All articles by Toni Reid
Toni Reid is the author of ‘Our Path Through the Rimu - A History of the Ararimu Community (1867-2017)’. Her family has connections with Pukekohe reaching back to the 1950's.
If it Ain’t Broke…
The Regeneration of Pukekohe
Opinion • elocal Digital Edition • January 2020
by Toni Reid
Our township was carved out of dense bush in the 1860’s when immigrants moved onto the land and created a community from scratch with just hand tools, their own labour and a desire to make a better life for themselves and their families. At first there …