Karori Historical Society

 

The Karori Historical Society promotes the local history of Karori, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.

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Highlights on our Site
April 2008


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Karori Streets

Karori Landscapes

Karori Families

Karori Business


Karori Cemetery


Karori Tunnel History

Site was last updated 09 April 2008

Next meeting

7.45pm Tuesday 3 June 2008

GUEST SPEAKER:

Speaker in June is Mike Lee, long-time president of the Wright's Hill Fortress Society.

His talk is summed up as:

 "An encapsulated look at the History of Wright's Hill Fortress - Wellington's best kept secret in World War II"

 

At our last Meeting

John Morrison, Special Projects Engineer with the Water Supply Parks and Forests, Wellington Council gave us an enlightening  talk on "The History of Wellington's Waterworks"

See EVENTS PAGE

Karori Tunnel         

Want to drive through the tunnel ?  Technology now allows fast downloading - so go for it.

Click Here

 

Karori Street Names

Want to know what the origin of your Karori street name is ?  We've listed them all up to recent times on this site. It's interesting reading and The Society has input to the Wellington City Council suggesting future names as the suburb expands.

See KARORI STREETS

 

The Karori Bowling Club

Summer has come upon us - Anyone for Bowls ?  For photos of the Karori Bowling Club

See BOWLING CLUB PHOTOS  

 

Our Stockade Subject Index

Catherine Hodder has done extensive work on indexing our Society's annual publication "The Stockade"
The new index gives quick access for researchers. 

See The Stockade Subject Index

How to Join the Society 

We have 159 members at present  .....Subscriptions $15 Single  $20 Family
See  JOIN KHS

Our Collection


Our Publications


Street Name History


Historical Links


A great  Field Trip

 

Our Society - Quarterly meetings, Field Trips, Local history, Local people

Contact details are:  P O Box 17-196, Karori Wellington or www.karorihistory.org.nz  or email  info@karorihistory.org.nz                   

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