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Wai Whauwhaupaku is located towards the end of Tram Valley Road. It has long been known locally as the Swanson Conservation Area and is located at the head of the Swanson stream, however the traditional Te Kawerau name is Wai Whauwhaupaku. This land was part of Te Kawerau ā Maki’s 2014 Treaty Settlement. The area takes its name from the Whauwhaupaku, or the five-finger shrub which once grew in profusion in the area. The stream and its margins provided a wide range of food resources, tuna (eels), and harakeke (flax) used for weaving and the production of cordage. In drier Read more [...]

Henderson Valley Scenic Reserve is part of the wider locality known as Opareira, ‘the dwelling place of Pareira’. This ancestress was the niece of the famed early Maori voyager Toi Te Hautahi who visited the Auckland region over six centuries ago. When Toi Te Hautahi and his people explored the Waitemate Harbour, Pareira decided to settle at Wai o Pareira near the mouth of what is now the Henderson Creek. She and her people also occupied the Henderson Valley area seasonally to harvest the resources of the forest. Their settlement in this area was named Opareira. As one of the Read more [...]

– Small park with some seating and a petanque court

Swanson residents bought land after a statutory meeting on 11 December 1926 by raising money through selling shares in Swanson Hall Ltd. The total cost of land, building and preliminary expenses for the hall was £377 and the hall was completed by 23 May 1929. In 1945 the hall was taken over by the RNZAF for training and recreation purposes. The directors offered to sell the hall to the Waitemata County Council, but were turned down. A custodian was appointed to open, close and clean the hall and keep custody of the keys for 10s an evening when the main Read more [...]

This house is behind the butcher’s shop and situated on the original Calvert block. It was built in the late 1920s as the home for the Calvert family.

Named after Kandia in Greece. Lot of NZer’s fought there in WW II Originally, the roads in the Henderson gumfields were only numbered: – No 1 became Coulter rd (named after a family) – No 2 became Candia rd – No 3 became Vineyard Road (named after grapes planted by W. Russell, very early vineyard) – No 4 became Top of Coulter Road. (? Not sure of that one) Ballot system for this land by; Land and Survey Dept. 1914 for “Lease to own “ Both of my Grandparents had their name in the ballot system, and each got a Read more [...]

– Old farm house 1880 – Owned by only two families. [Dawn Ellis]

– Old house – Corner of Coulter and Drower rd (19 Coulter rd ?) [Dawn Ellis]

1st house on left from Candia rd 6 Coulter rd ? [Dawn Ellis]

– Old house made of kauri – Build 1917 – New extension put on top of it – Native trees planted around 1920’s in front of house [Dawn Ellis]