The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
The Post And Telegraph Offices
The Post And Telegraph Offices, Mongonui, were erected about 1873 and constitute an important northern station, with seven telephones along the coast connected with it. These latter are the lighthouse at Cape Maria, ninety miles distant, and intervening wires at Taipa. Kaitala, Awanui, Waipapakauri. Hohoura, and Parengarenga. The arrival of the s.s. “Clansman” at noon every Wednesday necessitates the making up and despatching of mails to many small country townships, situated in a northerly direction, the closing hour being six p.m., at which time southern mails are closed for Whangaroa, Kawakawa, Russell, and Auckland. The post office is an unpretentious wooden building, certainly not what it should be for a station of its status.