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Ikamatua Post Office - then and now.1950`s and 1980`s.
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DescriptionIkamatua Post Office then and now.Date of Photo1950`s and 1980`s.Map[1] ContributorClaire Ward
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Location (city or town)Ikamatua.Organisation (eg business)Ikamatua Post OfficeEventIkamatua Post Office - then and now.
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Date Created19th December 2018CommentsBrian Langton Love that
Jo Monahan Collected the mail many a day there.Good old Iki !
Jackie Breach Flo Weir was the post mistress for years
Jackie Breach Have just read in paper that Philip, who I went to Iki school with has died in an motorbike accident. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. Rest in peace Philip.
Codie Ritchie I lived in that old post office back in 2006
Ron Taylor Lived in forestry camp Totara flat just down the road, visited ikamatua pub now and again. And bud Ramsay's at the flat
Nana Johnston Ron Taylor Bud & Teresa Ramsay were my Aunt & Uncle. Manys the night I played the piano til half past late in the Heathers ell Hotel at the Flat.
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Ron Taylor Yes Nana, 1968 I was there for a year was a great place to meet our leaders in them days were George Jones and Bill kissel
Dorothy Wills Doesn’t look as though it is still a P O how times have moved on
Graham-Annette Goodall My mother, then June Donaldson, worked at this Post Office in the late 1930’s and boarded with the McVicar family. Graham
Cheryl Mottram I can remember going there with my Nana - she lived in Hukarere and we walked to Ikamatua to collect mail
Trevor Wylde Lived 100 yards away till we shifted Xmas 1941. Remember the McVicar name
Trevor Wylde I will look around some of Mum's old photos but I was 2 mths off 5 when I left there. All I can remember is climbing the fence to watch Home Guard which my father a WW1 vet was part of training in railway yard.
Nikki Eagle Eeeewwww...aluminium has a lot to answer for!
Nana Johnston I remember when Betty Banñon (Feary) was pòstmisstress. Then my friend Margaret Holden (Gallagher ) & to my knowledge is still living in Greymouth.
Nana Johnston I left the Coast in 1954.
Trevor Wylde Nana Johnston So did I Nana. I joined the Navy 4th Feb 1954 aged 16
Dianne Pope I remember going there to pick up mail
Damian's Hands that sign writing looks a lot like the totara flat hall sign writing/typesetting... i wonder who done the sign writing in the valley back in the day
Paul Huffam I well recall the Richards family, then Artie Gill and family who ran it as a shop. Post office I think was in the railway station before that.
Nana Johnston I knew the Richards family butdidnt know they were
Yes i knew the Richards family. But Betty Feary is who l remember running it as a Post Office.
Nana Johnston &SHE MARRIED ARTHER BANNAN from Blackwater.
Paul Huffam Nana Johnston Shows that a Post Office is a hub of the community -every body knowsmost people. And the lovely ladies who ran the PO were very fine folk.
Nana Johnston Paul Huffam excellent Paul.I used to meet the Railcar every morning .collect the mailbag &take it to Marg Holden who was then Post mistress. Then went back to work at Grey River Gold Dredge. In the office.Kevin Oregan
Proffered the old for me ! Progress! Don't think so. Sad
Raylene Cathcart
Shame it's looking sad..
Helen Joan Forrest
Sad, Sad and just to get the point across, that is very sad.
Rob Lunn
If you think that is sad have a look at the Dobson one but it could be yours for 375k
Heather Reid
Rob Lunn what one in Dobson are you talking about Rob?
Heather Reid
They had great meat an lovely people
Heather Reid
I'm a bum ass thought it was butchers shop
Grant Callaghan
what an attractive sliding door...lol..
Doug Griffin
Now these bring back memories Great to see
Hamish Sinclair
Enjoyed working at the Post office when Flo went on leave. Great pub next door to stay in as well.
Pauline Schafer
Hamish Sinclair that was my first holiday job with you as Postmaster Hamish, delivering Christmas mail when I was 13, with Carrol. Mum had died on 12th Dec so it kept me busy.
Colleen Hoggarth
Looks better in colour….. in the “ old days” it was a hive of industry. Flo knew all the news and everyone’s name….. etc. post boxes on the side entrance. A little stepping step for those that had to reach a little higher. And Flo kept it Spock and span…….
Annette MacPherson
Interesting history Deb McKinley
Ronald Shaw
Started school there Dad worked at the sawmill
Margaret Standen
Aunty Flo would have had that tidies up!
Jo Monahan Collected the mail many a day there.Good old Iki !
Jackie Breach Flo Weir was the post mistress for years
Jackie Breach Have just read in paper that Philip, who I went to Iki school with has died in an motorbike accident. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. Rest in peace Philip.
Codie Ritchie I lived in that old post office back in 2006
Ron Taylor Lived in forestry camp Totara flat just down the road, visited ikamatua pub now and again. And bud Ramsay's at the flat
Nana Johnston Ron Taylor Bud & Teresa Ramsay were my Aunt & Uncle. Manys the night I played the piano til half past late in the Heathers ell Hotel at the Flat.
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Ron Taylor Yes Nana, 1968 I was there for a year was a great place to meet our leaders in them days were George Jones and Bill kissel
Dorothy Wills Doesn’t look as though it is still a P O how times have moved on
Graham-Annette Goodall My mother, then June Donaldson, worked at this Post Office in the late 1930’s and boarded with the McVicar family. Graham
Cheryl Mottram I can remember going there with my Nana - she lived in Hukarere and we walked to Ikamatua to collect mail
Trevor Wylde Lived 100 yards away till we shifted Xmas 1941. Remember the McVicar name
Trevor Wylde I will look around some of Mum's old photos but I was 2 mths off 5 when I left there. All I can remember is climbing the fence to watch Home Guard which my father a WW1 vet was part of training in railway yard.
Nikki Eagle Eeeewwww...aluminium has a lot to answer for!
Nana Johnston I remember when Betty Banñon (Feary) was pòstmisstress. Then my friend Margaret Holden (Gallagher ) & to my knowledge is still living in Greymouth.
Nana Johnston I left the Coast in 1954.
Trevor Wylde Nana Johnston So did I Nana. I joined the Navy 4th Feb 1954 aged 16
Dianne Pope I remember going there to pick up mail
Damian's Hands that sign writing looks a lot like the totara flat hall sign writing/typesetting... i wonder who done the sign writing in the valley back in the day
Paul Huffam I well recall the Richards family, then Artie Gill and family who ran it as a shop. Post office I think was in the railway station before that.
Nana Johnston I knew the Richards family butdidnt know they were
Yes i knew the Richards family. But Betty Feary is who l remember running it as a Post Office.
Nana Johnston &SHE MARRIED ARTHER BANNAN from Blackwater.
Paul Huffam Nana Johnston Shows that a Post Office is a hub of the community -every body knowsmost people. And the lovely ladies who ran the PO were very fine folk.
Nana Johnston Paul Huffam excellent Paul.I used to meet the Railcar every morning .collect the mailbag &take it to Marg Holden who was then Post mistress. Then went back to work at Grey River Gold Dredge. In the office.Kevin Oregan
Proffered the old for me ! Progress! Don't think so. Sad
Raylene Cathcart
Shame it's looking sad..
Helen Joan Forrest
Sad, Sad and just to get the point across, that is very sad.
Rob Lunn
If you think that is sad have a look at the Dobson one but it could be yours for 375k
Heather Reid
Rob Lunn what one in Dobson are you talking about Rob?
Heather Reid
They had great meat an lovely people
Heather Reid
I'm a bum ass thought it was butchers shop
Grant Callaghan
what an attractive sliding door...lol..
Doug Griffin
Now these bring back memories Great to see
Hamish Sinclair
Enjoyed working at the Post office when Flo went on leave. Great pub next door to stay in as well.
Pauline Schafer
Hamish Sinclair that was my first holiday job with you as Postmaster Hamish, delivering Christmas mail when I was 13, with Carrol. Mum had died on 12th Dec so it kept me busy.
Colleen Hoggarth
Looks better in colour….. in the “ old days” it was a hive of industry. Flo knew all the news and everyone’s name….. etc. post boxes on the side entrance. A little stepping step for those that had to reach a little higher. And Flo kept it Spock and span…….
Annette MacPherson
Interesting history Deb McKinley
Ronald Shaw
Started school there Dad worked at the sawmill
Margaret Standen
Aunty Flo would have had that tidies up!
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West Coast New Zealand History (25th May 2023). Ikamatua Post Office - then and now.1950`s and 1980`s.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 25th Apr 2026 00:27, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/24433