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Charles Pye (1820-1876) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

The origins of the name ‘Pyes Pā’ in Tauranga can be traced back to Victoria Cross recipient Charles Pye. He was serving as a Sgt.-Maj in the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot during t…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hilda Hewlett (aka. Chicky-Boo) has been out foraging in the Tauranga rain this morning and has returned with an even more flamboyant hairstyle than usual (proud Chicky-Mum!). No gel required... #chickenstyle #chickenmum #chickenlove

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Fugitive Marokopa man Tom Phillips is dead after a four-year manhunt ended in a police shoot-out this morning, police have confirmed. One of his children is helping police with inquiries while his two other children are yet to be located."

Marokopa family: Tom Phillips dead after four-year manhunt ends in police shoot-out; two children yet to be located

Phillips was caught on a quad bike with one of his children after a burglary.

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Sep 6

George Alfred Crabbe (1839-1905) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

George Alfred Crabbe (1839-1905)

George Alfred Crabbe arrived in New Zealand as part of the Waikato Militia (1st Regiment) and served in the Waikato, and during the 1864 battles of Gate Pā | Pukehinahina and Te Ranga. In 1867 Geor…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Sep 5

Philip Tapsell (1777-1873) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Philip Tapsell (1777-1873)

Philip Tapsell was a mariner, whaler and early trader. He first visited in New Zealand in 1809. His future wife, Maria Ringa, was baptised by Rev. Thomas Kendall on 4 March 1823 and was likely the …

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Sep 5

George Graham Duff (1835-1878) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

George Graham Duff (1835-1878)

Capt. George Graham Duff led a storming party during the Battle of Gate Pā | Pukehinahina in Tauranga on 29 April 1864. He was severely wounded, receiving two gunshot wounds to the back which he su…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Sep 4

Frederick Augustus Smith (1826-1887) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Frederick Augustus Smith (1826-1887)

Frederick Augustus Smith served with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) (‘Wolfe’s Own’) in the Crimea, in India, and during the New Zealand Wars. While he did no…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Charles Wood (1854-1913)

Boatbuilder Charles Wood established established a boatyard and slip in Tauranga at the northern end of The Strand on the foreshore just below Taumata-Kahawai | Monmouth Redoubt. His first wife, 22…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Aug 25

William Fraser (1827-1901) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

William Fraser (1827-1901)

Tauranga’s ‘Fraser Street’ is named after Colonel William Fraser who fought during the Battle of Te Ranga on 21 June 1864 and took part in the Tauranga Bush Campaign. Fraser was a…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Aug 20

Elizabeth Frances Tunks (née Boylan) (1832-1916) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Elizabeth Frances Tunks (née Boylan) (1832-1916)

Elizabeth Tunks was laid to rest beside her husband Thomas in Mission Cemetery | Ōtamataha Pā in 1916. Her enduring legacy in Tauranga is the name ‘Elizabeth Street’ which was named for her in 1873…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Aug 15

John Chidley Reynolds (1846-1876) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

John Chidley Reynolds (1846-1876)

John Chidley Reynolds survived emigrating to New Zealand on board the ship Māori which was been caught up in a cyclone that wrecked 12 other ships. He made his home at Cambridge, but died of pneumo…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Aug 6

The bombs killed more than 200,000 people - some from the immediate blast and others from radiation sickness and burns. The legacy of the weapons continues to haunt survivors today.

Hiroshima: Officials attend 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Japan's leader Shigeru Ishiba and officials from across the world attended the annual ceremony in Hiroshima.

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Aug 5

Alice Heron Maxwell (1860-1949) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Alice Heron Maxwell (1860-1949)

For 60 years Alice Heron Maxwell worked tirelessly to preserve The Elms, its contents and grounds, a place that has become a true taonga and historical icon of Tauranga and New Zealand. Alice was a…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jul 31

Lennard John George McCauley (1904-1980) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Lennard John George McCauley (1904-1980)

Remembered as one of ‘nature’s true gentlemen’ my grandfather was a ‘prolific painter’ during his retirement years, signing his work ‘Len McCauley’. Currently th…

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jul 13

Trapped for Profit: The Dirty Marine Parks Business | Seed Documentary...

Trapped for Profit: The Dirty Marine Parks Business | Seed Documentary

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jul 9

The most beautiful, talented, supportive and lovely group of women that I'm proud to hang out with xxxx Today's Pen Warrior workshops by Bookrapt, Est. 1983 at Paengaroa School 🙂 #bookrapt #penwarriors #authors

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jul 8

The utter stupidity and senselessness of it... www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/08/d...

'Disgraceful act': Graves smashed at historic Auckland cemetery

Around a dozen graves, some up to 150 years old, have been damaged at a historical Auckland cemetery in Parnell over the weekend.

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jun 20

Aotearoa’s three surviving native frogs—the third is the Hamilton’s frog—are about the size of a bottlecap. They are all ancient and strange; they diverged from modern frogs in the Triassic period, and are nearly identical to frogs that lived 150 million years ago, before birds.

One pig. One night. Fifty-six frogs.

Researchers have long suspected that pigs and other pests were eating our exquisitely rare native frogs. Now, we know for sure—and the scoffing is on an incredible scale.

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jun 20

Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency - Greenpeace Aotearoa

The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand’s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to k...

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jun 20

Leading Environmental organisations issue joint letter calling on the Prime Minister to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Leading Environmental organisations issue joint letter calling on the Prime Minister to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Four of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading environmental organisations have today issued a joint open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, urging him to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill in full...

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Debbie McCauley @debbiemccauley.bsky.social · Jun 10

Trying to make roses out of a 1972 Roget's Thesaurus (yes, hard for a librarian to take pages out of a book!). First attempt is okay, but glue went everywhere... These are for Bookrapt, Est. 1983 and our Matariki event this Saturday... 🌷💐 #bookrapt #Matariki #sherryljordan #loisrout #phyllisjohnston