Yes even here in Dargaville it's always known and described as the Northern Wairoa river, and the area around it is known as Northern Wairoa - though you won't find that on any map! Graham On 2/02/2017 10:12 a.m., Shirley Arabin wrote: > There is also a Wairoa River in Tauranga. The river at Kaipara sometimes > called the Northern Wairoa to make the distinction from all the others. > > -----Original Message----- > From: NEW-ZEALAND > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Dragonplace > Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2017 8:36 p.m. > To: Ray Rob <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [nz] Tangitiki - Wairoa > > Evening List > > Wairoa River I know is in the Hawkes Bay, it is large and I have swum in it. > > Wairoa Stream is in the Coromandel area. > > Wairoa Pa is in the Wairoa Valley, Coromandel area and adjacent to Wairoa > Stream. > > Please be careful in ensuring WHICH Wairoa you are writing about. > > Robyn > > > On 31/01/17 08:47, Ray Rob wrote: >> Hi Beth , >> >> Regarding the General election 1905 , 35 votes were cast at the >> Tangitiki polling booth . >> >> Cheers , >> Ray >> >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 11:56 PM, Beth Wagstaff <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> Evening all. >>> On the western side of the Kaipara, on the edge of the Wairoa River >>> and some 25 kms or so south of Dargaville, is a place now known as >>> Tangitiki Bay. It would seem that quite a few people lived and >>> worked there when it just known as Tangitiki. >>> Around 1900, Tangitiki was a small community with a general store, >>> wharf, and post office. A couple of dozen people at least lived >>> there. The store owner was a man named Isaac McLeod. >>> At that time, the area was part of Hobson County, but in 1989 it was >>> merged into Kaipara District. >>> I gather that the main occupation of those living there was gum digging. >>> I am trying to find out about the village of Tangitiki - exactly >>> where it was located, how people came to and went from there, were >>> the people all gum-diggers, is any part of the community/houses still > left standing? >>> And also, if anyone has access to the 1901 census for the area, I >>> would be most grateful to know who lived there and the other details >>> from the census.. >>> Can anyone help me? >>> Many thanks, >>> Beth >>> >>> >>> The List Guidelines >>> >>> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Graham Jones, 139 Hokianga Road, DARGAVILLE 0310 09-439-8519

Most Maori place names are descriptive and "Wairoa" simply means river. Wai is water Roa is long Therefore Wairoa is long water. Murray Reid Tuakau -----Original Message----- From: NEW-ZEALAND [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham L Jones Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2017 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nz] Tangitiki - Wairoa Yes even here in Dargaville it's always known and described as the Northern Wairoa river, and the area around it is known as Northern Wairoa - though you won't find that on any map! Graham On 2/02/2017 10:12 a.m., Shirley Arabin wrote: > There is also a Wairoa River in Tauranga. The river at Kaipara > sometimes called the Northern Wairoa to make the distinction from all the others. > > -----Original Message----- > From: NEW-ZEALAND > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Dragonplace > Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2017 8:36 p.m. > To: Ray Rob <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [nz] Tangitiki - Wairoa > > Evening List > > Wairoa River I know is in the Hawkes Bay, it is large and I have swum in it. > > Wairoa Stream is in the Coromandel area. > > Wairoa Pa is in the Wairoa Valley, Coromandel area and adjacent to > Wairoa Stream. > > Please be careful in ensuring WHICH Wairoa you are writing about. > > Robyn > > > On 31/01/17 08:47, Ray Rob wrote: >> Hi Beth , >> >> Regarding the General election 1905 , 35 votes were cast at the >> Tangitiki polling booth . >> >> Cheers , >> Ray >> >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 11:56 PM, Beth Wagstaff <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> Evening all. >>> On the western side of the Kaipara, on the edge of the Wairoa River >>> and some 25 kms or so south of Dargaville, is a place now known as >>> Tangitiki Bay. It would seem that quite a few people lived and >>> worked there when it just known as Tangitiki. >>> Around 1900, Tangitiki was a small community with a general store, >>> wharf, and post office. A couple of dozen people at least lived >>> there. The store owner was a man named Isaac McLeod. >>> At that time, the area was part of Hobson County, but in 1989 it was >>> merged into Kaipara District. >>> I gather that the main occupation of those living there was gum digging. >>> I am trying to find out about the village of Tangitiki - exactly >>> where it was located, how people came to and went from there, were >>> the people all gum-diggers, is any part of the community/houses >>> still > left standing? >>> And also, if anyone has access to the 1901 census for the area, I >>> would be most grateful to know who lived there and the other details >>> from the census.. >>> Can anyone help me? >>> Many thanks, >>> Beth >>> >>> >>> The List Guidelines >>> >>> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Graham Jones, 139 Hokianga Road, DARGAVILLE 0310 09-439-8519 The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message