Clearing the Land at Puketaha
Everybody likes a mystery? Where in Puketaha is this?
The cover photograph is one of series of photographs found at the Te Aroha Museum.
All four photos were courtesy of Janice Parsell/Nightingale
On the back of each photo is written a comment:
1: (cover pic): On right: James Thomas Parsell & neighbour at Puketaha 1938
2: The neighbour has just pulled Dad’s (Parsell’s) tractor out of a hole on the right. Puketaha, 1938.
3: Crushing high ti-tree at Puketaha, 1938
4: Crushing ti-tree at Puketaha, 1938
Maybe Parsell was contracted to do some clearing of the land at Puketaha? Maybe he lived in the district for a time? Who was the neighbour? Can anybody recognise or remember these men?
The Parsell name can be found living at or near Waitoa – which suggests why these photos eneded up at the Te Aroha Museum'