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AddBy: Robin Harwood28th Aug 2023 12:07AM I moved to Hari Hari in 1965 and watched 7 new houses built in this village by Bob Spence a builder who brought his Crew from Christchurch every week. Help build the tank stands none of which collapsed during the earthquake thank goodness June and I moved into the house second on left of the photo in 1968. Chris and Marjorie Ryan in the house closest and Richard and Noelene Mahauriki on other side. Moved to Hokitika in 1975 and to Queensland in 1980
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DescriptionHarihari forestry village.Dont know the year but photo suggests in its very early completed days.we lived 2nd house on right 1978 era...great little housing community.
Ron Boddy building of the houses started about 1965 A Mr Birchfeild and his builders built some of the houses and the single man quarters Marko Zampese Jack Mereweather were a few names that worked there.
Glenn Johnston I was at the forestry there in 1978 as well but lived in one of the two roomed batching huts not one of the houses. I remember a number of the married workers that lived in the village; Frank Crighton, Bill Robinson, Greg Lind, Brian Smith, Barry Stitchberry, Sam Haronga, Dick Mahauriki and Cracker Mackell amongst them.
Date of Photo1978Map[1] ContributorJudy Tawhiti
Ron Boddy building of the houses started about 1965 A Mr Birchfeild and his builders built some of the houses and the single man quarters Marko Zampese Jack Mereweather were a few names that worked there.
Glenn Johnston I was at the forestry there in 1978 as well but lived in one of the two roomed batching huts not one of the houses. I remember a number of the married workers that lived in the village; Frank Crighton, Bill Robinson, Greg Lind, Brian Smith, Barry Stitchberry, Sam Haronga, Dick Mahauriki and Cracker Mackell amongst them.
Date of Photo1978Map[1] ContributorJudy Tawhiti
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Location (city or town)Hari HariLandmark (Place)Forestry village
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CommentsJudy Tawhiti Dont recall it being named...The houses were inside the forest service grounds,grouped in like a horseshoe with the grassy section on right of roadway being a play area.approx 14 houses.All lovely well kept houses.We had a milk delivery and went to forestry office to get our mail from our pidgeonhole mail boxes.also had phonebox by office.
Ron Boddy building of the houses started about 1965 A Mr Birchfeild and his builders built some of the houses and the single man quarters Marko Zampese Jack Mereweather were a few names that worked there
Angela Anderson We lived in the coner on the end of this road. can see our house there. It was a great little village was sad when we left it.
Judy Tawhiti Dont recall it being named...The houses were inside the forest service grounds,grouped in like a horseshoe with the grassy section on right of roadway being a play area.approx 14 houses.All lovely well kept houses.We had a milk delivery and went to forestry office to get our mail from our pidgeonhole mail boxes.also had phonebox by office.
Ron Boddy building of the houses started about 1965 A Mr Birchfeild and his builders built some of the houses and the single man quarters Marko Zampese Jack Mereweather were a few names that worked there
Patrick Casserly I work for Bert Birchfeild at that time it was about i the early 60s we didn't build any houses we transported from Dave Huston old saw mill Down by the sea coast to wear they are now and renovated them I remember buildings a huge septic tank in the pa…See More
Judy Tawhiti Patrick Casserly good story Pat.know exactly wat houses u moved at Hari Hari.we owned house 2houses to the right of the septic tank.wonderful community to live in was Harihari.we spent 15yrs and love visiting there...home.....
Brian McIntyre Ron Boddy my Uncle Johnny "Frog" McIntyre built there too
Patrick Casserly Wear the Wilson there then.Barry Wilson Judy
Alison Hibbs i remember Frog McIntyre. Used to have drinkies with him at Hari Hari Hotel. And
Jimmy Black from Stillwater. My hometown.
Patrick Casserly After we finish Houstons mill we got a Contract building the latest milking sheds the fist one was right under or next to Mt one one it was so cold never sene the sun Frerze the ball off a brass monkey so they say and yes jimmy black Marko zampese and Brian Harper
Angela Anderson We lived in the coner on the end of this road. can see our house there. It was a great little village was sad when we left it.
Chris Aitken Angela Anderson and we lived next door to you.
Judy Tawhiti Hi Angela.did u live where Sydi Norton lived...was sad and hard to believe there had been a wee village there when i came back after 26yrs in Feb.
Rebecca Palmer Were these wee houses built for the forest ranger service workers?
Judy Tawhiti Forestry workers yes
Glenn Johnston I was at the forestry there in 1978 as well but lived in one of the two roomed batching huts not one of the houses. I remember a number of the married workers that lived in the village; Frank Crighton, Bill Robinson, Greg Lind, Brian Smith, Barry Stitchberry, Sam Haronga, Dick Mahauriki and Cracker Mackell amongst them.
Judy Tawhiti Will put 3 old photos up tonight that Robert Mckenzie gave me .Other names in the photos will be Colin Poultney.a guy of piner.Robert and not sure of the other couple..maybe the young forest staff guys sent to learn all parts of forest work.??
Judy Tawhiti Yes Glenn.All those names were there when we lived there.Dick worked with my late husband Johnny Nuku.
Glenn Johnston Judy Tawhiti. I worked the odd day of salvage logging with Dick but was nearly always in a different crew. Brian Smith was my crew boss for all but a couple of months when at Hari Hari. I don't remember Johnny though the name is familiar. I see the name Norton above and do remember Bob Norton who ran the back country jobs. He roped some of us young fit guys in to his Search & Rescue teams.
Annie Swain The Cortina car there says it is not before 1967.
Joyce Creagh Lynne and Murray winter lived there
Godfrey Constable I remember when these houses were transported through to Hokitika and elsewhere,very sad day for Hari Hari,was the beginning of the end,forestry,MoW,mills all gone in the blink of an eye.Sad.
Kevin Oregan
Many familiar names there. Marco Zambese, there was a lad for you back in the day. And Birchy himself with his faithful long nose red Thames.
Chris Aitken
Vicki Aitken and
Pip Ayoub you can see our old house.
Suzanne McGeady
Remember Richie Mahauariki and his family when they lived in Reefton before they moved to Cobden. His grandson Hayden went to school with our two.
Kevin Oregan
Suzanne McGeadyyes I remember Richie, Tawhai, Olive and maybe another one. Their Dad worked for Railways and they lived back of Reefton railway station. Good people.
Sandra Wylie
Stephen Winter
Stephen Winter
Sandra Wylie that pic would of been taken from our front lawn I would
Angela Robinson
My husband's family lived in the house center photo, 1967-1968
C May L'Huillier
Angela Robinson I was at Greymouth boarding school with Dorothy Robinson and Houston girls from Hari Hari in 1940s
Anne Boddy
Just asked my husband He had nothing to do with building The Forestry at HarHari He was at high school I remeember them building the house and the working mens quarters while I was at Primarys Raymond Elloitt comes to mind A Guy Carr was the cook for Birchy
Heather Newby
Anne Boddy that was a comment that Ron Boddy made under the original post.. i added inverted comments.
Les Lindbom
Just returned from a memorial service for Marko Zampese.
Many stories were told
Anne Boddy
Les Lindbom Haha Him and Diamond Jack comes to mine
Pauline Barrow
Kiwi was the father and the other boy was Tiki
David Howden
Rosie and Noel lived there spent a lot of time there I think Murry winter was there big tall forestry boss with a daughter call Linda
Angela Anderson
We lived in the corner home in this photo. Was a great place to bring up a family. Very sad to see it moved to Hokitika. this village was very well set up and now it is just a paddock. The Forestry gave employment and the staff took part in the community. Sad to see how far back it has gone now
David Howden
I seen Richie mahauariki a couple times been to .y home town blackball he a great perso
David Howden
Rosie and Noel hende lived just up from the corner house I got in trouble ran over all the little trees in little green mini drunk
Rose Nolan
Those houses look very similar to the homes built by Carters at Haast.
What happened to the houses. Did they relocate?
Kevin Mead
Rose Nolan working for the old MOW in the mid 80s we moved three houses to Franz. That was after the Forest service was disbanded and DOC was Formed. At a later date other contractors moved the rest of the houses to Hokitika for Housing Corp.
Angela Anderson
they were all moved to Hokitika
Ron Boddy building of the houses started about 1965 A Mr Birchfeild and his builders built some of the houses and the single man quarters Marko Zampese Jack Mereweather were a few names that worked there
Angela Anderson We lived in the coner on the end of this road. can see our house there. It was a great little village was sad when we left it.
Judy Tawhiti Dont recall it being named...The houses were inside the forest service grounds,grouped in like a horseshoe with the grassy section on right of roadway being a play area.approx 14 houses.All lovely well kept houses.We had a milk delivery and went to forestry office to get our mail from our pidgeonhole mail boxes.also had phonebox by office.
Ron Boddy building of the houses started about 1965 A Mr Birchfeild and his builders built some of the houses and the single man quarters Marko Zampese Jack Mereweather were a few names that worked there
Patrick Casserly I work for Bert Birchfeild at that time it was about i the early 60s we didn't build any houses we transported from Dave Huston old saw mill Down by the sea coast to wear they are now and renovated them I remember buildings a huge septic tank in the pa…See More
Judy Tawhiti Patrick Casserly good story Pat.know exactly wat houses u moved at Hari Hari.we owned house 2houses to the right of the septic tank.wonderful community to live in was Harihari.we spent 15yrs and love visiting there...home.....
Brian McIntyre Ron Boddy my Uncle Johnny "Frog" McIntyre built there too
Patrick Casserly Wear the Wilson there then.Barry Wilson Judy
Alison Hibbs i remember Frog McIntyre. Used to have drinkies with him at Hari Hari Hotel. And
Jimmy Black from Stillwater. My hometown.
Patrick Casserly After we finish Houstons mill we got a Contract building the latest milking sheds the fist one was right under or next to Mt one one it was so cold never sene the sun Frerze the ball off a brass monkey so they say and yes jimmy black Marko zampese and Brian Harper
Angela Anderson We lived in the coner on the end of this road. can see our house there. It was a great little village was sad when we left it.
Chris Aitken Angela Anderson and we lived next door to you.
Judy Tawhiti Hi Angela.did u live where Sydi Norton lived...was sad and hard to believe there had been a wee village there when i came back after 26yrs in Feb.
Rebecca Palmer Were these wee houses built for the forest ranger service workers?
Judy Tawhiti Forestry workers yes
Glenn Johnston I was at the forestry there in 1978 as well but lived in one of the two roomed batching huts not one of the houses. I remember a number of the married workers that lived in the village; Frank Crighton, Bill Robinson, Greg Lind, Brian Smith, Barry Stitchberry, Sam Haronga, Dick Mahauriki and Cracker Mackell amongst them.
Judy Tawhiti Will put 3 old photos up tonight that Robert Mckenzie gave me .Other names in the photos will be Colin Poultney.a guy of piner.Robert and not sure of the other couple..maybe the young forest staff guys sent to learn all parts of forest work.??
Judy Tawhiti Yes Glenn.All those names were there when we lived there.Dick worked with my late husband Johnny Nuku.
Glenn Johnston Judy Tawhiti. I worked the odd day of salvage logging with Dick but was nearly always in a different crew. Brian Smith was my crew boss for all but a couple of months when at Hari Hari. I don't remember Johnny though the name is familiar. I see the name Norton above and do remember Bob Norton who ran the back country jobs. He roped some of us young fit guys in to his Search & Rescue teams.
Annie Swain The Cortina car there says it is not before 1967.
Joyce Creagh Lynne and Murray winter lived there
Godfrey Constable I remember when these houses were transported through to Hokitika and elsewhere,very sad day for Hari Hari,was the beginning of the end,forestry,MoW,mills all gone in the blink of an eye.Sad.
Kevin Oregan
Many familiar names there. Marco Zambese, there was a lad for you back in the day. And Birchy himself with his faithful long nose red Thames.
Chris Aitken
Vicki Aitken and
Pip Ayoub you can see our old house.
Suzanne McGeady
Remember Richie Mahauariki and his family when they lived in Reefton before they moved to Cobden. His grandson Hayden went to school with our two.
Kevin Oregan
Suzanne McGeadyyes I remember Richie, Tawhai, Olive and maybe another one. Their Dad worked for Railways and they lived back of Reefton railway station. Good people.
Sandra Wylie
Stephen Winter
Stephen Winter
Sandra Wylie that pic would of been taken from our front lawn I would
Angela Robinson
My husband's family lived in the house center photo, 1967-1968
C May L'Huillier
Angela Robinson I was at Greymouth boarding school with Dorothy Robinson and Houston girls from Hari Hari in 1940s
Anne Boddy
Just asked my husband He had nothing to do with building The Forestry at HarHari He was at high school I remeember them building the house and the working mens quarters while I was at Primarys Raymond Elloitt comes to mind A Guy Carr was the cook for Birchy
Heather Newby
Anne Boddy that was a comment that Ron Boddy made under the original post.. i added inverted comments.
Les Lindbom
Just returned from a memorial service for Marko Zampese.
Many stories were told
Anne Boddy
Les Lindbom Haha Him and Diamond Jack comes to mine
Pauline Barrow
Kiwi was the father and the other boy was Tiki
David Howden
Rosie and Noel lived there spent a lot of time there I think Murry winter was there big tall forestry boss with a daughter call Linda
Angela Anderson
We lived in the corner home in this photo. Was a great place to bring up a family. Very sad to see it moved to Hokitika. this village was very well set up and now it is just a paddock. The Forestry gave employment and the staff took part in the community. Sad to see how far back it has gone now
David Howden
I seen Richie mahauariki a couple times been to .y home town blackball he a great perso
David Howden
Rosie and Noel hende lived just up from the corner house I got in trouble ran over all the little trees in little green mini drunk
Rose Nolan
Those houses look very similar to the homes built by Carters at Haast.
What happened to the houses. Did they relocate?
Kevin Mead
Rose Nolan working for the old MOW in the mid 80s we moved three houses to Franz. That was after the Forest service was disbanded and DOC was Formed. At a later date other contractors moved the rest of the houses to Hokitika for Housing Corp.
Angela Anderson
they were all moved to Hokitika
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