The centenary of the first radio transmission in New Zealand (Professor Robert Jack in 1921) and the first broadcast by a licensed radio station (1YA Auckland in 1923) prompted a look at those...
Police were quite used to prosecuting the drivers of horse-drawn carriages or carts who drove while under the influence of drink, likewise horsemen were charged for “riding horses furiously” through...
We take motoring, and driving our modern cars, as a given. What of the early days when the horseless carriage was a newcomer, a novelty? Here are a few stories I found about those first days of the...
In 1913 the American aviator, Arthur Burr “Wizard” Stone arrived in Auckland as part of a New Zealand-wide “exhibition tour” and chose the Domain as the base for local flights using his Bleriot...
Pioneer Motoring Family & the Bandit The Skeates family arrived in Auckland from London in 1872 and engaged in many aspects of colonial business and enterprise. These were diverse activities...