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From Names to Narratives: Unearth the Adventures of Your Ancestors

”Going up the coast” – the journey begins

In 1855, my ancestor Thomas Urquhart McKenzie packed up his wife and five children and headed “up the coast” from Porirua to Rangitīkei. This Matariki, I’m following in their footsteps. Fortunately for…

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Twenty years ago, I received a document that would change my life: my family tree. Through it, I discovered how little I knew of the world around me.

We understand the present, by understanding the past. That document set me off on a journey I have continued to this day.

This is my story. But it’s also your story, too.

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