Time machines
The Matakohe Kauri Museum, which opened on 29 January in 1962, stands on a small knoll overlooking green pasture, an historic totara house, and then out to the Kaipara Harbour.
As the last remnants of mist uncoil from the placid waters a trusty band of volunteers makes its way to the rear shed door. It is Wednesday: volunteer day. Today there are only four: Kerry Bonham, Bill Poyner, Ralph Paulger, and Graham Murray. Other volunteers, past and present, include John Cooper, Max Wallis, Lloyd Eager, and Ian Cullen, with their years of volunteering ranging from 30 years to three months.
Year after year, the work of reassembling rediscovered or
