Cascade Park creation

A DigitalNZ Story by Grant Cole

Image: Sisam farm, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

Sisam farm, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

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Image: Lower Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

Lower Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Sisam family home, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

Sisam family home, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

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Image: Shack, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

Shack, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

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Image: Trampers, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

Trampers, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

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Image

J. McPherson, Director of Parks, Cascades, Kauri Park

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Remains of stockyards, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

Remains of stockyards, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

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Image: House remains, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

House remains, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges.

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Image: Ngaro te Kotare hut interior, Waitakere Ranges.

Ngaro te Kotare hut interior, Waitakere Ranges.

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Image: Cascade Kauri Park.

Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Nothing like a cool dip in Cascades stream, Kauri Park

Nothing like a cool dip in Cascades stream, Kauri Park

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Swing bridge, Cascade Kauri Park.

Swing bridge, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Waitakere Ranges Map

Waitakere Ranges Map

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Auckland Harbour from the Ranges

Auckland Harbour from the Ranges

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Newspaper

Waitakerei Ranges, and the People's Park. (Auckland Star, 09 February 1887)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

The Daily Southern Cross. (Daily Southern Cross, 26 July 1870)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Rocks below Cascade Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

Rocks below Cascade Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Lower Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

Lower Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Lower Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

Lower Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Upper Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

Upper Waitakere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Image: Upper Waitākere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park

Upper Waitākere Falls, Cascade Kauri Park

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Image: Cascade Stream, Cascade Kauri Park.

Cascade Stream, Cascade Kauri Park.

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Newspaper

A PEOPLE'S PARK SCHEME. (Auckland Star, 03 April 1894)

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Newspaper

PROFESSOR ABROAD (Evening Post, 28 December 1926)

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Newspaper

LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 14 April 1924)

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Image: O'Neill Bay, Te Henga.

O'Neill Bay, Te Henga.

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Image: Fishing from the rocks, O'Neills Bay, Bethells Beach.

Fishing from the rocks, O'Neills Bay, Bethells Beach.

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Image: Pa Bethell, Mrs Perry, Mrs Johnny Diamond.

Pa Bethell, Mrs Perry, Mrs Johnny Diamond.

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Image: Climbing a kauri tree for gum.

Climbing a kauri tree for gum.

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Image: Private George Spencer Hyatt, 1917

Private George Spencer Hyatt, 1917

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Image: Private George Spencer Hyatt, 1917

Private George Spencer Hyatt, 1917

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Image: City of Auckland notice about bleeding kauri trees for gum, Anawhata.

City of Auckland notice about bleeding kauri trees for gum, Anawhata.

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Image: Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Taranaki Daily News 28-10-1918)

Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Taranaki Daily News 28-10-1918)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Climbing a kauri tree for gum.

Climbing a kauri tree for gum.

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Image: Climbing a kauri tree for gum.

Climbing a kauri tree for gum.

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Image: Climbing for kauri gum, Waitākere Ranges

Climbing for kauri gum, Waitākere Ranges

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Image: Tree climbing

Tree climbing

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Man climbing kauri tree for gum, Anawhata

Man climbing kauri tree for gum, Anawhata

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Image: Gum industry workers near Anawhata tapping gum in a Kauri tree

Gum industry workers near Anawhata tapping gum in a Kauri tree

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Climbing a kauri tree, Anawhata.

Climbing a kauri tree, Anawhata.

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