TE PUKE, BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND
Te Puke is on the east coast of the north island of New Zealand, 30 kms from Tauranga and 55 kms from Rotorua. Te Puke is the "Kiwifruit Capital of the World". The majority of New Zealand's Kiwifruit is grown in the district. European settlement did not begin in the town until the early 1880s though Europeans had been at Maketu since the 1830s.
The first book on the history of Te Puke and District since 1981 is now available.
Te Puke
Nga Tangata me Nga Wahi
People and Places
covers the area from Papamoa to Otamarakau to Ngawaro including Maketu,
Pukehina, Paengaroa and Pongakawa as well as Te Puke.
The book has 400 pages, is hard back and is indexed to over 3000 surnames. It includes the Lady Jocelyn passenger list, electoral rolls (including the rare 1908 Eastern Maori), first day school pupils, the Arawa members of the Armed Constabulary, Rolls of Honour, lots of photos and maps etc and covers the period from the arrival of the Te Arawa waka to 31 December 2006.
Available for NZD45.00 plus postage and packing
(usually $7.50 within New Zealand)
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NEW DATABASES ADDED TO THIS PAGE
EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLERS - CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LANCASHIRE RELIEF FUND SUBSCRIBERS FROM TAURANGA AND MAKETU - MAY 1863.
H L SKEET (TAURANGA) TESTIMONIAL - East Coast Electorate - December 1870.
EAST COAST ELECTORAL ROLL OBJECTIONS - May 1871.
EAST COAST ELECTION - CANDIDATES AND NOMINEES - 1875.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL DIRECTORY - 1875/76 - Maketu.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL DIRECTORY - 1878 - Maketu.
EAST COAST ELECTORAL ROLL - 1879.
RESIDENTS OF MAKETU - as at September 1880.
TAURANGA COUNTY COUNCIL RATEPAYERS - 1880.
LADY JOCELYN PASSENGER LIST - The Lady Jocelyn brought many of the early settlers to Te Puke in 1881
OXFORD PASSENGER LIST - Downs to Auckland 1881. (Many passengers went on to Tauranga and Te Puke).
MAY QUEEN PASSENGER LIST - London to Tauranga 1881. (Many passengers went on to Te Puke)
RAKAIA PASSENGER LIST - ? to Tauranga 1881. (Many passengers went on to Te Puke).
SARA MALYON – Midwife 1881-1915. Sarah Malyon was an early midwife in the Te Puke area. There is a list of names of patients at her hospital (1906-1915) in Te Puke included.
(SOME) EARLY SETTLERS OF TE PUKE - 1880/84 - A list of early settlers of Te Puke 1880 to 1884. It is by no means complete.
SELECTION OF LAND BY TE PUKE SETTLERS - January 1881.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL - 1883 to 1905 - Includes Parent or Guardian where given.
NO 2 ROAD HALL - Te Puke. Charter Signatories - c1883.
ELECTORAL ROLL - 1893 - Te Puke/Pongakawa/Maketu. The first electoral roll to include women.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE TE PUKE MISSION HALL BUILDING FUND. - 1894.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (ANGLICAN) BUILDING FUND, TE PUKE - 1901.
SHEEP RETURNS 1900/1901 - Sheep returns for Te Puke and District as at 30 April 1900 and 1901.
BOP CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSN LTD - Shareholders - 1902.
TE PUKE MOUNTED RIFLES - as at 04 April 1908.
EASTERN MAORI ELECTORAL ROLL
MAORI MEMBERS OF THE ARMED CONSTABULARY WITH A TE PUKE/ARAWA/BAY OF PLENTY CONNECTION
ARMED CONSTABULARY - 1866 - 1877.
POSTAL DIRECTORIES
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL DIRECTORY - 1875/76 - Maketu.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL DIRECTORY - 1878 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1883/84 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1885/86 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1887/88 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1887/88 - Te Puke. Please note this is the first Wises Directory that Te Puke appears in.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1892/93 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1892/93 - Te Puke.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1894/5 - Te Puke/Maketu/Pongakawa.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL DIRECTORY - 1898 - Te Puke.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1900 - Te Puke.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNTRY DIRECTORY - 1901 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1905 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1905 - Paengaroa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1905 - Pongakawa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1905 - Te Puke.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNTRY DIRECTORY - 1910 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1911 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1911 - Paengaroa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1911 - Papamoa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1911 - Pongakawa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1911 - Te Puke.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNTRY DIRECTORY - 1915 - Maketu.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNTRY DIRECTORY - 1915 - Te Puke.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1920 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1920 - Paengaroa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1920 - Papamoa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1920 - Pongakawa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1920 - Te Puke.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNTRY DIRECTORY - 1925 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1925 - Te Puke.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNTRY DIRECTORY - 1930 - Te Puke.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1935 - Te Puke.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNTRY DIRECTORY - 1935/36 - Te Puke.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1939 - Paengaroa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1939 - Te Puke and Rural Delivery.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1947 - Maketu.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1947 - Paengaroa.
WISES NZPO DIRECTORY - 1947 - Te Puke and Rural Delivery.
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL TOWNS DIRECTORY - 1950/51 - Te Puke and Rural Delivery.
SETTLERS REUNION - 15 November 1945.
FARM LAND LIST FOR THE BOROUGH OF TE PUKE - To come into force on the 1st April 1947.
CENSUS RESULTS
Unfortunately in New Zealand the census forms were not kept but at least we have the results.
MAORI TOTALS FOR BAY OF PLENTY - 1881
EUROPEAN TOTALS FOR NEW ZEALAND - 1881
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT PROBATES HELD AT NATIONAL ARCHIVES - 1875 - 1995
TE PUKE CEMETERIES
TE PUKE OLD CEMETERY HEADSTONES - as at September 2003.
DEATH NOTICES
Mostly from Te Puke but also from other areas. There are about 1300 death notices here.
OBITUARY AND DEATH REPORTS
From the Te Puke Times.
TE PUKE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, TE PUKE - The Consecration Ceremony, List of Subscribers, Report of First Annual Meeting - 1901. An index to the names in the Consecration booklet.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (ANGLICAN) BUILDING FUND, TE PUKE - 1901.
GOLDEN JUBILEE - Old identities who attended the Golden Jubilee in 1951.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH - 75th Jubilee - 1976. An index to the names in this 75th Jubilee booklet.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH - TE PUKE - Centennial 1901-2001. An index to the names in this history of St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Te Puke.
St John the Baptist Anglican Church MARRIAGES - 1901 - 1919.
TE PUKE MARRIAGES
TE PUKE TIMES WEDDINGS - Bride Order.
TE PUKE TIMES WEDDINGS - Groom Order.
St John the Baptist Anglican Church MARRIAGES - 1901 - 1919.
TE PUKE TIMES BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES
TE PUKE TIMES BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES. - other than weddings and obituaries/deaths.
TE PUKE AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL ASSOCIATION (INC.) MEMBERS
TE PUKE A & P MEMBERS - 1957.
TE PUKE A & P MEMBERS - 1966.
TE PUKE JOCKEY CLUB OFFICERS - as at 29 January 1906.
PAENGAROA-TE PUKE HACK CLUB AGM - as at 22 November 1918.
PAENGAROA-TE PUKE RACING CLUB OFFICERS - as at January 1931.
TE PUKE BACHELORS' BALL INVITATION
TE PUKE SCOTTISH SOCIETY OFFICERS - Inaugral meeting - 1933.
NEW ZEALAND JERSEY CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC - TE PUKE AND DISTRICT MEMBERS
TE PUKE JERSEY CLUB MEMBERS - 1954.
BAY OF PLENTY SHOOTING LICENSES - June 1885.
BAY OF PLENTY SHOOTING LICENSES - May 1911.
TE PUKE AND PAENGAROA GAME LICENSES - July 1916.
TE PUKE GAME LICENSES - May 1927.
BAY OF PLENTY GAME LICENSES - May 1928.
TAURANGA ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY - GAME LICENSES - February 1935.
TE PUKE LYCEUM CLUB MEMBERS - 1977.
TE PUKE & DISTRICT HIGHLAND PIPE BAND
TE PUKE & DISTRICT HIGHLAND PIPE BAND - Inaugral Concert - September 1951.
BAY OF PLENTY CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSOCIATION LIMITED - TE PUKE
BOP CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSN LTD - Shareholders - 1902.
BOP CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY CO - Shareholders - August 1910.
COMPANY DIRECTORS - 1902 - 1962.
TE PUKE AND TAURANGA AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN/BOER WAR
TE PUKE AND TAURANGA AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN/BOER WAR - 1899 - 1902
TE PUKE AND WORLD WAR ONE
TE PUKE ROLL OF HONOUR – World War One. This is a list of men that were killed during World War One from Te Puke and district. It has been compiled from the district war memorials, from NZEF Records, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site and a list that appeared in the Te Puke Times in 1925.
WORLD WAR ONE – The Men Of Te Puke and Districts Who Went To The Great War. This list was made by collating war memorials, school centennial books, CWGC and the NZEF embarkation rolls etc.
RESERVISTS – TE PUKE – 1916 - 1917 - These are men who were living in Te Puke and districts during 1916 and 1917 and were reservists for military duty.
HONOURS AND DECORATIONS DURING WORLD WAR ONE FOR MEN FROM TE PUKE AND DISTRICT
ROLLS OF HONOUR - Bay of Plenty - Names from Rolls of Honour in the Bay of Plenty region including Te Puke.
TE PUKE AND WORLD WAR TWO
TE PUKE WAR MEMORIAL - World War Two.
CAIRO REUNION - TE PUKE SOLDIERS MEET - Thursday 2 September 1943.
WELCOME HOME TO THE TE PUKE SERVICEMEN - July 1947. A list of the returned servicemen (and one woman) from Te Puke, Manoeka and the four Roads at the wind up of the Te Puke Farewell and Welcome Home Committee.
OTAMARAKAU SCHOOL EX PUPILS - who served in World War Two.
PAENGAROA SCHOOL EX PUPILS - serving in the Armed Forces as at 1941.
WORLD WAR TWO BALLOTS - Te Puke and District men called up for service - 1940-1944.
TE PUKE HOME GUARD OFFICERS - as at February 1942.
SCHOOL ROLLS
TEACHING STAFF
TE PUKE CENTENNIAL 1981
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT BIBLIOGRAPHY - IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
THE FALL OF TE TUMU PA, NEAR MAKETU, BAY OF PLENTY - 9 May 1836 - by S Percy Smith. Journal of the Polynesian Society - Extract from Vol. XXXII. No. 3.
CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND - TE PUKE.. An index to the names in the Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Te Puke section - 1901.
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, TE PUKE - The Consecration Ceremony, List of Subscribers, Report of First Annual Meeting - 1901. An index to the names in the Consecration booklet.
TE PUKE (PRIMARY)SCHOOL - 50th Jubilee - 1933. An index to the names in this 50th jubilee booklet.
HISTORIC MAKETU - by Enid Tapsell 1940.
EARLY PONGAKAWA - by J N Blaymires 1952. An index to the names in this history of Pongakawa, Te Puke.
PAENGAROA - THEN AND NOW - Golden Jubilee of the Paengaroa School 1906 - 1956 - by Roy McKenzie 1956. An index to the names in this history of Paengaroa School and district, Te Puke.
TE PUKE A & P ASSOCIATION. An index to the names in the 50th Jubilee of the Te Puke Agricultural and Pastoral Association - 1957.
TE PUKE (PRIMARY)SCHOOL - 75th Jubilee - 1958. An index to the names in this 75th jubilee booklet.
BAY OF PLENTY CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSOCIATION LIMITED - Te Puke - Diamond Jubilee 1902 - 1962. An index to the names in this 60th Jubilee booklet.
PUKEHINA MAORI SCHOOL - 50th Jubilee 1914 - 1964. An index to the names in this history of Pukehina Maori School, Te Puke.
OTAMARAKAU SCHOOL - GOLDEN JUBILEE - 1916 - 1966 - By Josephine W Mortensen.
SEVENTY FIVE YEARS LATER - A History of the Pongakawa School by J N Blaymires 1967. An index to the names in this history of Pongakawa, Te Puke.
ST ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - TE PUKE - Building Over The Years - 1911 - 1967. An index to the names in this booklet.
THE STORY OF TE PUKE - by Selwyn G Taylor 1969. An index to the names in this history of Te Puke and district.
TE MATAI MAORI SCHOOL - 82nd Anniversary Celebrations 1969. An index to the names in this history of Te Matai (Waitangi) Maori School, Te Puke.
FACTS AND REMINISCENCES OF PONGAKAWA VALLEY - By Hilda McLeod - May 1970. An index to the names in this memoir.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH - 75th Jubilee - 1976. An index to the names in this 75th Jubilee booklet.
A HISTORY OF TAURANGA COUNTY - by Evelyn Stokes - 1980. An index to the names in this history of the Bay of Plenty (including Te Puke and district).
NOW AND THEN - Te Puke 100 years - 1881 - 1981. An index to the names in this mainly pictorial history of Te Puke.
PAENGAROA SCHOOL - 75th Jubilee 1906- 1981. An index to the names in this history of Paengaroa School and district, Te Puke.
RANGIURU - An index to this short history of the district by Don Vercoe, 1982.
TE PUKE RUGBY SUB-UNION 75TH JUBILEE - 1907 - 1982 - by Allan Spratt. An index to the names in this jubilee booklet.
BAY OF PLENTY CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY ASSOCIATION LTD - 80th Jubilee 1902 - 1982. An index to the names in this history of the Bay of Plenty (including Te Puke) Co-operative Dairy Association.
FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL - 25th Jubilee - 1957 - 1982. An index to the names in this 25th Jubilee booklet.
TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL - 1883 - 1983 - by Lesley Ann Malcolm 1983. An index to the names in this centennial history of Te Puke Primary School. School rolls indexed seperately.
MANGATOI REVISITED - by Lis McCarroll 1990. An index to the names in this history of Mangatoi, Te Puke.
HISTORY OF PAPAMOA - 1890 - 1990 - Papamoa Country Womens Institute 1990. An index to the names in this history of Papamoa, Te Puke.
OTAMARAKAU SCHOOL 1916 - 1991 - 75th Jubilee. By David Blennerhassett.
TALES OF TE MATAI AND TE RANGA - The History of a Rural Community c1991. An index to the names in this history of Te Matai and Te Ranga, Te Puke.
100 AND COUNTING - PONGAKAWA SCHOOL 1892 - 1992 - A History of Pongakawa School and District by Cedric Blaymires 1993. Yet to be indexed.
THE PIONEER WOMEN OF TE PUKE - "Getting it Made" - edited by G E Brittain. Undated. An index to the names in this booklet of pioneer women of Te Puke and district.
PONGAKAWA PIONEERS - from Patiti to Equine 1910 - 1994 - by Phyllis Potter 1995. This privately published book is under copyright restriction. However surnames mentioned are BEAR, BILLINGS, BROWN, CAWTE, CHRISTOPHERS, CROPP, DRABBLE, DWYER, GIBBONS, HAMILL, HIKA, HORN, HOWIE, JENSEN, LEE, LONGLEY, MacFARLANE, MUNRO, POTTER, PURSLEY, TUNNICLIFFE, ULMKE, VINGOE, WATSON. Copies are held at many libraries in New Zealand.
RANGIURU (TE PUKE)SPORTS CLUB CENTENNIAL - c1996 - by F Latimer. Yet to be indexed.
THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF BAYPAK - 1971 - 1996 - An index to the names mentioned in this book.
HEREFORD PARK AND BILLINGS BLOCK - by Helen Scott 1997. An index to the names in the history of Hereford Park and the Billings Block, Te Puke.
ROYDON DOWNS - RETURNED SERVICEMEN SETTLERS - 1955, 1956, 1957 - by Joan Hood 1998. An index to the names in this history of the Roydon Downs Farm Settlement, Te Puke.
TE PUKE HIGH SCHOOL - 1923 - 1998 - by J P (Jack) Gemming. An index to the names in this 75th Jubilee history of Te Puke High School.
AWAY I WENT - by Sydney James Hastie - 1999. An index to the Te Puke names in this privately published memoir.
ROYDON DOWNS 1964 - by Geoff Brann c2000. An index to the names in this history of the Roydon Downs Farm Settlement, Te Puke.
BORN TO FLY - by Vernon Benner - 2000. An index to the Te Puke names in this privately published memoir.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ANGLICAN CHURCH - TE PUKE - Centennial 1901-2001. An index to the names in this history of St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Te Puke.
PAPAMOA SCHOOL CENTENNIAL - 1904 - 2004 - Ruth J Warner 2004. An index to the names in this history of Papamoa Primary School.
THE NGAWARO REGIONAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - by Jim Pendergrast 2005. An index to the names in this area history.
100 YEARS OF HISTORY - TE PUKE AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL ASSOCIATION - by John and Patricia Jensen 2006. An index to the names in this centennial book.
TE PUKE - NGA TANGATA ME NGA WAHI - PEOPLE AND PLACES
- by Christine Clement, Lynne Robertson and Maree Lewis 2007. An index to the surnames mentioned in this Te Puke and district history.
THAMES GOLDMINERS INDEX
THAMES GOLD MINERS - Kae Lewis's site includes a database of 5700 people who registered gold mining claims in the Thames area. Since many miners migrated from one gold mining area to another, miners who came to Muir's Reef goldmine at Te Puke may be mentioned. If you find any can you please let me know.
THE KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRY


KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRY HISTORY - The beginings of the Kiwifruit industry in New Zealand by Christine Clement.
THE KIWIFRUIT STORY by David Yerex and Westbrook Haines - 1983. An index to the names in this history of the kiwifruit industry in New Zealand.
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS - The NZ Kiwifruit Industry - 1904-2004. An index to the names in this history of the kiwifruit industry in New Zealand. Published February 2004.
WEATHER STATISTICS
WEATHER AVERAGES - Te Puke and District.
ONLINE WEATHER STATION - Te Puke.
TE PUKE AND DISTRICT SCHOOL WEB PAGES
ABOUT TE PUKE
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PHOTOS OF TE PUKE AND THE WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY
FAMILIES I AM RESEARCHING | MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH |NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES | NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR – BY LOCATION | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR – BY CONFLICT | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR – MILITARY NURSES | PAKEHA/MAORI TRANSLITERATIONS |PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND | SHAND – FAMILY HISTORY | SOUTH TARANAKI | SPONDON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND | TE PUKE, BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND | WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL