Newsletter August 25 Issue 126
Village News
- Library reopens
- Heaphy St roadworks
Friends and Kaitiaki of Blockhouse Bay newly formed volunteer group
Remembering local musician, piano teacher and West Auckland Student Performers Group convenor Betty Noffke.
Kainga Ora development plan Bolton Street update
Blockhouse Bay Library closure to undergo building works
Temporary pontoon structure from Sandy Bay to power pylon for maintenance work
The Iona Scout Group commenced in 1959 - the same year the Auckland Harbour Bridge opened. At this time, Blockhouse Bay was undergoing numerous new developments: housing, roads and schools. Blockhouse Bay Intermediate was established the same year. Lynfield College had opened the year before in 1958
Aurora display: dozens of folk congregated on the beach to witness this spectacular light show in the sky above the Manukau Harbour. Bus on fire outside Countdown supermarket on 14 May.
Exminster Street pensioner units residents all relocated elsewhere. Flats now boarded up and empty.
The arrival of autumn marked a big birthday celebration for a much loved and world renowned former Blockhouse Bay resident: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who celebrated her 80th birthday on the 6th March.
The story behind the historic house in the heart of our village.
This house actually began life on 6 acres of land between Hill St (now Heaphy St) and Wynyard St (now Blockhouse Bay Road) down to Taylor St. The property was known as ‘Windy Heights’. The home was built in 1890 by early settler Stefano Armanasco, and was located directly beside where the Medical Centre stands today, opposite the Community Centre.
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