Wakefield Public Library (61 Edward Street)
Wakefield Library spruced up by Anne Hardie Reproduced with permission from the Waimea Weekly, Wednesday 12th June 2024 Roger Batt…
Belgrove Windmill
Team Effort Restores Belgrove Windmill by Anne Hardie Reproduced with permission from the Waimea Weekly, Wednesday 19th June 2024 The…
Meet The Locals: Aleshia from the Sunrise Coffee Shack
Meet the barista… Kia ora, I’m Aleshia and I first started making coffee 17 years ago in a…
St John’s Cemetery Walk
Map adapted by Valerie Crouch and Ivan Burrowes CEMETERY WALK STOPS:1. Leave the church and walk up the steps and…
Wakefield Maps by Rose Shepard
Recently I’ve been given a number of detailed maps of Wakefield which were all hand drawn by Rose Shepard during…
Meet the Locals: Sue – our local Travel Broker
My passion for travel was ignited during my time living and working in the United Kingdom, as I explored Europe…
Meet the Locals: Melissa – inspired initiator of The Big Bake Up
In February this year, The Big Bake Up began the exciting progress of extending our services to providing care parcels…
Wakefield Hotel (48 Edward Street)
The site of the Wakefield Hotel was originally part of Section 85 and was a four acre block owned by…
Fort Halderman (52 Edward Street)
Though strictly not a Wakefield Historic Building this building has fielded more questions than any other building in Edward Street,…
Wakefield School (Edward Street)
Post the Wairau Affray in June 1843, there was a high level of anxiety amongst…