New Zealand - The first motor car in Kohukohu, 1907 - Arthur Cleave at the wheel, with his son, Arthur Cleave junior next to him - 1907-03-02 - Photographer: Dawes, Charles Peet Kohukohu - Kohukohu is a historic village on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of North Island. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand. - According to Te Tai Tokerau tradition, the legendary Polynesian explorer Kupe visited the area in 925 AD prior to his return voyage to Hawaiiki. Angry at the food from the hangi (earth oven) being insufficiently cooked, he cursed those responsible using the word kohu. This is the origin of the name Kohukohu. - The first recorded European to enter the Hokianga Harbour arrived in 1819 and by the 1830s, Kohukohu was the heart of New Zealand's timber industry. The country's first Catholic mass was celebrated 8 kilometres north of Kohukohu at Totara Point in 1838. - For nearly one hundred years Kohukohu was an important timber milling town and the largest commercial centre on the north of the harbour. In 1900, the township had a population of almost 2,000 people. (source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohukohu,_New_Zealand) Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1142-D427 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/56303/rec/2