Wises Index to Every Place in New Zealand 1912 TANGITIKI, Auckland. 78 m N.W. from Auckland, railway to Helensville. then steamer 4 times wkly 40 m. Tel at Tangaihi, 4 m. Tangi means "to weep." and tiki "greenstone ornament." It is said Maoris lost a tiki and held a tangi over it. Is on Northern Wairoa River. Gum-digging and agriculture. Nearest doctor at Kopurn, 20 m. Post office. Create a census. Maybe there is a database somewhere listing the gumdiggers. The 1898 Kauri Gum Industry Act and its 1908 amendment required gum diggers working on government land to be licensed. Some were Dalmatian. B. Segulin lived there in 1915 John August Olsen, Tangitiki 7 June 1907 Memorial for Naturalisation Alfred Anderson, Tangitiki 15 February 1908 Memorial for Naturalisation Axel Leonard Albrecht, Tangitiki 1 October 1908 Memorial for Naturalisation Thomas Masters, [Gumdigger, Norway], Tangitiki 25 October 1909 Memorial for naturalisation Oluf Alfred Andersen, Tangitiki 6 November 1909 Memorial for naturalisation Axel Leonard Albrecht, Tangitiki 11 June 1910 Memorial for naturalisation C Hunt, Tangitiki 14 August 1911 For permit to raffle Kauri gum model of a lighthouse Isaac McLeod, Justice of the Peace, Tangitiki 8 June 1908 Resigns as Justice of the Peace Bush Advocate 8 August 1905 Page 5 Dargaville, August 7 Walter Proctor, aged forty-five years, suddenly expired in McLeod's store at Tangitiki on Saturday. At the inquest a verdict of death from heart disease was returned. New Zealand Herald 18 July 1918 Messrs. Alfred Anderson and William Hunter, reported their mate, Mr. Charles Smith, was believed to be drowned. They were engaged in the towage of flax on the Wairoa River at Dargaville. Mr. Smith was a married resident of Tangitiki, and leaves a widow and three children. Hobson County (In Marsden Subdivision) Mcleod, Isaac, Tangitiki (via Helensville) had 500 sheep for the year ending April 1902. He did not have any sheep the previous year. Gibson, William, 26/1139, Tangitiki, gumdigger, self employed, born at Helensville 3rd Oct. 1894 (John "Jack" Gibson, father) *From: Beth Wagstaff < [email protected]>Subject: [nz] Tangitiki - Wairoa Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:56:40 +0000 (UTC) * *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*