Merchandise for Sale

Our books are available for sale at the Tairua Heritage Society Centre or online as well as our selections of merchandise. 

Please email tairuaheritage@gmail.com to arrange purchase. 

 

 

Merchandise for Sale

Mugs $20
Aprons $20
Tote Bags $15
Magnets  $6
A4 Prints (unframed)  $15

TAIRUA

A history of the Tairua-Hikuai-Pauanui District by Francis Bennett. The fruit of years of patient research into all the relevant documents, and of personal interviews with more than a hundred people who could testify to Tairua's past, this work brings testify to Tairua's past, this work brings vividly to life the authentic story of one New Zealand's most important timber towns. For the serious historian  for the visiting tourist, or for the past, present or future residents of the area, the almost forgotten history of the Tairua-Hikuai-Pauanui district is now an open book … $55

BURIED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

A record of the Tairua Historic Cemetery prepared by the Tairua Heritage Society.  This book has been complied by members of the Tairua Heritage Society especially Diane Bruce, Auriol Farquhar and David Rushforth.  It is not intended to be a history of the area, nor even a history of the graveyard; it is rather an attempt to bring together a record of the inhabitants of Tairua and its wider community who were buried in the cemetery.

Baches of Tairua

Baches have for a long time been an intrinsic part of the landscape of Tairua and it is very timely that their importance is now being recognised which this book does, as they are rapidly becoming an endangered species and replaced by larger more modern home. $30

Tairua in the News 1960 to 2020

This is an account of the most recent 60 years of Tairua's history based on newspaper clippings, documents, photographs and other printed material that have been collected and preserved by residents of Tairua.  Complied by the Tairua Heritage Society - $30

TALES OF TAIRUA

Complied by David Rushforth, this publication contains extracts from 29 interviews by the Tairua Oral History Group from 2004 to 2011 to celebrate the lives of people based on their recorded memories- $25

A Ship (HMS Tortoise A Bay (Te Karo Bay) a Drowning (of a Sailor)

This publication commemorates the tragic event of 6th May 1842 when HMS Tortoise sailor, William Samson drowned at Te Karo Bay - $20

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