Saturday, February 19, 2011

'The Way We Were' Lectures - Thames Heritage Week

An exciting series of lectures are being held at The Treasury during the upcoming heritage Week.
Tickets for each lecture are $5, tickets available at The Treasury (which will be open for ticket sales Monday - Saturday 10am to 5pm).  Start time for each lecture is 1pm.

Monday 7 March 2011
Coastal Middens: An endangered site type by Dr Louise Furey (Consulting Archaeologist)

Tuesday 8 March 2011
Ohinemuri Goldmines by Dr Neville Ritchie (Regional Archaeologist DOC)

Wednesday 9 March 2011
Broken promises in Ngarimu Bay by Lee Bisset (Local researcher & Oral historian)

Thursday 10 March 2011
Iwi history of the Hauraki region by Dr Charles Royal (Composer & Researcher)

Friday 11 March 2011
Nga Puke Ki Hauraki Ka Tarehua by David Robson (Maori Heritage Manager at NZHPT)

Picture of Thames that appeared in the London Illustrated Newspaper 25/9/1869