Karori Historical Society

Publications of the Karori Historical Society

The Karori Historical Society publishes an annual journal, The Stockade. Members of the Karori Historical Society receive a copy of The Stockade as part of their membership.

Back numbers of most issues are available for purchase: price $10 per copy (including postage. Please contact the secretary of the Karori Historical Society (see our contact details).

The publications listed below have been published by or in association with the Karori Historical Society. Unless otherwise noted, these publications are available for purchase; Karori Heritage Trail is free of charge. To purchase a copy of these publications, please contact the secretary of the Karori Historical Society (see our contact details); these publications are also available in the Karori Public Library.

• Alington, Margaret. High Point: St Mary's Church Karori Wellington 1866 - 1991. Wellington: Parish of St Mary, Karori and The Karori Historical Society (Inc). Wellington: 1998.

• Brodie, James W. Terawhiti and the Goldfields, 1986.

• Brodie, James. The Karori Gold-Rush 1869-1873. 1997. 20 pages.

The valley of the Upper Kaiwharawhara Stream, particularly the Karori Reservoir area, was the site of considerable mining activity before the building of the lower Karori Dam in 1873. It has now been developed as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. This booklet is a chapter in James Brodie's book Terawhiti and the Goldfields (1986), referred to above.

• Burch, Judith. The Karori Reservoir Area: a Brief History. 1997. 40 pages. $6 post paid.

• Chapman, William G. and Katherine M. Wood. Karori Streets 1841-1991, 1991. 105 pages. ISBN 0-473-01320-7

This book describes how Karori was sub-divided and gives the origin of the street names. 

This book is now out of print.

• Lithgow, R. W. Homewood from its Beginnings. 1997.

• Patrick, Margaret G. From Bush to Suburb: Karori 1840-1980. 1990. 72p.

Out of print, but available from the Wellington Public Library and several of the branch libraries.

•  Karori Heritage Trail. Wellington City Council. 2001.

This booklet describes 34 sites of historical interest in Karori including the Viaduct, the Karori Tunnel, the Reservoir area, Karori Cemetery, central Karori, and Chesney Wold (the home of Katherine Mansfield for five years at the end of the nineteenth century).