Meet The Locals: Aleshia from the Sunrise Coffee Shack
Meet the barista… Kia ora, I’m Aleshia and I first started making coffee 17 years ago in a…
St John’s Cemetery Walk
Map adapted by Valerie Crouch and Ivan Burrowes CEMETERY WALK STOPS:1. Leave the church and walk up the steps and…
Wakefield Maps by Rose Shepard
Recently I’ve been given a number of detailed maps of Wakefield which were all hand drawn by Rose Shepard during…
Meet the Locals: Sue – our local Travel Broker
My passion for travel was ignited during my time living and working in the United Kingdom, as I explored Europe…
Meet the Locals: Melissa – inspired initiator of The Big Bake Up
In February this year, The Big Bake Up began the exciting progress of extending our services to providing care parcels…
Wakefield Hotel (48 Edward Street)
The site of the Wakefield Hotel was originally part of Section 85 and was a four acre block owned by…
Fort Halderman (52 Edward Street)
Though strictly not a Wakefield Historic Building this building has fielded more questions than any other building in Edward Street,…
Wakefield School (Edward Street)
Post the Wairau Affray in June 1843, there was a high level of anxiety amongst…
Felbridge House (back section corner of Pitfure and Edward Street)
Felbridge House was the family home of Dr Walter Relf Pearless. Walter had done his medical training in England then…
Meet the Locals: John & Jenny at Penny Lane Plants
Penny Lane Plants evolved due to the fact that both of us (John and Jenny) had experience…