Te hokonga o te wahi whenua tuatahi i Paraparaumu
Te Tomokanga ki te Tūnga Waka o Kāpiti Lights, Te Huarahi o Kāpiti, Paraparaumu
I hokona e te Karauna e 983 eka whenua Māori i Paraparaumu i 1874. I whakawhitingia tēnei ki te kamupene Rerewhenua i te tīmatanga o ngā tereina i 1886. I wehewehengia e ngā kairūri o te Kamupene hei whakatū tāone, arā, 130 koata eka wāhi whenua, e 31 wāhi whenua tapa tāone e 6 ki te 36 eka.
I te 29 o Hune, 1888, i tukuna te whenua kia hokona mā te mākete. I te tīmatanga he pōturi noa iho te hiahia, engari i roto i te tekau tau i hokona te nuinga o ngā wāhi whenua. He tohu whakamahara kei te pito rāwhiti o te Huarahi o Kāpiti e mau ana i te wāhi whenua tuatahi i hokona e W Schmidt. I whanake ake tētahi hapori ki te taha o te whakawhitinga rerewhenua. Kāore i roa i muri mai ka karapotia e ngā uru rākau me ngā pāmu iti i te ngahere e tuaina ana.
Residence of Charles Whiting in the Valley Road area in 1912 (the house has been demolished). His family and friends are seated on the verandah. To the right are a glasshouse and 1902 Oldsmobile car.
The Paraparaumu School schoolmaster Mr Vaughan and his wife on their verandah at 30 Hinemoa Street in 1908. The building became Paraparaumu Playcentre
Mr and Mrs Heffer on the verandah of their home in Paraparaumu, ca 1908. Mr Heffer was the village blacksmith. He is pushing a (ca 1906) Douglas motorcycle with a wickerwork sidecar, the other motorcycle is of the same vintage Hp 321, Howell Collection
