A history of the Mahurangi 
Contents

Ronald H Locker | 2001
On family history, mine has been highly selective—a necessary limitation which may disappoint some, but save others from boredom. Families have been pre­sented largely on an entrepreneurial basis, resulting in a kind of industrial history. In attempting to present…

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Sculptured hills and 
Headlands of Mahurangi

Ronald H Locker | 2001
Terraces, ditches and pits, so prominent on the headlands of the Mahurangi, remind us that this peaceful harbour had a turbulent past: “Māori were not constantly at war, but they did live with the constant threat of war. This fact of life is literally carved into…

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A history of the Mahurangi 
Foreword to online edition

Cimino | 14 June 2015
That he wrote, and beautifully wrote, the foreword for his own book, was fabulously typical of Dr Locker. After all, he wrote his own funeral service, complete with eulogy. But rather than egocentricity, it reflected the exceptional self-reliance that was the hallmark…

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A history of the Mahurangi 
Preface to 2001 editions

Ronald H Locker | 2001
Since this is not the first history of the Mahurangias published 2001: Mahurangi River. Since, technically, Locker’s history is primarily about the Mahurangi Estuary—the tidal Mahurangi River and the Mahurangi Harbour, throughout, this online edition of Locker’s history of the Mahurangi has largely standardised on Mahurangi Harbour, for the harbour, and Mahurangi for the district., some excuse for its writing seems called for. Tribute is also due to those who have gone before. The first history of the district was the work of Terence Otway, son of a former postmaster of Warkworth. It was only…

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