This story was inspired by a stay at the Orua Bay Motel in 2015. Reading the in-room almanac I found a list of former proprietors of the harbour-side accommodation since it was first opened by the...
Escape from Rangitoto Island For nearly 3 months in early 1926 a party of 12 short-sentence “good conduct” prisoners from Mount Eden Prison had been on Rangitoto Island engaged in a work-party...