Invaluable Service: the secret history of New Zealand's signals intelligence during two world wars
by Desmond Ball, Cliff Lord and Meredith Thatcher
PB. 434pp. 220x156. Illus. with 42 pages of plates.
ISBN: 9781877431234
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Table of Contents
The Waimauku and Muriwai area
Waimauku Village, 1950s. Where you found people and places
Chapter 1. Mâori arrive in Kaipara
......Ngâti Whâtua o Kaipara
......Te Kawerau â Maki
Chapter 2. Getting around Kaipara in the 1820s
......The waka
......The travels of Samuel Marsden
Chapter 3. Kauri and the destruction of the forest
......Kauri gum: an ancient treasure
......The legacy: No going back
Chapter 4. The Europeans arrive
......Profile: Samuel Frost. Ararimu Valley, 1863
......Profile: Robert Annett. Waimauku, 1868
......Profile: Allan Kerr-Taylor. Waikoukou Valley, 1869
......Profile: Joseph Wilkins. Waikoukou Valley, 1869
......Profile: John Foster. Muriwai Falls, 1870
......Profile: Stanley Lester-Jonas. Waimauku, 1880
......Profile: James Fletcher. Waimauku, 1885
......Profile: William Morgan. Ararimu Valley, 1886
......Profile: William Moore. Muriwai, 1888
Chapter 5. Flax
Chapter 6. Kaipara’s sea of streams
Chapter 7. The railway arrives, 1875
......The Waimauku station
Chapter 8. Waimauku Village
......Foster’s Waimauku general store
......Billiards and hairdressing
......Bill Good’s pub
......The artisan
......The Coronation Hall / Waimauku War Memorial Hall
......St Martin’s, the little church with a big history
......Other denominations at St Martins
......The Waimauku Peoples’ Church
......The post office and the telephone exchanges
......Electric power
......Ernie Burns’ garage
......Cyril Tong’s bakehouse
......The great name change folly
......Gossip columns
......Victory bonds: Waimauku’s victory
......The doctor
......The RSA
......Bomber Galloway - a tragedy and a tribute
......The music makers
......Population size
Chapter 9. The dairy factory
Chapter 10. The evolution of Waimauku’s roads
Chapter 11. Waimauku School
Chapter 12. Sporting life
Chapter 13. The Kaipara after the Treaty
......Wally Wikaira: a local identity in Waimauku
Chapter 14. Farmers arriving in the 20th century
......Profile: The Wightmans, 1912
......Profile: The Houghtons, 1919
......Profile: The Robbs, 1937
Chapter 15. Villages apart: Kumeu ascendant
Chapter 16. Orchards and vineyards
Chapter 17. Muriwai Beach
......Catherine Moore’s story, 1893
......Profile: Edwin Mitchelson. Muriwai, 1901
......The state of the Muriwai road
......Korekore pa
......Racing on the beach
......Fresh water, changing sheds and other luxuries
......Fishing at Muriwai Beach
......Muriwai House
......The Trans-Tasman cable
......Fighting in the dunes
......Sewage in the sand
......War games
......Surf life-saving
......The volunteer fire brigade
......Carnage on the beach, vehicles in the modern era
......Aftermath of the 2023 storm: Two tributes
Chapter 18. Diary of a country kid
Chapter 19. Endgame
Notes