New Zealand - Huntly - Shopping street - 1963 - Rowntree, John Burgess Photo Huntly - Originally settled by Māori - European migrants arrived in the area sometime in the 1850s - The Huntly name was adopted in the 1870s when the postmaster named it after Huntly, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. - The railway from Auckland reached Huntly in 1877 - There are a number of marae in and around Huntly - Huntly is home to Rakaumanga Kura which became one of the first bilingual schools (Māori/English) in New Zealand in 1984. - Rakaumanga became a kura kaupapa (total immersion, Māori as its first language) in 1994 and is now known by the name Te Whare Kura o Rakaumangamanga. - The school was first established as a native school in 1896. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntly,_New_Zealand) -------------------- Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1528-63007 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/85744