LIVING HERITAGE BUCKLAND

About Living Heritage Living Heritage is an online bilingual initiative that enables New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community. Living Heritage preserves history and culture in a digital format for every generation, and allows our children’s voices to present a view of New Zealand on the World Wide Web. Free to all schools Participation in Living Heritage is free to all New Zealand schools and open to all age groups. Self-publishing web pages help simplify the process of online publishing for students and teachers. Students as storytellers Living Heritage provides an authentic learning experience by encouraging students to become investigators and storytellers, collaborating with each other to research, write, and publish on the Web. Study your local heritage Identify a unique and important piece of local heritage to share on the Web such as the story of a local person, family, event, landmark, marae, or building.

About Living Heritage Living Heritage is an online bilingual initiative that enables New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community. Living Heritage preserves history and culture in a digital format for every generation, and allows our children’s voices to present a view of New Zealand on the World Wide Web. Free to all schools Participation in Living Heritage is free to all New Zealand schools and open to all age groups. Self-publishing web pages help simplify the process of online publishing for students and teachers. Students as storytellers Living Heritage provides an authentic learning experience by encouraging students to become investigators and storytellers, collaborating with each other to research, write, and publish on the Web. Study your local heritage Identify a unique and important piece of local heritage to share on the Web such as the story of a local person, family, event, landmark, marae, or building.

About Living Heritage Living Heritage is an online bilingual initiative that enables New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community. Living Heritage preserves history and culture in a digital format for every generation, and allows our children’s voices to present a view of New Zealand on the World Wide Web. Free to all schools Participation in Living Heritage is free to all New Zealand schools and open to all age groups. Self-publishing web pages help simplify the process of online publishing for students and teachers. Students as storytellers Living Heritage provides an authentic learning experience by encouraging students to become investigators and storytellers, collaborating with each other to research, write, and publish on the Web. Study your local heritage Identify a unique and important piece of local heritage to share on the Web such as the story of a local person, family, event, landmark, marae, or building.

The History of Buckland The senior syndicate of Buckland School made a study of the Buckland Community. The study was a terms pathway study. We collected information from older locals, gathered photos and had guest speakers to the school. Find out about Buckland with us.

OUR TEAM Room 10 Year 7 and 8 Room9 Year 6 and 7 Room8 Year 5 and 6 Room 7 Year 5 Room 6 Year 4 and 5

Learning outcomes Intention We wanted to use Inquiry as a model to form questions, find information, sort ideas and communicate our learning. See our Research process page. Curriculum Links Social Sciences Continuity and Change - understand how the past is important to people Key Competencies Thinking - making sense of information Relating to others - listening to and sharing ideas Using language, symbols, and texts - communicating information, experiences and ideas Vision Connected - effective users of communication tools Lifelong learners - users and creators of knowledge Values Community and participation - taking part in the Living Heritage community to share learning

Research Process Our classes started thinking about our local community. We looked at the people and places that seem to be important. We picked out St Pauls church, the Buckland Hall, The shop, the monument and the Presbyterian church. We looked closely at the old drawing done of Buckland to add to the list and found some histories written about the district.

Buckland Village as it was in the 1930s by M Danes

EARLY BUCKLAND The growing township of Buckland was situated in a tract of land that belonged to William Thorne Buckland. Much of this land had been bush covered. Once a railway station was built it was thought it should have its own church.

YATE s In 1903 Arthur Yates and Co. set up their seed farm and provided many locals with jobs. The sight of hectares of sweet peas growing became a showplace for Aucklanders. Vegetables seeds were also collected. A lot of buildings were constructed to service the seed growing industry.

ST PAULS The name given to the church was St Pauls. Probably named after St. Paul Church the family church of the Wright family in Cornwall. The foundation stone was laid on Oct One hundred and forty people watched the dedication on March The cost of building the church was four hundred and forty-five dollars fifty cents (Two hundred and twenty two pounds fifteen shillings).

The section next to the church was Purchased in 1911, the land was to be used for a future hall. It was also used for vegetable garden, grazing and now is used by the Buckland School.

METHODIST CHURCH The foundation stone was laid in The wood for the church was milled locally. In 1905 two services were held each Sunday, At one time it had a Sunday school of over 50 pupils. A combine Methodist and Presbyterian Trust ran the church from Services continued until 1984 when because of reduced numbers the church closed. It was sold in 1986 and turned into a private home

THE BUCKLAND HALL The first Buckland Hall was build early in the 1900s. It held the Buckland Library where you could only take out two books a fortnight. In 1932 it burned down. The hall was rebuilt with voluntary labour and opened in 1955.It was used for table tennis and indoor bowls as well as community events, and dances. Extensions were made to the hall to include a supper room. It is maintained by the community.

THE BARN/ GREENWOODS GARAGE Owners were the Greenwoods who lived in the old house to the east.The garage was for storage at first but it was a repair garage for cars and farm equipment.

War Memorial The Buckland First World War memorial The Buckland War memorial was unveiled on 25 April Uniquely amongst the memorials of the region, this consisted of a rough-hewn Celtic cross on a plinth. Every ANZAC Day the community comes together for an Anzac service where wreaths are laid in memory of the service men and women’

Important Visitor The Governor General Earl Jellicoe planted an Indian Cedar Tree by the monument in 1923 but the station masters cow ate it.

Soldiers of Buckland Buckland Young men who went to the First World War. They were: Reg Hartland Sam Harper Bob Wilcox Alf Potter Charlie Woolfe Geo Sweet

BOWLING CLUB The Bowling Club was formed on 20 th March When land became available in George Cres Andrew Shaw and Robert King were the instigators Locals cleared the scrub and trees using picks and shovels. After many months of hard work the club opened on Wednesday November 1 st. At first the original shelter a punga hut and kitchen was sufficient but with growing membership a pavilion was built in The early greens were rolled with a water filled roller which took three men to move. The Buckland Women’s Bowling Club was formed on 23 October 1953.

TENNIS CLUB Tennis was one of the earliest sports in Buckland. The club started in 1909.It was a gathering place for the young at the time. Whole families would turn up to play tennis. The tennis courts were behind the Buckland Hall and Allen’s Store and now have houses built on them.