Sunday 12 October 2025 @ 1:00PM - Members Meeting / Museum Open
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
Our October talk, presented by local historian Brian Potter, will focus on early telephone
communications in Birkenhead.
BHS Members Free, Visitors $5 includes afternoon tea.
Saturday 27 September & Sunday 28 September 2025 @ 2:00PM - 4:00 PM - Museum Open
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. As part of Auckland Heritage Festival celebrating
Auckland at Play, Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the
Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Photos of recreational activities in the Kaipātiki area will be on display along with the many
interesting items in Farrington House.
BHS Members Free, Children Free, Adults donation appreciated for the Museum upkeep.
Sunday 14 September 2025 @ 1:00PM - Members Meeting / Museum Open
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
September is Auckland Heritage Festival Month, celebrating Auckland at Play.
Our September talk is on the Birkdale Cycle Track, the second cycle
track in New Zealand.
BHS Members Free, Visitors $5 includes afternoon tea.
Saturday 23 August & Sunday 24 August 2025 @ 2:00PM - 4:00 PM - Museum Open
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
BHS Members Free, Children Free, Adults $4 donation appreciated for the
Museum upkeep.
Monday 18 August 2025 - Friday 22 August 2025 -
Tongan Language Week - Museum Open for group bookings
Farrington House will be open for pre booked group visits.
Please email us for more information at birkenheadheritage@gmail.com
Koha appreciated.
Sunday 10 August 2025 @ 1:00PM - Members Meeting / Museum Open
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
Presented by Tasha, this month's talk is “How Tapa Cloth is Made". This special event is
part of our celebration of Tongan Language Week.
BHS Members Free, Visitors $5 includes afternoon tea.
Sunday 27 July 2025 @ 2:00PM - 4:00 PM - Museum Open
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
BHS Members Free, Children Free, Adults $5 donation appreciated for the
Museum upkeep.
Sunday 13 July 2025 @ 1:00PM - Members Meeting / Museum Open
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
Presented by David Verran, this month's talk is “Birkenhead changes its street names, in 1912".
BHS Members Free, Vistors $5 includes afternoon tea.
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Sunday 22 June 2025 @ 2:00PM - 4:00 PM - Museum Open
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
BHS Members Free, Children Free, Adults $5 donation appreciated for the
Museum upkeep.
Sunday 8 June 2025 @ 1:00PM - Members Meeting / Museum Open
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
This month's talk is “Early Days in Beach Haven”.
BHS Committee members have been researching the history of Beach Haven
as preparation for producing a brochure and a walking app about the area.
Our research findings will be the basis for this talk.
We especially welcome visitors from the Beach Haven area.
BHS Members Free, Vistors $5 includes afternoon tea.
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00pm to 4:00 PM
Sunday 25 May 2025 @ 2:00PM - 4:00 PM - Museum Open
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00pm to 4:00 PM
Sunday 11 May 2025 @ 1:00PM - AGM & Members Meeting / Museum Open
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
Annual General Meeting – May 11, at 1 pm, followed by a showing of the movie
The Snow Goose”. The focus of the movie is the retreat from Dunkirk, which
happened 85 years ago from May 26 to June 4. “The Snow Goose” is a very
moving story based on the book by Paul Gallico, it is not a typical war movie.
Image:A snow goose in flight. Photograph: RThompson/Aluma Images
Farrington House will be open for the public wishing to visit the Birkenhead Heritage
Society Museum from 2:00pm to 4:00 PM
Anzac Week Museum Open Times
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
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On April 25 Farrington House will be open in the morning for visitors
following on from the ANZAC parade. -
On April 27 Farrington House will be open from 2-4 pm for the usual fourth
Sunday opening. -
World War 1 memorabilia will be on display on all of these dates.
Sunday 13 April 2025 @ 1:00PM
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
On Sunday, April 13, starting at 1 PM at Farrington House, the speaker at our
monthly meeting will be Leonie Freeman. Leonie will share with us
the experiences of her great-uncle and grandfather during World War I.
This talk will help us remember what the war was like for ordinary New Zealanders
caught up in the war. Leonie will also discuss how she used primary resources
such as photos, letters, etc, to piece together the wartime experiences of her relatives.
Sunday 9 March 2025 @ 1:00 PM - The History of Northcote from 1900 to 1920
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
This is to remind everyone that we have David Verran, North Shore Historian
speaking at our Members' meeting Sunday, 9 March 2025, starting at 1 PM.
David's topic is Northcote "The History of Northcote from 1900 to 1920".
Some may recall David's popular talk in 2024 when he spoke on the 'Northcote Map'
on display at the BHS Museum. David's forthcoming talk will provide further
heritage insights and interesting facts on the Northcote area.
Sunday 9 February - The Birkenhead Drill
At Farrington House, the Birkenhead Heritage Society Museum, 44 Mahara Avenue,
Birkenhead.
Brian Potter, BHS committee member and local historian, will present a talk on
“The Birkenhead Drill.” The SS Birkenhead sank off the coast of South Africa
on February 26, 1852. Along with soldiers and sailors, women and children were
passengers. Brian will be telling us about what happened during the ship's sinking
and the long-term implications of these actions. There is a direct connection
between the survivors of this shipwreck and the survivors of the Titanic.
