by Jeff Hunt | Feb 1, 2015 | Auckland
Charles Southwell 1814 – 1860, Grave Symonds St, Auckland Charles Southward was a Freethinker, lecturer, newspaper owner, editor and actor. He is buried in Symonds Street, Auckland, close to Rationalist House, also in Symonds Street. His grave is not far from...
by Jeff Hunt | Feb 1, 2015 | Auckland
Michael Joseph Savage Michael Joseph Savage, 1872 – 1940 Trade unionist, socialist, politician, prime minister He is remembered at Bastion Point, Auckland with a spectacular Savage Memorial. Michael Savage was born on 23 March 1872 at Tatong, near Benalla in...
by Jeff Hunt | Feb 1, 2015 | Auckland
Rationalist House, 64 Symonds St, Auckland The purchase of Rationalist House in 1960 by the New Zealand Rationalist Society of New Zealand was a proud time. This fine building on Symonds Street in the heart of Auckland was bought entirely from funds raised by members,...
by Jeff Hunt | Feb 1, 2015 | Auckland
Thomas Bloodworth Park, Remuera Bloodworth, Thomas 1882 – 1974 Carpenter, trade unionist, local politician This biographical material is from: Bush, Graham W. A. ‘Bloodworth, Thomas 1882 – 1974′. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22...
by Jeff Hunt | Feb 1, 2015 | Auckland
Dove Myer Robinson remembered at – Dove Myer Robinson Park, Parnell, Auckland Adapted from: Edgar, John. ‘Robinson, Dove-Myer 1901 – 1989’. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 June 2007 http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/ Salesman, clothing...
by Jeff Hunt | Oct 31, 2013 | Wellington
For many years during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century the Humanist Society of New Zealand performed winter planting on Wrights Hill as part of the restoration project. Vivian Bogle was a member of the Society and also a member of the Wrights Hill...
