WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND
WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND
The Western Bay of Plenty is on the east coast of the north island of New Zealand, and includes the settlements of Katikati, Tauranga and Te Puke. Katikati was first settled by Europeans as an "Ulster Plantation" by George Vesey Stewart in 1875 and is at the northern end of the district. Tauranga in the centre of the Western Bay was orignally refered to as Te Papa. It was settled by European traders in the 1830s and by CMS Missionaries from 1835. Tauranga is now New Zealand's fifth largest city. Te Puke is the "Kiwifruit Capital of the World". The majority of New Zealand's Kiwifruit is grown in the district. European settlement did not begin in the town until the early 1880s though European traders had been at Maketu since the 1830s.
EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLERS - WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY (INCLUDING AONGATETE, KATIKATI, TE PAPA, TAURANGA, MAKETU etc) - 1863 - 1899
WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGES (1872 - 1920) - Also see Te PUKE MARRIAGES AND DEATHS (down the page).
EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLERS - PASSENGER LISTS FOR PORT OF TAURANGA OR BOUND FOR PORT OF TAURANGA
CARISBROOK CASTLE - Belfast to Auckland 1875. George Vesey Stewart's First Party of settlers for the Katikati block.
LADY JOCELYN - London via Belfast to Auckland 1878. George Vesey Stewart's Second Party of settlers for the Katikati block.
LADY JOCELYN PASSENGER LIST - London to Tauranga 1881. The Lady Jocelyn brought settlers for George Vesey's Stewart's Third Party of settlers for the Te Puke block.
OXFORD PASSENGER LIST - Downs to Auckland 1881. (Many passengers went on to Tauranga and Te Puke).
MAY QUEEN PASSENGER LIST - London to Tauranga 1881. (Many passengers went on to Te Puke)
RAKAIA PASSENGER LIST - ? to Tauranga 1881. (Many passengers went on to Te Puke).
ACCLIMATISATION SHOOTING LICENCES
TAURANGA COUNTY COUNCIL RATES ASSESSMENTS - 1907
TAURANGA BOROUGH ELECTORAL ROLL - APRIL 1907
RESIDENTS OF TAURANGA, KATIKATI, MOUNT MAUNGANUI, TE PUKE AND IMMEDIATE DISTRICTS - TAKEN FROM THE 1928 TAURANGA ELECTORAL ROLL.
CENSUS RESULTS
Unfortunately in New Zealand the census forms were not kept but at least we have the results.
TAURANGA MOUNTED RIFLES
TAURANGA DISTRICT AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN/BOER WAR
TAURANGA DISTRICT AND THE GREAT WAR (WORLD WAR ONE)
MOSTLY TE PUKE, MAKETU AND DISTRICT
EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLERS - TE PUKE AND MAKETU - 1880 - 1901
EASTERN MAORI ELECTORAL ROLL
MAORI MEMBERS OF THE ARMED CONSTABULARY WITH A TE PUKE/ARAWA/BAY OF PLENTY CONNECTION
POSTAL DIRECTORIES
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT - WHOS' WHO
TE PUKE RAILWAY LEAGUE - 1910
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT - MISCELLANEOUS
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT - KNOWN VICTIMS OF THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC - OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 1918
PROPOSED BAY OF PLENTY FREEZING WORKS - SHAREHOLDERS - SEPTEMBER 1915
1945 SETTLERS REUNION - TE PUKE
TE PUKE BOROUGH FARM LAND OWNERS - 1947
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT PROBATES HELD AT NATIONAL ARCHIVES - 1875 - 1995
TE PUKE CEMETERIES
DEATH NOTICES
Mostly from Te Puke but also from other areas. There are over 1900 death notices here.
TE PUKE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH
TE PUKE MARRIAGES
TE PUKE TIMES BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES
TE PUKE BIRTHS
TE PUKE AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL ASSOCIATION (INC.) MEMBERS
TE PUKE BRASS BAND
TE PUKE MEDICAL CLUB
PAENGAROA-TE PUKE RACING CLUB
TE PUKE BACHELORS' BALL INVITATION
TE PUKE SCOTTISH SOCIETY
NEW ZEALAND JERSEY CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC - TE PUKE AND DISTRICT MEMBERS
PONGAKAWA SCHOOL CENTENNIAL - 1992
MAKETU SURF LIFESAVING CLUB
LOWER KAITUNA
TE PUKE LYCEUM CLUB
TE PUKE & DISTRICT HIGHLAND PIPE BAND
TE PUKE DAIRY PRODUCE COMPANY LTD - TE PUKE - 1884 - 1888
TE PUKE CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY COMPANY LIMITED - TE PUKE - 1898 - 1902
BAY OF PLENTY CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSOCIATION LIMITED - TE PUKE - 1902 - 1986
TE PUKE POPULATION
Unfortunately in New Zealand the census forms were not kept but at least we have the results.
TE PUKE MOUNTED RIFLES
TE PUKE AND TAURANGA AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN/BOER WAR
TE PUKE AND WORLD WAR ONE
TE PUKE AND WORLD WAR TWO
SCHOOL ROLLS
KAIATE FALLS SCHOOL, UPPER PAPAMOA ROLL - 1961. The school closed in 1968.
MAKETU SCHOOL ROLL - 1884.
MAKETU SCHOOL ROLL - 1899.
MANGATOI SCHOOL ROLL - 1922-1937. The school closed in 1937.
MUIR'S REEF CLASS ROLLS - 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927
NGAWARO SCHOOL ROLLS - 1916, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
OTAMARAKAU SCHOOL ROLL - 1916. First year pupils.
PAENGAROA SCHOOL ROLL - 9 July 1906 to 9 July 1916
PAENGAROA SCHOOL ROLL - 1916 to 1926
PAENGAROA SCHOOL ROLL - 1926 to 1936
PAENGAROA SCHOOL ROLL - 1936 to 1946
PAENGAROA SCHOOL ROLL - 1941 - by House
PAENGAROA SCHOOL ROLL - 1946 to 1956
PAPAMOA SCHOOL ROLL - 1904 - First Day Pupils
PAPAMOA SCHOOL PUPILS - who attended the 50th Jubilee - 1954.
PONGAKAWA SCHOOL ROLL - 1900.
PONGAKAWA VALLEY, ROTOEHU SCHOOL ROLL - First day pupils 1933. See also OLD FOREST SCHOOL
TE MATAI MAORI (NATIVE) SCHOOL ROLL - First day pupils 1 April 1887.
(LOWER)TE MATAI (ROAD) CLASS LIST - 7 May 1903.
(LOWER)TE MATAI (ROAD) SCHOOL - 12 December 1918.
(LOWER)TE MATAI (ROAD) SCHOOL - 3 December 1926.
TE PUKE DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL ROLL - First day pupils 20 February 1923.
TE PUKE DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION PASSES - 1926.
TE PUKE HIGH SCHOOL ROLL - 1958.
TE PUKE HIGH SCHOOL ROLL - 1963
TE PUKE HIGH SCHOOL MERIT CERTIFICATES - Prizegiving - December 1963.
TE PUKE PASSES - SCHOOL CERTIFICATE - 1967
TE PUKE HIGH SCHOOL - SCHOOL CERTIFICATE RESULTS - 1968.
TE PUKE NO. 2 PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLLS - 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1900. This school was on No. 3 Road and closed in 1905.
TE PUKE NO. 2 ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1907 - 1925. This school was on No. 2 Road and closed in 1929.
TE PUKE NO. 2 ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL from Inspectors Reports - 1920, 1924.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - First day pupils as at 24 September 1883. Te Puke Primary School was also known as Te Puke Main School and Te Puke No. 1 School.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1883 to 1905 - Also see above for full roll.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1905 to 1915.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1916 to 1922.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1922 to 1929.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1929 to 1934.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1934 to 1938.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1939 to 1942.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1943 to 1949.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1950 to 1957.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1958 to 1962.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1963 to 1966.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1967 to 1969.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1970 to 1975.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1976 to 1980.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1981 to 1983.
TEACHING STAFF
TE PUKE CENTENNIAL 1981
PIONEER LUNCHEON - those who attended the Te Puke Centennial Pioneer Luncheon - Saturday 07 March 1981.
CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF TE PUKE - 2006
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT BIBLIOGRAPHY - IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
THE FALL OF TE TUMU PA, NEAR MAKETU, BAY OF PLENTY - 9 May 1836 - by S Percy Smith. Journal of the Polynesian Society - Extract from Vol. XXXII. No. 3.
CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND - TE PUKE.. An index to the names in the Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Te Puke section - 1901.
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, TE PUKE - The Consecration Ceremony, List of Subscribers, Report of First Annual Meeting - 1901. An index to the names in the Consecration booklet.
TE PUKE (PRIMARY)SCHOOL - 50th Jubilee - 1933. An index to the names in this 50th jubilee booklet.
HISTORIC MAKETU - by Enid Tapsell 1940.
EARLY PONGAKAWA - by J N Blaymires 1952. An index to the names in this history of Pongakawa, Te Puke.
KAIATE FALLS SCHOOL - Jubilee Booklet. An index to the names in the history of the Papamoa No 2 School/Upper Papamoa School/Kaiate Falls School - 1954.
PAENGAROA - THEN AND NOW - Golden Jubilee of the Paengaroa School 1906 - 1956 - by Roy McKenzie 1956. An index to the names in this history of Paengaroa School and district, Te Puke.
TE PUKE A & P ASSOCIATION. An index to the names in the 50th Jubilee of the Te Puke Agricultural and Pastoral Association - 1957.
TE PUKE (PRIMARY)SCHOOL - 75th Jubilee - 1958. An index to the names in this 75th jubilee booklet.
BAY OF PLENTY CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSOCIATION LIMITED - Te Puke - Diamond Jubilee 1902 - 1962. An index to the names in this 60th Jubilee booklet.
TE PUKE METHODIST CHURCH - Official Opening and Dedication - 2 May 1964.
PUKEHINA MAORI SCHOOL - 50th Jubilee 1914 - 1964. An index to the names in this history of Pukehina Maori School, Te Puke.
OTAMARAKAU SCHOOL - GOLDEN JUBILEE - 1916 - 1966 - By Josephine W Mortensen.
SEVENTY FIVE YEARS LATER - A History of the Pongakawa School by J N Blaymires 1967. An index to the names in this history of Pongakawa, Te Puke.
ST ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - TE PUKE - Building Over The Years - 1911 - 1967. An index to the names in this booklet.
ST THOMAS'S CHURCH MAKETU CENTENNIAL - August 1968. An index to the names in this centennial history.
THE STORY OF TE PUKE - by Selwyn G Taylor 1969. An index to the names in this history of Te Puke and district.
TE MATAI MAORI SCHOOL - 82nd Anniversary Celebrations 1969. An index to the names in this history of Te Matai (Waitangi) Maori School, Te Puke.
FACTS AND REMINISCENCES OF PONGAKAWA VALLEY - By Hilda McLeod - May 1970. An index to the names in this memoir.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH - 75th Jubilee - 1976. An index to the names in this 75th Jubilee booklet.
TE PUKE LYCEUM CLUB - 1927 - 1977 - by Ena Gibbons. An index to the names in this 50th Jubilee history of Te Puke Lyceum Club.
A HISTORY OF TAURANGA COUNTY - by Evelyn Stokes - 1980. An index to the names in this history of the Bay of Plenty (including Te Puke and district).
NOW AND THEN - Te Puke 100 years - 1881 - 1981. An index to the names in this mainly pictorial history of Te Puke.
PAENGAROA SCHOOL - 75th Jubilee 1906- 1981. An index to the names in this history of Paengaroa School and district, Te Puke.
RANGIURU - An index to this short history of the district by Don Vercoe, 1982.
TE PUKE RUGBY SUB-UNION 75TH JUBILEE - 1907 - 1982 - by Allan Spratt. An index to the names in this jubilee booklet.
BAY OF PLENTY CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSOCIATION LTD - 80th Jubilee 1902 - 1982. An index to the names in this history of the Bay of Plenty (including Te Puke) Co-operative Dairy Association.
FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL - 25th Jubilee - 1957 - 1982. An index to the names in this 25th Jubilee booklet.
ROTOEHU SCHOOL, PONGAKAWA VALLEY - 1933 - 1983. By Phyllis Potter. An index to the names in this Jubilee booklet.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL - 1883 - 1983 - by Lesley Ann Malcolm 1983. An index to the names in this centennial history of Te Puke Primary School. School rolls indexed seperately.
DOUBLE TAPESTRY - Monica B Hollaway (Te Puke 1985 - Tauranga Moana Press ISBN 0-908705-06-9) - Mrs Hollaway's reminisces of Maketu and St Thomas's Anglican Church - 1940s-1980s.
TE PUKE GOLF CLUB JUBILEE - 25/26/27 April 1986. An index to the names in this 50th Jubilee history.
MANGATOI REVISITED - by Lis McCarroll 1990. An index to the names in this history of Mangatoi, Te Puke.
HISTORY OF PAPAMOA - 1890 - 1990 - Papamoa Country Womens Institute 1990. An index to the names in this history of Papamoa, Te Puke.
OTAMARAKAU SCHOOL 1916 - 1991 - 75th Jubilee. By David Blennerhassett.
TALES OF TE MATAI AND TE RANGA - The History of a Rural Community c1991. An index to the names in this history of Te Matai and Te Ranga, Te Puke.
100 AND COUNTING - PONGAKAWA SCHOOL 1892 - 1992 - A History of Pongakawa School and District by Cedric Blaymires 1993. Yet to be indexed.
THE PIONEER WOMEN OF TE PUKE - "Getting it Made" - edited by G E Brittain. Undated. An index to the names in this booklet of pioneer women of Te Puke and district.
PONGAKAWA PIONEERS - from Patiti to Equine 1910 - 1994 - by Phyllis Potter 1995. This privately published book is under copyright restriction. However surnames mentioned are BEAR, BILLINGS, BROWN, CAWTE, CHRISTOPHERS, CROPP, DRABBLE, DWYER, GIBBONS, HAMILL, HIKA, HORN, HOWIE, JENSEN, LEE, LONGLEY, MacFARLANE, MUNRO, POTTER, PURSLEY, TUNNICLIFFE, ULMKE, VINGOE, WATSON. Copies are held at many libraries in New Zealand.
RANGIURU (TE PUKE)SPORTS CLUB CENTENNIAL - c1996 - by F Latimer. Yet to be indexed.
THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF BAYPAK - 1971 - 1996 - An index to the names mentioned in this book.
HEREFORD PARK AND BILLINGS BLOCK - by Helen Scott 1997. An index to the names in the history of Hereford Park and the Billings Block, Te Puke.
ROYDON DOWNS - RETURNED SERVICEMEN SETTLERS - 1955, 1956, 1957 - by Joan Hood 1998. An index to the names in this history of the Roydon Downs Farm Settlement, Te Puke.
PAPAMOA VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE - 25TH ANNIVERSARY - 1973 - 1998. A list of the members of the Papamoa Volunteer Fire Brigade from this 25th Anniversary booklet.
TE PUKE HIGH SCHOOL - 1923 - 1998 - by J P (Jack) Gemming. An index to the names in this 75th Jubilee history of Te Puke High School.
TE PUKE HIGH SCHOOL - 1923 - 1998. An index to the names in this 75th Jubilee Information Booklet.
AWAY I WENT - by Sydney James Hastie - 1999. An index to the Te Puke names in this privately published memoir.
MASONIC LODGE TE PUKE No. 261 - 75TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY - 1924 - 1999. - An index to the names in this history of the Masonic Lodge in Te Puke.
ROYDON DOWNS 1964 - by Geoff Brann c2000. An index to the names in this history of the Roydon Downs Farm Settlement, Te Puke.
BORN TO FLY - by Vernon Benner - 2000. An index to the Te Puke names in this privately published memoir.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH - TE PUKE - Centennial 1901-2001. An index to the names in this history of St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Te Puke.
PAPAMOA SCHOOL CENTENNIAL - 1904 - 2004 - Ruth J Warner 2004. An index to the names in this history of Papamoa Primary School.
TE PUKE ROTARY CLUB 50 YEARS - 1954 - 2004 - An index to the names in this history of the Te Puke Rotary Club.
THE NGAWARO REGIONAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - by Jim Pendergrast 2005. An index to the names in this area history.
100 YEARS OF HISTORY - TE PUKE AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL ASSOCIATION - by John and Patricia Jensen 2006. An index to the names in this centennial book.
TE PUKE - NGA TANGATA ME NGA WAHI - PEOPLE AND PLACES
- by Christine Clement, Lynne Robertson and Maree Lewis 2007.
SURNAME INDEX
A - L
M - Z
INDEX - EXCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS - TE PUKE CONTRACT BRIDGE CLUB (INC) - OUR HISTORY - 1959 - 2009 - An index to the names in this booklet.
THE PIONEERS, SETTLERS AND FAMILIES OF TE PUKE AND DISTRICT (1830-1909)
- by Christine Clement 2012.
FAMILIES INCLUDED
TE MATAI - 125th ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET (Originally Te Matai Native School
TE PUKE CRICKET CLUB - 125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - 2012
NO 2 ROAD HALL AND DISTRICT - TE PUKE - Compiled by Peg Cummins from material supplied by Jim Pendergrast (2012).
FROM FLAX TO FRUIT - TE PUKE VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE - 100 Years of Community Service 1913 - 2013 - by Dale Lindsay.
TE PUKE WORLD WAR ONE MEMORIAL - NAMES INCLUDED - 2013 - by Christine Clement.
TE PUKE SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUB ANNIVERSARY BOOK - 2014 - by Rick Hannay.
THAMES GOLDMINERS INDEX
THAMES GOLD MINERS - Kae Lewis's site includes a database of 5700 people who registered gold mining claims in the Thames area. Since many miners migrated from one gold mining area to another, miners who came to Muir's Reef goldmine at Te Puke may be mentioned. If you find any can you please let me know.
THE KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRY
KIWI FRUIT QUEEN CONTEST WINNERS - The Kiwifruit festival has been held every year since 1978.
KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRY HISTORY - The beginings of the Kiwifruit industry in New Zealand by Christine Clement.
THE KIWIFRUIT STORY by David Yerex and Westbrook Haines - 1983. An index to the names in this history of the kiwifruit industry in New Zealand.
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS - The NZ Kiwifruit Industry - 1904-2004. An index to the names in this history of the kiwifruit industry in New Zealand. Published February 2004.
WEATHER STATISTICS
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT SCHOOL WEB PAGES
ABOUT TE PUKE
PHOTOS OF TE PUKE AND THE WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT HERITAGE INVENTORY
TE PUKE SQUASH CLUB HISTORY
STOP PRESS
The first book on the history of Te Puke and District since 1981 is now available.
Te Puke
Nga Tangata me Nga Wahi
People and Places
covers the area from Papamoa to Otamarakau to Ngawaro including Maketu,
Pukehina, Paengaroa and Pongakawa as well as Te Puke.
SURNAME INDEX
A - L
M - Z
The book has 400 pages, is hard back and is indexed to over 3000 surnames. It includes the Lady Jocelyn passenger list, electoral rolls (including the rare 1908 Eastern Maori), first day school pupils, the Arawa members of the Armed Constabulary, Rolls of Honour, lots of photos and maps etc and covers the period from the arrival of the Te Arawa waka to 31 December 2006.
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