Open invitation to visit the carved pou at 649 Bruntwood Rd commemorating Te Maungārongo, the Covenant of Peace, signed between Wiremu Tamihana and General Carey, 27 May 1865, ending the war in the Waikato. A sign at the pou provides information about the event. The pou was unveiled and blessed in August 2022.
St Stephen’s Church, 14 Tamahere Drive, Tamahere - The foundation stone of the first church of St Stephen was laid on the present site in December 1882, but regular Church of England services were first conducted in Tamahere more than 15 years earlier. The first St. Stephen's Church and adjoining cemetery were consecrated in 1891 and that church served the local community until it was destroyed by fire in June 1970. The new St Stephen's was built on the same site, was dedicated on 18th June 1972.
S.S. GRAHAM: Who was in the chair at the first Cambridge Road Board meeting on 18th July 1879.
W.A. GRAHAM: His brother, was elected Mayor of Hamilton in 1884, member of the Provinvial Council in 1873.
JOSEPH BARUGH: Who was co-founder with the late H.S. HAWKINS of F.A.C., now Allied Farmers, and the Auckland Farmers Freezing Company. He was from 'Wartle".
R.F. BOLLARD: Minister of Internal Affairs in the Coate's Government, lay reader and church warden of the local kirk.
FOOD SUPPLY:
Food other than that produced on the farm would be obtained from the local store, mentioned earlier. Tamahere had its own store over many years George Owen ad Son who followed J.H. Stewart, were from 1920 to 1940. Anything from this store, galvanised piping to peas, beans and raisins. The store burnt down one Christmas morning 1975.
We must pay a tribute to the housewives of the countryside, who in many cases, were not used to ordinary housework. The better class, if you may use the word class, were used to their maids in England or Scotland; had to take over and run their new houses with conditions nowhere comparable to the conditions they were used to in the old country. They also had to help outdoors. The garden being their main interest.
HAUTAPU SCHOOL:
The first school in the district was Hautapu School which was built in 1878 on the triangle section of the corner of Pickering's Road and the main road.
Roll of 54, 36 boys and 18 girls.
The first Head was R. McLaurin; at a salary of £65, which hardly covered the living costs with nine children.
William Reids Mill; from the Waikato Times 29th July 1875. The flour mill erected in the Mangaone Stream about half a mile from Crawfords crossing, between Reids property and that of John Shaw, on the Southern bank, was burnt down at about 8.00 a.m. on Monday 18th July under suspicious circumstances.
A feud had been in progress with John Shaw, who did not approve of the dam, and there was a suspicion that he had dug a trench and let water away.
DAY:
John Martyn Junior sold Pencarrow, August 1886, to Cornelius Day, who had farmed at Ramarama and Whatawhata after arriving from Kent, England, with his wife and family. The 1,000 acrea were sold at £8 per acre.
Mr Day developed a pure bred herd of Jerseys, which had outstanding success in the show ring. Jerseys were imported from 1900 onwards, from Jersey and Australia.
One bull "Charms Lord Tylish" turned out to be vicious, nearly killing the local veternary inspector, who went into his stall.
Left England in the Joseph Fletcher, Sunday 29th November, 1857 from Plymouth, arriving in Auckland 19th March 1858 - 111 days. The family consisted of John Martyn Senior, his wife Mary from Camelford, Cornwell, England, Ellen who became Mrs Joe Wilson of Wilson and Horton, Ada who became Mrs James Hume, Bank of New Zealand, Hamilton, John and William.
