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

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