If you look at this photo from the 1980's and see the same scene today, you could be forgiven for thinking that not much changes on the Main Road through Tūātapere... but if you track the history of the buildings and various owners and businesses, you may be surprised to learn there have been quite a few over the many years:
#Tūātapere #WaiauDistrict
#Murihiku #Southland #Aotearoa #NZRuralLife
#IdyllicVillageScenes
#CentralAndWesternArchive
#CentralAndWesternArchive #idyllicvillagescenes #NZRuralLife #aotearoa #Southland #Murihiku #WaiauDistrict #tuatapere
An article on the history of the forestry industry in #Tūātapere, at the end of #Highway99 from last century... Gosh it sounds a long time ago when you put it like that! Fascinating insights into rural community life and stubborn resilience. This archive was gifted with special thanks to the #HumpTrackTrust. Read full article .pdf here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1610322
#SharingCommunityHeritage
#HistoryBelongsToEveryone
#WaiauDistrict
#Murihiku
#Southland
#Forestry
#Logging
#RuralCommunities
#NZRuralLife
#NZRuralLife #RuralCommunities #logging #forestry #Southland #Murihiku #WaiauDistrict #HistoryBelongsToEveryone #SharingCommunityHeritage #HumpTrackTrust #Highway99 #Tūātapere
#Museum30 Day14 Today's topic is #Winter or #Makariri in Māori #NZTwits #Aotearoa #History #Murihiku #Southland #NZ
#Waiau #Ōtautau #Archives
#CentralWesternSouthland #GLAM #CommunityHistory #digipres
Some great winter or makariri scenes from #EasternBush in #WaiauDistrict. These photos from the Mouat Family property are now part of our community history collections in the new Central & Western Murihiku Southland Archive, check out more here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1564623/eastern-bush-properties-braeview-in-mouat-ownership-1905-2004
Can't seem to post photo!
#WaiauDistrict #EasternBush #digipres #CommunityHistory #glam #CentralWesternSouthland #archives #Ōtautau #Waiau #nz #Southland #Murihiku #history #aotearoa #nztwits #Makariri #winter #Museum30
#Museum30 Day12 Today's topic is #Tools or #Pāraharaha (or more specifically, "a tool made of iron") in Māori #NZTwits #Aotearoa #History #Murihiku #Southland #NZ
#Waiau #Ōtautau #Archives
#CentralWesternSouthland #GLAM #CommunityHistory #digipres
Tools or pāraharaha being used to repair the #EasternBush Church in #WaiauDistrict. These photos are now part of our community history collections in the new Central & Western Murihiku Southland Archive, check out more here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1598095/eastern-bush-district-presbyterian-church-history-church-repairs
#WaiauDistrict #EasternBush #digipres #CommunityHistory #glam #CentralWesternSouthland #archives #Ōtautau #Waiau #nz #Southland #Murihiku #history #aotearoa #nztwits #Pāraharaha #tools #Museum30
Some of you may remember how I was contacting a magazine to see if they would allow our preservation copy of an old article on our community which is still under #Copyright, to be put in the public archive and astonishingly they agreed, so here it is (the indexing alone took me nearly a whole day!)
#CentralAndWesternArchive
#Highway99 #Aotearoa #NZTwits
#Heritage #SmallTownCulture
#SocioEconomics #Murihiku
#Southland #WesternSouthland
#Tūātapere #WaiauDistrict #NZ
https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1610322/tuatapere-history-a-journey-to-the-end-of-highway-99-magazine-article?fbclid=IwAR3MJ6HSL1H6FtOKZZeYxLfqwWmo0ZXL-4hN1o1OY5OtJbuyVDSdKZng5gY
#nz #WaiauDistrict #Tūātapere #WesternSouthland #Southland #Murihiku #socioEconomics #SmallTownCulture #heritage #nztwits #aotearoa #Highway99 #CentralAndWesternArchive #copyright
#Museum30 Day4 Today's topic is #Record or #Mauhanga in Māori #NZTwits #Aotearoa #History #Murihiku #Southland #NZ
#Waiau #Ōtautau #Archives
#CentralWesternSouthland #GLAM #CommunityHistory #digipres
Record or mauhanga from the #EasternBush #Store #PostOffice #AccommodationHouse in the #WaiauDistrict, part of our local Central & Western heritage collection, digitised by the Central & Western Murihiku Southland Archive. Check out the history of these early buildings here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1603194/eastern-bush-store-mouat-ownership-1905-2004
#WaiauDistrict #AccommodationHouse #postoffice #store #EasternBush #digipres #CommunityHistory #glam #CentralWesternSouthland #archives #Ōtautau #Waiau #nz #Southland #Murihiku #history #aotearoa #nztwits #Mauhanga #record #Museum30
#Museum30 Day3 Today's topic is #Fragment or #Ngota in Māori #NZTwits #Aotearoa #History #Murihiku #Southland #NZ
#Waiau #Ōtautau #Archives
#CentralWesternSouthland #GLAM #CommunityHistory #digipres
Photo of the only fragment or ngota left of the #EasternBush #AccommodationHouse in the #WaiauDistrict, part of our local Central & Western heritage collection, digitised by the Central & Western Murihiku Southland Archive. Check out the history of this early building here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1601845/eastern-bush-hotel-store-post-office-mouat-ownership-1905-2004
#WaiauDistrict #AccommodationHouse #EasternBush #digipres #CommunityHistory #glam #CentralWesternSouthland #archives #Ōtautau #Waiau #nz #Southland #Murihiku #history #aotearoa #nztwits #Ngota #fragment #Museum30