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Early days
George Hunter and the Island Bay Estate
I te timatanga o te nohonga tangata – in the beginning of human settlement
Owhiro Bay middens
Robert Houghton
New life for an old Lullaby: He oriori mō Tuteremoana
Liz Mellish
Karaka Trees
He Taniwha!
Stories
Art and Images
Christine Harris
Church of God picnics at Island Bay
Island Bay on a Fine Day
Makara? Yeah Right: A Painting of the Rewa
Postcard Pretty
Red Heavens – a review (2004)
Buildings, Institutes and Places
History of Streets
Island Bay’s Ghost House
Robertson Street Piano Box Houses
Tips and Landfills of the Southern Bays
Business
General Practitioners in Island Bay
Island Bay Cod Liver Oil industry: who knew?
Bata Shoe Factory
Campaigns and Conflicts
Wellington Clean Water Campaign
Not in my 1909 backyard – Edwarian Nimbyism in Island Bay
Island Bay Community Centre
Churches
The Catholic Streetscape of Island Bay
Crime
A national security investigation in Derwent Street 1914
Island Bay Dog Poisoner
A house of ill-fame: Island Bay in the early 1900s
An Island Bay baby farmer: 1906
Disasters and Disease
1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
2020: Solidarity with Muslim New Zealanders in the Southern Bays
Covid-19
Fire at Elverton, Grand Gentleman’s Residence at Island Bay
Shipwrecks
Rats!
Recollections of 10 April 1968
Wanganella Weather
Fishing and Ships
A flourishing of spotties
A Vessel close to a Fisherman’s heart
Net Fishing in Cook Strait: 1910
Price of Fish(ing) at Island Bay in the 1920s
The Great Depression and the Fishing Community of Island Bay
General History
Living History; Living community
Loss of Heritage
The Island Bay Festival
Notes on Island Bay History 1950-2010
Italian Heritage
Italians in Island Bay
Memories
A 40's Boyhood in the Bay
Barbara Hoskins née Anton
Building a house in Island Bay in the 1940s
Derwent Street: my home from 1931 to 1952
Hiking in the hills of Island Bay
St John's Cadets
Bill Pettersson's Memories
Island Bay in the Thirties
Thirty Thousand Voices
Through the pines and over the hill
Young in the Bay
Natural History
Arbor Day in the Southern Suburbs
Hape Creek
Living Among Plants and Animals on the South Coast of Wellington
Luhrs Rock
The original vegetation of Island Bay and Surrounds
People of the Bays
Barbara Hoskins 1931-2024
Colonel Hughes, CMG, DSO (1866-1954)
Natusch Family at Island Bay
Our eponymous places and their people
Pat Hutchison
Robert Logan
Watt Family of Island Bay
Danube Street people
James Ritchie
Ken Findlay
Politics and Politicians
1972: Green Party begins – in Island Bay
Alfred Hindmarsh
Electorates and Politicians of the Southern Bays 1853 – 2013
‘Highly unsuccessful’ – a failed Communist election effort in Ōwhiro Bay
Island Bay Kindergarten – a Communist plot?
Norman Kirk
Shetland Heritage
Island Bay Grandparents
The Shetland Islanders
Sports
Bowling in Early Island Bay
Island Bay Softball
Transport
History on track (2004)
Notes on local transport: Island Bay – Wellington's No 1 Destination
The First Commercial Passenger trip to the Bays?
Wartime
An Island Bay Child's War Time Memories
Island Bay Italians and World War II
Gingernuts – part of our history
With the flu to the war – Sid Anton’s story
Writing
Writing and writers of the Southern Bays
Play: from Waikato Street to the world
At Home in the Bay – review
Poetry of the Southern Bays
Churches
Home of Compassion
Island Bay Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
St Francis de Sales
St Hilda's
Sveti Sava
Theravada Buddhist Monastery
Wellington South Baptist Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Places
Erskine College & Chapel
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Heritage area - Island Bay
Hostels & Residential Care
Home of Compassion Children's Home
Polish Boys Hostel
Presbyterian Girls' Home
Salvation Army Boys' Home
Island Bay Racecourse
Island Bay Hotel
Island Bay Shops
Island Bay Surf Club
Island Bay "Town Hall"
Memorial Rotunda
Pariwhero/Red Rocks
Shorland Park
Taputeranga Island & The beach
The Bait House
The Blue Platter
The Masonic Lodge
Schools
Chilton House School
Curious Minds Early Learning
Island Bay Kindergarten
Island Bay School
Owhiro Bay School
St Dominic's School for the Deaf
St Francis de Sales School
The new curriculum and Southern Bays History
Timewalk
Magazines
Southern Bays History
Home
Learn more
Contact Us!
How to use our Website
Links of Interest
Newsletter
Opening Times
Team
Early days
George Hunter and the Island Bay Estate
I te timatanga o te nohonga tangata – in the beginning of human settlement
Owhiro Bay middens
Robert Houghton
New life for an old Lullaby: He oriori mō Tuteremoana
Liz Mellish
Karaka Trees
He Taniwha!
Stories
Art and Images
Christine Harris
Church of God picnics at Island Bay
Island Bay on a Fine Day
Makara? Yeah Right: A Painting of the Rewa
Postcard Pretty
Red Heavens – a review (2004)
Buildings, Institutes and Places
History of Streets
Island Bay’s Ghost House
Robertson Street Piano Box Houses
Tips and Landfills of the Southern Bays
Business
General Practitioners in Island Bay
Island Bay Cod Liver Oil industry: who knew?
Bata Shoe Factory
Campaigns and Conflicts
Wellington Clean Water Campaign
Not in my 1909 backyard – Edwarian Nimbyism in Island Bay
Island Bay Community Centre
Churches
The Catholic Streetscape of Island Bay
Crime
A national security investigation in Derwent Street 1914
Island Bay Dog Poisoner
A house of ill-fame: Island Bay in the early 1900s
An Island Bay baby farmer: 1906
Disasters and Disease
1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
2020: Solidarity with Muslim New Zealanders in the Southern Bays
Covid-19
Fire at Elverton, Grand Gentleman’s Residence at Island Bay
Shipwrecks
Rats!
Recollections of 10 April 1968
Wanganella Weather
Fishing and Ships
A flourishing of spotties
A Vessel close to a Fisherman’s heart
Net Fishing in Cook Strait: 1910
Price of Fish(ing) at Island Bay in the 1920s
The Great Depression and the Fishing Community of Island Bay
General History
Living History; Living community
Loss of Heritage
The Island Bay Festival
Notes on Island Bay History 1950-2010
Italian Heritage
Italians in Island Bay
Memories
A 40's Boyhood in the Bay
Barbara Hoskins née Anton
Building a house in Island Bay in the 1940s
Derwent Street: my home from 1931 to 1952
Hiking in the hills of Island Bay
St John's Cadets
Bill Pettersson's Memories
Island Bay in the Thirties
Thirty Thousand Voices
Through the pines and over the hill
Young in the Bay
Natural History
Arbor Day in the Southern Suburbs
Hape Creek
Living Among Plants and Animals on the South Coast of Wellington
Luhrs Rock
The original vegetation of Island Bay and Surrounds
People of the Bays
Barbara Hoskins 1931-2024
Colonel Hughes, CMG, DSO (1866-1954)
Natusch Family at Island Bay
Our eponymous places and their people
Pat Hutchison
Robert Logan
Watt Family of Island Bay
Danube Street people
James Ritchie
Ken Findlay
Politics and Politicians
1972: Green Party begins – in Island Bay
Alfred Hindmarsh
Electorates and Politicians of the Southern Bays 1853 – 2013
‘Highly unsuccessful’ – a failed Communist election effort in Ōwhiro Bay
Island Bay Kindergarten – a Communist plot?
Norman Kirk
Shetland Heritage
Island Bay Grandparents
The Shetland Islanders
Sports
Bowling in Early Island Bay
Island Bay Softball
Transport
History on track (2004)
Notes on local transport: Island Bay – Wellington's No 1 Destination
The First Commercial Passenger trip to the Bays?
Wartime
An Island Bay Child's War Time Memories
Island Bay Italians and World War II
Gingernuts – part of our history
With the flu to the war – Sid Anton’s story
Writing
Writing and writers of the Southern Bays
Play: from Waikato Street to the world
At Home in the Bay – review
Poetry of the Southern Bays
Churches
Home of Compassion
Island Bay Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
St Francis de Sales
St Hilda's
Sveti Sava
Theravada Buddhist Monastery
Wellington South Baptist Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Places
Erskine College & Chapel
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Heritage area - Island Bay
Hostels & Residential Care
Home of Compassion Children's Home
Polish Boys Hostel
Presbyterian Girls' Home
Salvation Army Boys' Home
Island Bay Racecourse
Island Bay Hotel
Island Bay Shops
Island Bay Surf Club
Island Bay "Town Hall"
Memorial Rotunda
Pariwhero/Red Rocks
Shorland Park
Taputeranga Island & The beach
The Bait House
The Blue Platter
The Masonic Lodge
Schools
Chilton House School
Curious Minds Early Learning
Island Bay Kindergarten
Island Bay School
Owhiro Bay School
St Dominic's School for the Deaf
St Francis de Sales School
The new curriculum and Southern Bays History
Timewalk
Magazines
More
Home
Learn more
Contact Us!
How to use our Website
Links of Interest
Newsletter
Opening Times
Team
Early days
George Hunter and the Island Bay Estate
I te timatanga o te nohonga tangata – in the beginning of human settlement
Owhiro Bay middens
Robert Houghton
New life for an old Lullaby: He oriori mō Tuteremoana
Liz Mellish
Karaka Trees
He Taniwha!
Stories
Art and Images
Christine Harris
Church of God picnics at Island Bay
Island Bay on a Fine Day
Makara? Yeah Right: A Painting of the Rewa
Postcard Pretty
Red Heavens – a review (2004)
Buildings, Institutes and Places
History of Streets
Island Bay’s Ghost House
Robertson Street Piano Box Houses
Tips and Landfills of the Southern Bays
Business
General Practitioners in Island Bay
Island Bay Cod Liver Oil industry: who knew?
Bata Shoe Factory
Campaigns and Conflicts
Wellington Clean Water Campaign
Not in my 1909 backyard – Edwarian Nimbyism in Island Bay
Island Bay Community Centre
Churches
The Catholic Streetscape of Island Bay
Crime
A national security investigation in Derwent Street 1914
Island Bay Dog Poisoner
A house of ill-fame: Island Bay in the early 1900s
An Island Bay baby farmer: 1906
Disasters and Disease
1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
2020: Solidarity with Muslim New Zealanders in the Southern Bays
Covid-19
Fire at Elverton, Grand Gentleman’s Residence at Island Bay
Shipwrecks
Rats!
Recollections of 10 April 1968
Wanganella Weather
Fishing and Ships
A flourishing of spotties
A Vessel close to a Fisherman’s heart
Net Fishing in Cook Strait: 1910
Price of Fish(ing) at Island Bay in the 1920s
The Great Depression and the Fishing Community of Island Bay
General History
Living History; Living community
Loss of Heritage
The Island Bay Festival
Notes on Island Bay History 1950-2010
Italian Heritage
Italians in Island Bay
Memories
A 40's Boyhood in the Bay
Barbara Hoskins née Anton
Building a house in Island Bay in the 1940s
Derwent Street: my home from 1931 to 1952
Hiking in the hills of Island Bay
St John's Cadets
Bill Pettersson's Memories
Island Bay in the Thirties
Thirty Thousand Voices
Through the pines and over the hill
Young in the Bay
Natural History
Arbor Day in the Southern Suburbs
Hape Creek
Living Among Plants and Animals on the South Coast of Wellington
Luhrs Rock
The original vegetation of Island Bay and Surrounds
People of the Bays
Barbara Hoskins 1931-2024
Colonel Hughes, CMG, DSO (1866-1954)
Natusch Family at Island Bay
Our eponymous places and their people
Pat Hutchison
Robert Logan
Watt Family of Island Bay
Danube Street people
James Ritchie
Ken Findlay
Politics and Politicians
1972: Green Party begins – in Island Bay
Alfred Hindmarsh
Electorates and Politicians of the Southern Bays 1853 – 2013
‘Highly unsuccessful’ – a failed Communist election effort in Ōwhiro Bay
Island Bay Kindergarten – a Communist plot?
Norman Kirk
Shetland Heritage
Island Bay Grandparents
The Shetland Islanders
Sports
Bowling in Early Island Bay
Island Bay Softball
Transport
History on track (2004)
Notes on local transport: Island Bay – Wellington's No 1 Destination
The First Commercial Passenger trip to the Bays?
Wartime
An Island Bay Child's War Time Memories
Island Bay Italians and World War II
Gingernuts – part of our history
With the flu to the war – Sid Anton’s story
Writing
Writing and writers of the Southern Bays
Play: from Waikato Street to the world
At Home in the Bay – review
Poetry of the Southern Bays
Churches
Home of Compassion
Island Bay Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
St Francis de Sales
St Hilda's
Sveti Sava
Theravada Buddhist Monastery
Wellington South Baptist Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Places
Erskine College & Chapel
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Heritage area - Island Bay
Hostels & Residential Care
Home of Compassion Children's Home
Polish Boys Hostel
Presbyterian Girls' Home
Salvation Army Boys' Home
Island Bay Racecourse
Island Bay Hotel
Island Bay Shops
Island Bay Surf Club
Island Bay "Town Hall"
Memorial Rotunda
Pariwhero/Red Rocks
Shorland Park
Taputeranga Island & The beach
The Bait House
The Blue Platter
The Masonic Lodge
Schools
Chilton House School
Curious Minds Early Learning
Island Bay Kindergarten
Island Bay School
Owhiro Bay School
St Dominic's School for the Deaf
St Francis de Sales School
The new curriculum and Southern Bays History
Timewalk
Magazines
Island Bay Surf Club
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