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Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

Wrights Hill Fortress

Other sites with Karori history

Links to historical societies

 Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

The Sanctuary site includes describes the early history of the Karori Valley, including pre-European history, farming, gold-mining and the water reservoir.

Wrights Hill Fortress

Wrights Hill in Karori is the site of a World War 2 coastal defence battery. You can read about it on these sites:

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Darcy Waters of Capital Defence

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College Park

Other sites with Karori history

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St Mary's Anglican Church

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Frederick William Hurst and the Hurst family, and Frederick's diary.

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Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, 168-170 Karori Road

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Bolton Street Cemetery - Some significant Karori people from the 19th century are buried here

Links to historical societies

New Zealand Historical Association
Southern Bays Historical Society  - Wellington's Southern Coast and suburbs history
NZHistory.net.nz This site aims to be your first port of call when you voyage the World Wide Web in search of information on New Zealand history.

Links to Government and Local Historic websites

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