
Heritage
Image 1: Sir John Logan Campbell
Image 2: Count Felix Von Luckner
Image 3: RNZYS Tamaki Naval Cadet Training Base
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Acknowledgements:
These heritage notes for Motuihe Island were sourced from:
- Heritage guiding notes for Motuihe guide volunteers written by Michael Wood and updated by Peter Whitmore and Lawrence Thoms.
- Text and photos provided by John Laurence chairman of the Motuihe Restoration Trust.
- Personal memories from Ronnie Harrison who lived on Motuihe for 22 years as a licensee for the farm and kiosk.
- Interview with Peter Whitmore an original trustee who is still serving as a trustee in 2019.
- Interview with Michael Wood, trustee and the lawyer who wrote the original trust document.
- D J Scott of Lincoln College who wrote Motuihe Island Development Proposals for a Recreational Resource in 1974 for the Diploma of Landscape Architecture.
- Andy Dodd who carried out a survey of heritage trees of significance in 2004 for the Historic Auckland Conservancy.
- James Bade's book Sea Devil Count von Luckner in New Zealand and the Pacific
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Text and Photos sourced from Steve Nelson, Kircheiss collection, la Roche collection, Auckland War Memorial Museum collection, Julie Thomson, Lois Badham, Peter Barron, Fiona Alexander.