Sitting high above the township on Crawford Road, just outside of the small Southland town of Mataura, sits the Mataura Cemetery. It is a ...

My love for the New Zealand website ‘ Papers Past ’ just continues to grow. This is mainly due to the absolute wealth of family information...

Way back twenty or more years ago my family history research project was only just beginning to take shape. Most of my research was limite...

Please don’t be shocked by the title of this story as I in no way have any doubts at all as to my true parentage. But this is the story of...

Those of you who in the past have read my blog will be well aware that I have a fascination with all things World War One and know that I ...

I recently acquired these two very old photos. The first time I glanced at them I had no idea of where they were taken or who was in th...