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Raglan History

by Raglan Community Media

Unearthing Raglan and Whaingaroa's past from government archives

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Episodes

  1. Raglan Town Hall Burns Down - in 1927

    We also look at how Labour won the Raglan electorate that year, the end of the steamship service and the local bowling club decided that women could play bowls.

  2. Aro Aro Reserve

    Aro Aro Wetland never used to exist - we find out what happened

  3. Wallis St History

    John joins us to look at the history around Wallis St , including the Scout Hut, water bore and Warahi Park

  4. Te Uku Post Office & Lots of Dancing

    In 1925 the Te Uku Post Office was built - and without TV to keep people at home dances were a regular occurrence, even breaking out following the community meeting where the national election results were counted.

  5. Raglan 1925

    The birth of Eva Rickard and the first footbridge to Papahua were headline events for 1925, although not necessarily at the time. There were far too many car crashes on the deviation but people did like to travel fast on the fantastic new metal roads.

  6. The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same

    It's 1924 and everybody is arguing about council plans. On the other hand Communities like Te Mata are thriving

  7. 1924 And It's All About The Roads

    Raglan History from 100 years ago and just like today everyone is concerned about the state of the roads - but they really did have something to complain about back then.

  8. Raglan History Does Repeat - Raglan in 1924

    John Lawson joins us to look at Raglan 100 years ago and how a lot of the same issues seemed to be affecting Raglan back then

  9. Raglan History - Boats and Parties in 1923

    In a low tech society most of the goods arrived in ships and people had to hold social events to keep themselves entertained. Even a small community like Raglan had a huge number of activities on the go.

  10. Raglan History - 1923

    All the latest news from 11 years ago. What did the locals think was a big deal back then

  11. Raglan History - Community Events

    Following Sunday's community Matariki celebration we look back to see what events used to bring the community together.

  12. Putting the Raglan Timeline together

    The Museum is putting together a timeline for Whaingaroa so we look at what should be on there for the last 20 years

  13. Raglan Music History

    We get John to dig through the archives to find out what the Raglan community used to do for music before the 80s when we have our first recordings by musicians in our community

  14. Raglan History 1922

    John Lawson takes us back 100 years to check out the events of 1922

  15. 1922 Cars Crashing and Dodgy Roads

    We look back 100 years at the state of the roads

  16. Raglan 1922

    John has dug up some more of Raglan's history as we go back 100 years

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Unearthing Raglan and Whaingaroa's past from government archives

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