Waiheke Island Historical Society

P O Box 206, Ostend, Waiheke Island 1843, New Zealand

Public events and news

The History Quiz

That’s right — a trivia quiz with no science, no rugby, no Hollywood! It was held on Saturday, 2 March 2013 at the Onetangi Hall, and will no doubt become a regular event for the Historical Society. Members and non-members welcome.

Wharf-to-Wharf Fun Run

Sunday, 13 January 2013

Once again, our Museum provided water to passing runners. We had a ‘1940s Paradise’ theme this year, complete with scratchy 78rpm music. A fun time was had by all!

Cottages getting a facelift

Thanks to generous donations of paint from the New Hope Op Shop, Placemakers and Wattyl, our three period cottages are receiving a much-needed coat of Wattyl Solagard paint on their exterior walls and roofs. Thank you, Op Shop, Placemakers and Wattyl!

Members’ section

Annual General Meeting
rescheduled for Sunday, 5 May 2013, at 2:00 PM.
Speaker: Faye Storer on local government history.
Read last year’s minutes.
New members always welcome!
 

Coming events

Past events

Newsletters & Minutes

History of the Society

Constitution

Officers

How to join

For history buffs
and researchers

Early History of Waiheke Island

A missionary on Waiheke Island in 1849

A visit to Waiheke Island in 1858

A Belgian city in Rocky Bay?

Surfdale memories from the 1940s

The Waiheke Fun-Map (1948) and its
accompanying Story of Waiheke

The 1922 subdivision of the Matiatia-Oneroa Estate

Cemetery transcriptions

1881 electoral roll

1893 women’s electoral roll

Under construction...
The following are coming soon:

Waiheke genealogy

Waiheke land owners in 1914

Directory of Waiheke residents in 1948

Links
 

The Museum of Waiheke

and Historic Village

Experience a slice of Old Waiheke at the Waiheke Museum and Historic Village.

• A reconstructed woolshed housing the Museum’s main exhibits
• A 1930s-style island cottage (Day Cottage) that can be used as a meeting room
• Three small bach-style houses (Champion, Keane, and Goodwin cottages) with period rooms and photo exhibits
• A working, manually-operated telephone exchange
• The original Waiheke jail
• Being developed: The Taonga Heritage Gardens
• Maori artifacts, a wool press, a whale-oil cauldron, a player piano, and even a fine old long-drop toilet! (No, not in actual use; we have modern ones for visitors.)

The Museum is located at 165 Onetangi Straight, Waiheke Island, and is open from noon to 4:00 PM on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holiday Mondays, all year round. Entry is by donation; we suggest $3 per person.

How to find us

Take a tour of the Museum buildings

The aerial view below is courtesy of Google Maps. Click on any building for more information.