This book reveals the history of Waimauku, a small country village in Auckland’s north-west, created on the back of ancient kauri forests and sustained, at first, by the miracle of the railway and then the produce of the land. It tells how the village began, the first immigrant families, the gum diggers then the first farmers. They all survived without roads, power or communications. While fighting for a share of scarce funds from a struggling government they took matters into their own hands just to get the roads, bridges, schools and facilities they needed. There were family feuds, tragedies and scandals, and changing fortunes, then the changing world brought windfalls and setbacks for many. (Historical Country Road)