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April 11 2012
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Celebrations a Kaipara showcase by Paul Campbell
The 150th anniversary celebrations of the founding settlement of Albertland bought a boom to the Kaipara over the Easter break.
A hive of Rotary activity
Celebrities are beginning to appear on the calendar of the Maungaturoto and Districts Rotary Club …
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Easter crowds flock to off-road action
A carnival atmosphere reigned as the second round of the 2012 Mickey Thompson NZ Offroad Racing …
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Coryn’s close shave
Matakohe Primary school student, seven year old Coryn Yorke, decided to do something for others …
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“I am simply stoked,” said the chair of the organising committee, Steve Levet. “We had a fantastic long weekend with between 800 and 900 people gathered for three days of events which kicked off at Port Albert, with the celebrations opened by Dr Lockwood Smith.” The House Speaker and soon to be Ambassador to London, is an Albertland descendant. “From Port Albert and Wellsford, these visitors fanned out across the Northern Kaipara, with many taking harbour boat trips, and many others boarding coaches for ‘heritage trails,’ visits to The Kauri Museum and the like. These covered geographical points of interest — old canning plants, schools, old family houses and farmlands “We had a video show in the Wellsford Community Centre, with the screen tracing the history, the story of the Albertland settlement, that had tears in people’s eyes. It is the first time anything has been produced which puts the whole Albertland story, from the embarkation in London, to the shores of the Kaipara, in some sort of context. “A gala dinner at Te Hana Te Ao Marama Maori Cultural Centre was an absolute highlight, with a cultural show and settler re-enactment as well as the buffet dinner and dance.
One of the weekend sellout events — historic boat trip on the Kaipara Harbour
Dr Lockwood Smith delivering his speech at the opening ceremony
I lost count of the people who came up to say they had just met relatives they had long ago lost contact with.” Mr Levet said the many months of planning that went into the weekend was spearheaded by a committee of 20 people “but the credit goes out to the whole community. There were many, many unsung heroes behind the scenes, for instance providing trip commentary, helping clean up, and just assisting the huge influx of people
from out of town. It was a community effort from start to finish.” Albertland descendents at the event were recorded from Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK and the US. “Above all, the weather was on our side,” said Mr Levet. “We had been stressing something chronic over the forecast in the days before Easter, but the weather turned out unbelievably well. It all went off so smoothly, without a hitch.”
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