Introducing a little Northland village tucked into a green valley at the top of a magnificent harbour.
Kaeo gets its name from a kind of freshwater mussel unique to nearby Whangaroa Harbour. Once an important early European settlement, Kaeo's population fell as timber was shipped out and farming started. Now it's a village of nearly 500 (495, to be exact) with three new people since the last census!
Jesse Mulligan talks with locals Bruce Mills, Patricia Tairua, Lindsay Murray, Geoff Stone and Olive Sheppard.
Kaeo Christmas Parade and Gala, 2010. Photo: Tony Foster (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Kaeo Christmas Parade and Gala, 2010. Photo: Tony Foster (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Ratana Band and Santa, Kaeo Christmas Parade and Gala, 2010. Photo: Tony Foster (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Kaeo Northland 2010. Photo: Tony Foster (CC BY-ND 2.0)
View of carriages in a flooded street in Kaeo, Northland, also showing buildings and houses surrounded by flood waters. Photograph taken circa 1910s by Arthur James Northwood. Ref: 1/1-005719-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Kaeo looking west during floods in 1903. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19030924-10-5 ' when re-using this image.
Unidentified church at Kaeo. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-6071' when re-using this image.
Kaeo, 1950s, Northland, by Eric Lee-Johnson. Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. © Te Papa. CC BY-NC-ND licence. Te Papa (O.006569/01)