Guided Walk Around Halls Arboretum and Parawai Mission Station

As part of Echo Walks Festival and New Zealand Archaeology Week, local archaeologist Dave Wilton, of The Treasury, will guide a walk around the historic locations of Hall’s Arboretum (established 1870s) and Parawai Mission Station (established 1837).

Halls Arboretum is an important NZ scientific site, as it was a key reference site in the 1913 Royal Commission on Forestry, which drove NZ forestry policy through to the present day:
‘These trees, planted by Mr Hall, serve perhaps as no others in New Zealand to illustrate the rate of growth of some exotic trees in comparison with our own native forest trees.’ (Royal Comm. on Forestry Report, 1913)

Duration: approx. 3 hours. Low standard of fitness required; need good walking shoes; suggest carry water and snacks, raincoat if wet. Meet at top end of Currie St (off Mountsea Road, Thames)

Donation – koha. (All proceeds to The Treasury.)

Contact/queries: Dave (021) 1868401 or davewilton99@gmail.com
For handout (pdf file), email Dave. Background information on the sites:

Halls arboretum:https://www.thetreasury.org.nz/the-journal/halls-arboretum-the-life-and-times-of-john-william-hall

Parawai mission station: https://www.thetreasury.org.nz/the-journal/hauraki-mission-station-puriri-and-parawai-sites-2 and

https://www.thetreasury.org.nz/the-journal/the-hauraki-mission-station-hms-parawai-site