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From: Julie Skellern <>
Subject: Re: [NZ] re:MANUKAU RANGES
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 10:33:43 +1300
In-Reply-To: <000401c2cc18$b53f4860$da6536d2@d7h8o9>


I've tried looking up a couple of sources...... but instinctively I would
have said the Manukau Ranges would be the ones at the Awhitu Peninsular too
OR the area we now call Redoubt Road (Manukau City).

However.......... Drury was the registration district for much of that area.
And if the original enquirer and someone with the BMD registration indexes
were to check the numbers........ didn't they run consecutively by area, and
shouldn't that confirm the proximity of the next registration district.

Also.....that book "Old Manukau" in the possession of a list member - should
disclose the answer. The current Manukau City area is a greatly reduced
area from what it was in the 1850s. In those days it emcompassed such
places as County of Eden (took me years to figure out that one!) which is
now covered by parts of Papakura District Council and Franklin Distict
Council etc.


Julie M Skellern,
NEW ZEALAND



From: "nicholas furze" <>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:43:21 +1300
To:
Subject: [NZ] re:MANUKAU RANGERS


hi all in anwser to the question about where the MANUKAU RANGERS is.

i live in waiuku 74 kms southwest of auckland at the southern end of the
manukau harbour.

on the west side of the harbour there is a peninsula that runs north to the
manukau harbour mouth .this peninsula has been known and called over time
THE MANUKAU HEADS, AWHITU PENINSULA and also
THE MANUKAU RANGERS ,this may or may not be the rangers that are being
looked for but it is the only MANUKAU RANGERS that i know of in the top
half of the north island

i hope this helps

regards nicholas furze

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