Hi Beth, as a member of NZ Archaeological Assn, I have access to ArchSite, the national archaeological site recording database. There are probably about 80 sites recorded around the bay, headlands and immediate area inland. About 70% of those are Maori pa, or associated features such as middens, pits or terraces. About 6-8 are 'gum diggings' and two are 'gumdiggers camps' (one has a question-mark, indicating uncertainty). There is one 'house site' and one 'historic house site'. If any of these may be of interest to you, pse let me know & Ill run reports & send them to you direct. I suspect only the two camps and 'house sites' may be of interest. From what Ive seen, they are fairly skimpy reports anyway, but they may give owner's names etc. Looking at the site names, I'd say gum digging was the main pakeha activity in the area, up till 1900. (Arch sites are normally pre-1900, by definition.) regards, Dave W. ________________________________________ From: NEW-ZEALAND [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 30 January 2017 1:58 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: NEW-ZEALAND Digest, Vol 12, Issue 34 Send NEW-ZEALAND mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists2.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/new-zealand or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of NEW-ZEALAND digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Tangitiki - Wairoa (Beth Wagstaff) 2. Re: Tangitiki - Wairoa (Graham L Jones) 3. New Zealand census records (John Wilson) 4. Re: NZ Births Index -missing names (John Wilson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:56:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Beth Wagstaff <[email protected]> To: New-zealand <[email protected]> Subject: [nz] Tangitiki - Wairoa Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:10:25 +1300 From: Graham L Jones <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nz] Tangitiki - Wairoa Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Hello Beth, A quick search brought up an article in the Kaipara Lifestyler with a brief mention of Isaac McLeod and Tangitiki: > http://www.kaiparalifestyler.co.nz/Of_Interest.cfm?NewsID=1406 You may find it worth while contacting the Dargaville Museum (via their website) to see if they have any more information about the settlement of Tangitiki. Census results aren't available for NZ but you may be able to access the Electoral results for the 1900 general election on Ancestry of Find My Past (if you're a member). Kelly's Bay is the next bay south and is still populated with some residents plus holiday homes, someone there may have knowledge of Tangitiki's past. An extract from the Northland Regional Council's mapping project says: > P08/101 Tangitiki Estuary Wetland and Shrubland; and P08/213 Waimamaku > Estuary, Shrubland and Rushland in Natural Areas of Kaipara Ecological > District (Northland Conservancy) 2009 Existing landscape assessment: > N/A (Proposed DP Variation 1 under appeal) *Sites of cultural and > historic heritage value: None identified, including through iwi > consultation, which would influence coastal environment boundary.* Just remembered someone who would probably know about the settlement: > http://www.kauricoast.co.nz/d_Attractions.cfm?Scope=District&WPID=6287 Look for Eco Tourism - Logan Forrest, who has a vast knowledge of local history. Hope that is of some help. Cheers, Graham On 29/01/2017 11:56 p.m., Beth Wagstaff 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 -- Graham Jones, 139 Hokianga Road, DARGAVILLE 0310 09-439-8519 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:37:06 +1300 From: John Wilson <[email protected]> To: New-zealand <[email protected]> Subject: [nz] New Zealand census records Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Hi All: Re New Zealand census results, some census results have been kept since 1966, but any (maybe not full) access will not be possible until 100 years or 2066! There are some 19th century records available e.g. a police ?census? of Auckland in the 1840s or Maori censuses. See article by Donald Hansen in the New Zealand Genealogist of May-June 2011. So for the 20th century try the electoral rolls, or Wises and Stones directories which up to the 1950s listed names of householders (often by address in cities). Yours, John Wilson ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:58:21 +1300 From: John Wilson <[email protected]> To: "'new-zealand'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [nz] NZ Births Index -missing names Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=response Hi All: The Registrar-General has replied re a ?missing? death which was in the microfiche of 1976 deaths, saying the entry was missed off the historic online website but is now there. The 1976 death was of Stewart Wilburn LINDSAY, born 13 December 1901, and registered 1902 (a pre-Christmas birth to Joseph and Mary!) and died 16 August 1976. He is buried in the Owaka Cemetery. NB: birth has "Willburn" but death has "Wilburn". Yours, John Wilson Thank you for your email and apologies for the delay. A check of our death records has been made. I confirm while we have the image this was missed off the online website. This has now been upgraded and should now show in the online website. In regards to the birth entry, I have checked the record and can confirm that the details we have recorded are correct according to the original paper-based registration. ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer To contact the NEW-ZEALAND list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the NEW-ZEALAND mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. ------------------------------ End of NEW-ZEALAND Digest, Vol 12, Issue 34 *******************************************