Men came voyaging
By: by C.M. Sheffield
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Helensville and District Historical Society
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Helensville, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: History; Biography
Description: "This book is a full history of the town of Helensville and its immediate district. It was written by the late Colleen M. Sheffield, the talented Maori writer who was among those who were killed in the tragic accident on Brynderwyn Hill last February. Written in celebration of Helensville's centennial year, the book is the product of intensive research. It covers the entire history of the district-the formation of the earliest forests and sandhills, the complicated Maori history, the changes brought by the Pakehas-with breadth of imagination and a painstaking respect for detail"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Written at the request of the Helensville Borough Council on the occasion of the Helensville centennial celebrations 1963."

Cover subtitle: A history of Helensville and the southern Kaipara.

"First ed. printed by Whitcombe & Tombes, 1963" --T.P. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1963 and twelve million yesteryears; title: The first voyagers; title: Ngatiwhatua triumphant; title: Samuel Marsden; title: Pakeha muskets; title: Fair-skinned voyagers; title: The faring of Sea Gull; title: The birth of Helensville; title: Integration and expansion; title: Railway and school; title: King kauri; title: After the mills?; title: Hot springs, storekeeping, dairying; title: The building years; title: World War I; title: Reconstruction; title: Turning the corner; title: Back to war; title: The changing scene; title: Voyaging on.