Our History

Mr. Stubbs came to Mangatangi in l9l2 to take up his block of land, an area of 7213…

Little did I think at the time that I would be returning in 1924 and spending most of…

ln the early 1930’s an attempt was made to establish a Tennis Club in Mangatangi.

Captain William Field Porter arrived in Auckland in 1841, having embarked with his family in his own brig,…

In December l927 we did our first shearing at Mangatangi. In those days we relied on the Maori.

Maori had long used the gum for making torches, lamp black for tattoo pigments and mixed it with…

In 1957 the Smith family purchased from Mr. Ted Waller, a block of land comprising 956 acres of…

John Cummings was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1869 and came to New Zealand in 1874, on…

Richard A Henderson was the sole charge teacher at this (Mangatangi) school when it opened in July 1923.

The Barton family arrived from England in 1885 and after a period in Auckland, farmed in Onewhero and…

A virgin country such as ours in the l9th Century had to rely on its natural resources. Our…

In 1915 Mr. George S Johnston, set off from Auckland with a wagon drawn by two horses to…

In July 1866, the Vining brothers, Thomas and Sydney, aged 18 and 16, left London on the ship…

Towards the end of 1913 an area of 2373 acres was purchased by the late Mr. Abram Corrigal…

During 1860 the Taranaki and Waikato areas lurched closer to war, made inevitable because the Pakeha settlers wanted…

Aoturoa Tamati Ramanui was born in 1868 at Whakatane and moved to Mangatangi with his wife and six…

The Shuker family originates from Shropshire and leased land from an aristocratic family, with no likelihood of ever…

Maramarua is a small village located in the middle of everywhere.

Block, while the west bounds Mangatawhiri and Maramarua.

Mangatawhiri is a farming district located 62 kilometres south of Auckland on the old Thames-Paeroa highway.