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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 9 (December 1, 1934)

The Place of our Beginnings: Told by the Camera. — Russell, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. — Railway's End: Opua, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. (Rly. Publicity photos.) — Russell claims to be the oldest settlement in New Zealand. Europeans had settled there in 1829, and Marsden first called there in 1814. Russell is so approachable by water that until recent years there was no formed road to it. Traffic requirements are met by the railway service to Opua, and the connec…

The Place of our Beginnings: Told by the Camera. Russell, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. Railway's End: Opua, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. (Rly. Publicity photos.) Russell claims to be the oldest settlement in New Zealand. Europeans had settled there in 1829, and Marsden first called there in 1814. Russell is so approachable by water that until recent years there was no formed road to it. Traffic requirements are met by the railway service to Opua, and the connection with Russell is by launch. To think of the Bay of Islands is to think of the missionaries, the whalers, Waitangi, the belligerent Heke (cutter-down of flagstaffs), the friendly chief Waka Nene (who sleeps in the local churchyard), and various other figures in the early dawn of New Zealand history.

The Place of our Beginnings: Told by the Camera.
Russell, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand.
Railway's End: Opua, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand. (Rly. Publicity photos.)
Russell claims to be the oldest settlement in New Zealand. Europeans had settled there in 1829, and Marsden first called there in 1814. Russell is so approachable by water that until recent years there was no formed road to it. Traffic requirements are met by the railway service to Opua, and the connection with Russell is by launch. To think of the Bay of Islands is to think of the missionaries, the whalers, Waitangi, the belligerent Heke (cutter-down of flagstaffs), the friendly chief Waka Nene (who sleeps in the local churchyard), and various other figures in the early dawn of New Zealand history.