Karori Historical Society

Annual Journal - The Stockade

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).

Karori Historical Society publications

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.

  This major new 368-page history vividly describes Karori's growth from rural outpost in the 
  1840s to the thriving community it is today - one of NZ's largest and most significant suburbs.  

  Order your copy of Karori & its People here for only $49.99. Sold Out but a reprint      will be available in June/July 2012. Watch this space for further information on price and        orders, enquiries welcome - e-mail Karori Historical Society.

• 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. Out of print, but available at Wellington Public Library.

• Chapman, William G. and Katherine M. Wood. Karori Streets 1841-1991, 1991. 105 pages. ISBN 0-473-01320-7 Out of print, but available from Wellington Public Library.

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

• Lithgow, R. W. Homewood from its Beginnings. 1997. Out of print, but available from Wellington Public Library.

• Patrick, Margaret G. From Bush to Suburb: Karori 1840-1980. 1990. 72p. Out of print, but available from Wellington Public Library. 

•  Karori Heritage Trail. Wellington City Council. 2001. Out of print, but available from Wellington Public Library.

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).