A small museum near our B and B in Kerikeri displayed some fine vintage cars from the 1920s which the owner had collected over the years.
A separate section dealt with life locally over the last 100 years or so and included various artefacts/icons from yesteryear - washing tubs, mangles, soap powder, large tape recorders, Senior Service cigarette packets, cash tills, Cerebos salt etc. All too close for comfort. A replica of a schoolroom also showed instructions to teachers in 1915 which among other things forbade women to marry at any time during the term of their employment and wear at least 2 petticoats when at school.
Earlier in the day visited Doubtless Bay, another picturesque spot with a mini-heritage trail outlining an interesting history linked for a time to whaling. This was our most northerly point in NZ. Dave
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