village, 1930
As part of the Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakuranga residents to share some of their memories. Gay Bevan shares excerpts from a story written by her late father Norm Robertson recalling memories from when he was eight-years-old. Norm, a WWII veteran – passed away in 2010 – on 10.10.10 – at […]
‘We were the Gully Kids’
As part of the Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakuranga residents to share some of their memories. Today we hear from Gaye Allan (nee Laing). My recollection of Howick back in the 50s and 60s, out in the boondocks, includes the main road which was a concrete strip from Panmure to Howick […]
Establishing the Howick Historical Village
The Historical Society began after a visit to Miss Emilia Maud Nixon by Dee Collings, Eileen Martensen and Alwyn Zellman. Miss Eileen Martensen and Alwyn Zellman. Miss Nixon had been the motivating force in preserving much of the history of Howick in her Garden of Memories, which she established over 30 years in honour of […]
Spiller legacy a big part of Howick
As part of the Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakuranga residents to share some of their memories. Today we hear from long-time businessman Paul Spiller whose family ran the hardware store. My grandparents bought the Howick General Store in 1942 after moving up from Ohakune where my grandfather ran a similar small […]
Family proudly serves Howick for more than four generations
As part of the Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakuranga residents to share some of their memories. Today we hear from Tom Rutherford whose family has a multi-generational connection to, among other things, Howick Coastguard. William and Audrey (nee Carr) Rutherford moved to Howick from the Rutherford family farm in Bombay in […]