Miss Rosalie
"Tall tales and true, she'll bring them to you.
Drama and strife will all come to life!"
"To know nothing about what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child."
— Cicero, Roman philosopher, 42 BC
The Power of Stories
More than simply knowing 'the facts', stories connect us to
the hopes and dreams of the people involved,
the hardships they endured,
and the lessons they learned.
Stories from Thames
- 1769 The friendship and the flogging
- 1769 The power of Cook's potato
- 1840 Gunpowder Barrel explosion
- 1840 Taraia's utu to Logan Campbell
- 1867 Striking a fortune
- 1868 Lynchmob at Kuranui Bay
- 1869 The Royal Visit and the Raceday
- 1870 The invisible church
- 1870 The show must go on
- 1872 Armed Guard at St Georges Church Hall
- 1872 The Inferno of Shortland
- 1872 Jono's forest
- 1879 The wandering goats
- 1886 The heaviest sleeper was woken
- 1905 The man behind the Library
- 1928 The Bridge across the Waihou
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Stories of Maoridom
Remembered by those who listened to the elders
- c.1800s Te Apurangi the fleet of foot
- 1821 The fall of Te Totora
- 1843 Famous feast of Taraia
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Stories of our Nation
- 1768 The Great Endeavour
- 1769 The Sharp eyes of a child
- 1769 The Casual Kidnapping
- 1813 The First Frybread
- 1863 The loss of the HMS Orpheus
- 1893 The White Camellia - votes for women
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