I have always been very fortunate with my diggings (excuse the pun) around cemeteries when I find a tombstone that seems to offer up a good story. I enjoy nothing more than putting together the puzzle made from a few clues but this Captain McLean is keeping his secrets buried with him. I have more …
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Burwood (Bottle Lake and Waitikiri) was once a food and resource gathering area for the Ngai Tahu. Eels and fish were gathered from the lake and native plants were collected for medicines and clothing. The first Europeans to develop the area were the McLean Brothers (now remembered in the naming of McLeans Island) in 1860, …
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