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Don’t Forget our Libraries!
“Toddler Time” storytelling, art programmes, and author
events are some of the activities available at Coromandel
peninsula libraries. Look also for any market fairs or book
sales they may sponsor. Here you may also find wifi and
computers you may use.
As a family project, you can contribute scans of old family
scrapbook photos, remembances, documents, keepsakes...
and record oral histories of life on the Coromandel via the
Kete Hauraki Coromandel Project. You can use the library’s
scanner and computers, or work from home online. See
ketehaurakicoromandel.peoplesnetworknz.info to register, view
existing contributions, comment on photos, etc.
Give your local TCDC library a ring or search online at
Thames Library. 503 Mackay St. Ph 07 868 6616,
Tairua Library. 2 Manaia Rd. Ph 07 864 7960, tairualibrary@
tcdc.govt.nz
Mercury Bay Library. 22 Victoria St, Whitianga. Ph 07 866
4776,
Whangamata Library. Port Rd. Ph 07 865 7416,
COROMANDEL COMMUNITY LIBRARIES
Hahei Library (Florence Harsant Library). 52 Hahei Beach
Road, Whitianga. Ph +64 7-866 3385. FB Hahei Library.
Hauraki District Community Libraries. For info about libraries
in Ngatea, Kaiaua, Paeroa, Turua, Waihi, and Whiritoa see
The Treasury in Thames. History buffs of the area will want to
take advantage of the resources of this ever-growing research
library located in the historic Thames Library building, with new
adjacent archive. Some photos and articles can be researched
online, and for a fee, researchers can do the work for you.
Kudos to the many volunteers that have made this remarkable
resource a state of the art operation. If you have an oral history
to relate...or old photos, newspapers, business documents,
inquire about donating them. Members $5 hr, nonmembers $15
hr. 705-9 Queen St, Ph (07) 868 8827. 11am - 3pm Mon, Thur –
Sat. See Read our story about it here
Railroad buffs will love the restored train and
station buildings at the Goldfields Railway in Waihi.
SUPPLIERS
to the
GOLD FIELDS
then and now
308 Pollen St.
Thames
Telephone
07 868 6608
Pupils of the Thames School of Mines at a gold mining shaftPhoto: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19011212-9-3
GOLD PANS
SHOVELS
PICKS
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