HISTORICAL RESOURCES

The author of this entry for TeKopuru was a resident of the village for some 25 years, not long enough to be considered a local but during this period gathered a great deal of information on the history of Te Kopuru and the surrounding district. A lot of this has come from the few remaining long time residents and their descendents, the bulk from a variety of publications and below is a list of those resources.

Books

Early Northern Wairoa                         John Stallworthy                      1916

The Great Northern Wairoa                 E K Bradley                               1972

Pakoi Tara Te Kopuru                           P Bickers                                  c1945

History of Te Kopuru Hospital            Ivy Pratt                                     1992

Stethoscopes & Saddlebags                 Eleanor Baker-McLaglan        1965

Te Kopuru-Dargaville Bus Co. Ltd     Clive Otway/Sean Miller         2006

New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol1), New Zealand in the 2nd WW

                                                                  Wing Commander HL Thompson 1953

Nga Tamatoa                                          Monty Soutar                              2008

                          

 

Sources

Dargaville Museum                     http://www.dargavillemuseum.co.nz/

Matakohe Museum                      http://www.kauri-museum.com/

Alexander Turnbull Library      http://www.natlib.govt.nz/atl

RNZAF Museum                          http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/

Auckland Memorial Museum   http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/

Kaipara District Council            http://www.kaipara.govt.nz/index.php

Archives New Zealand                http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/

Wellington Museum                    http://www.museumofwellington.co.nz/

Commonwealth War Graves Commission     www.cwgc.org/

 28th  Maori Battalion                 www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/