New Zealand - Northland - Showing a prizewinning bull at the A and P Show in Kaeo - Circa 1960 - Clark, Ron Photo Kaeo - A township in the Far North District - The town takes its name from the kaeo or New Zealand freshwater mussel, which is found in the nearby rivers. - Kaeo used to be a fortified village pa of the Ngati Uru sub-tribe. - This tribe arrived in the Whangaroa Harbour as late as 1770-1775, having been driven out of the Rawhiti area of the Bay of Islands, after killing and eating Captain Marion du Fresne and his crew. - Wesleydale, the first Wesleyan Methodist mission in New Zealand, was established at Kaeo in June 1823, then abandoned in 1827 after it was sacked by local Maori. - A Maorial cairn marks the site of the mission adjacent to the cemetery on the south side of the Kaeo River. - Kaeo is built on the flood plain of the Kaeo River and has experienced destructive flooding. - It came to national attention in 2007 when it took the brunt of three major floods within the space of a few months - in February, March and July. - Water flooded homes and shops and destroyed the primary school's pool complex. - The local rugby clubrooms also suffered, and the club received support from the whole country as it raised funds to lift the clubrooms off the ground to minimise the risk of damage from further flooding. - Landslips, fallen power lines, and road closures resulted from heavy rain in February 2008. - The Northland Regional Council scheduled flood-protection work for 2008, but as of 2011 it was still waiting on various consents. Floods occurred as a result of Cyclone Wilma in January 2011, and 70 people had to be evacuated from Kaeo. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaeo) #kaeo ---------------------- Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1207-1540 Copyright or other restrictions may apply to this image http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&RF=HIORecordSearch&MR=5&QI0=%3D%221207-1540%22 #northlandother