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INTRODUCTION
"Kotahi te kohao te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro ma, te miro pango, te miro whero. I muri, kia mau ki te aroha, ki te ture, me te whakapono."
There is but one eye of the needle through which the white, black and red threads must pass. After I am gone, hold fast to love, to the law, and to the religion of Christ.
(Reed's Maori Proverbs)
These famous words were spoken by Potatau Te Wherowhero, the first Maori king, at his Coronation in
1858, in response to the charge given byTe Heuheu.

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.

The property was originally owned by Mr and Mrs Delaney, Mr Delaney having been a sergeant in the militia. They sold the property to Mr and Mrs Ryan in about 1914. Mr and Mrs F. J. Osborne bought the farm in 1918. The Hamilton City Council purchased it in 1956.
The Hamilton Park Cemetery was opened in 1958 and in 1965 the Crematorium was dedicated by the Bishop of Waikato, the Rt Rev. J. 'l'. Holland.

TEDDING HAY
Tedding hay on the property that is now Hamilton Park Cemetery, 1930's.

Before the hall was built any gatherings were held at the school or in residences.

The Newstead Post Office was situated by the road on the north-east side of the railway line. The original building was replaced when a new Post Office was opened in 1918. Mail was collected from the railway station for distribution.

The Marsh Meadows property was bought from Capt. Runciman by the Scott brothers, John and James, in 1898. Sheep and cattle were farmed on the property.
In the 1920's Tuck and Watkins set up a sawmill near where Mr and Mrs Ron Scott's house is now. Trees were felled back in the plantation and hauled to a steam powered winch by a bullock team. At the weekends the bullocks would be set free to graze on the roadside. On Monday morning they would have to be located and rounded up, sometimes from as far away as Woodside Road at Matangi.

Situated 8km east of Hamilton with an altitude of 45m (145ft), Newstead was opened up as a militia settlement in the late 1860's after the campaigns of the N.Z. wars.
The land was of a poor quality. The drier areas covered in tea tree and the swamp in flax.

The Tylden family were discussing plans for the future. "When we break up the old family unit, there won't be enough money for each of us to buy an improved farm," said one of the brothers. "Land prices have skyrocketed in the last few years."
"There are still a few areas of cheaper farms that are well back but..."
"We have to have a place close enough to a school for the children," finished Marie.
One of the brothers remembered seeing an article about breaking in Waikato peat lands.

OVER the years many changes have taken place in Matangi village itself . The original stores have been demolished, and one new block built.  The only two buildings that remain are the garage and what is now the Scout Den.