Photographs of old post offices needed
The last post office in Mangarakau. Photo: Supplied.
Heritage Golden Bay plans to produce a booklet detailing the post offices that have existed over time in Golden Bay. We lack photographs of certain post offices and hope that private individuals in the Bay may have in their possession, or know of the location, of photographs of post offices for the following sites:
Anatimo, Asbestos Creek, Awa-iti, Bedstead Gully, Cobb Valley Dam, Farewell Spit, Farewell Spit Lighthouse, Ferntown, Hamama, Kaihoka, Kairuru, Motupipi, Nelson Goldfields/Slate River/Slateford, Onekaka, Parapara, Paturau, Paturau River, Pohara Domain, Puponga Wharf, Puramahoi, Puramahoi Camp, Rakopi, Tarakohe, Tonga Bay, Totaranui, Upper Takaka, Upper Takaka Camp, Uruwhenua, Waitapu, Waitapu Wharf, Westhaven, West Wanganui.
If you think you can help us in any way please contact us. Any photographs used will be fully credited to the owner.
Submitted by Sally Gaffney, Heritage Golden Bay
