THE RIVER “I tossed my arms, I sang aloud, My voice exultant blending With thunder from the passing cloud, The wind, the forest bent and bowed, The rush of rain descending. M... Read more
Contributed by Bob Laing – nephew of Leslie Robert Kemp My earliest knowledge of Les was in the early 1950’s while he was in Korea as part of New Zealand’s, Korean War effort... Read more
Also a letter to Benjamin – this must have been written in 1868 as John Kemp died in 1866 (Age 74) My darling boy, It is two mails since I had the opportunity of writing to y... Read more
Copy of a letter written by John Kemp Kings Lynn Norfolk England to his son Benjamin in New Zealand – circa 1862 My dear Benjamin, Yours dated Panga Totara 27 March. I duly receive... Read more
Here is a glimpse of past glories, the heydays of the 1960’s venison recovery industry. Those amazing days of slaughtering the immense wild deer population, on foot, by boat... Read more
Leslie Hamilton Kemp Contributed by: Robert Laing Leslie Hamilton Kemp was born on the 22nd October 1897 at Nelson (“LH Kemp” NZ Birth certificate No.1897/11876) and died on the 1/... Read more