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© Karori Historical Society 2009

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

Special Notice -    Karori & its People has sold out and a re-print is pending June/July 2012. Please contact Karori Historical Society before sending money for an order.  

About the Karori Historical Society

The Society was formed by a small group of Karori residents in 1973 for the purpose of studying and recording the history of Karori and the adjacent country districts.

Membership is open to anyone, no matter where they live.

The Society maintains links with regional and national historical societies, and aims to promote an interest in local history.

The Society welcomes new members who have an interest in the history of the Karori area. The annual subscription is $15.00 for an individual, $20.00 for a family.

Click here for an application form to join the Society.

Click here for contact details for the Society.

Our work and continuing interests

• The study of people and places associated with Karori.

• The preservation of archival items of historical importance.

• Investigating the origin and meaning of local place names.

• Drawing attention to important historical features in and around Karori.

• Supporting historical projects by individual members.

What do we do?

• We meet four times a year when invited speakers talk on a variety of topics related to local history. Click here for notes about previous meetings.

• We arrange outings to places of historical interest.

• We publish a newsletter four times a year.

• We publish an annual journal The Stockade, which is free to members (back copies are available).

• We occasionally publish books and booklets.

• We maintain an archival collection at the Karori Public Library.

• We maintain a watching brief on issues of an historical nature affecting Karori.

• We are working on digitising our archival collections. These will eventually be made available through our website.

What don't we do?

• As a voluntary organisation with limited resources, we are unable to undertake research on request. However, researchers are welcome to use our archival matieral held at the Karori public library. Click here for details about our archival collections.