PUKETAHA DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK
A miscellaneous collection of old photographs, newspaper clippings, stories and other bits and pieces from time gone by.
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Waikato Times - 8th March 1932
I'm not sure where Mr Knights farm was in Puketaha, but I have an idea it might have been on the Gordonton Road somewhere between Puketaha Road and Carrs Road.
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Water Towers:
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Puketaha Cub Pack - 1957
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Kay's Four Square Food Market - 1960s
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A Fiery Letter from a Puketaha Resident - 1939
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Major Fire at Puketaha Service Station – July 1968
Jenny Lucey sent through these newspaper clippings of a fire that almost claimed the life of her brother.
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WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL RATES DEMAND - 1956
91pounds 11 shillings and eight pence would be worth between $5500 and $6000 (ex GST!) in today's money (2023)
In 1989 the Waikato County Council (established in 1876) amalgamated with the Raglan County Council (established in 1876), the Ngāruawāhia Borough Council (established in 1920), and the Huntly Borough Council (established in 1931) to be known as the Waikato District Council.
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