Pukekura Park History 1977 - 2022
1977
13 1 1977 Fred parker concerned about orchids on decline (TH)
13 1 1977 Jack Goodwin (TDN)
15 1 1977 Jack Goodwin (TH)
7 4 1977 NPBHS students upgrading Maranui track (TH)
27 4 1977 Cleaning Poets bridge (TH)
2 7 1977 Giant puriri (TDN)
5 8 1977 Lawson cypress for park lake banks (TH)
18 8 1977 Dead Spanish chestnut trimmed (TDN)
18 8 1977 Dead Spanish chestnut trimmed (TDN)
24 9 1977 Repair to sportsground terraces (TH)
28 11 1977 Fernery 50th anniversary (TH)
19 12 1977 Replacement of the Waterwheel bridge (TH)
24 12 1977 Fernery 50th anniversary (TH)
1978
25 1 1978 Fernery jubilee preparations (TH)
30 1 1978 Display house popular (TH)
30 1 1978 Fernery jubilee ceremonial planting (TDN)
11 3 1978 Park walk organised by Jack Goodwin (TDN)
14 3 1978 International cricket unlikely at Pukekura Park (TH)
29 3 1978 Drinking Fountain picture(TH)
29 3 1978 George Fuller controlling waterwheel flow (TH)
29 3 1978 waterwheel picture (TH)
11 4 1978 Men working on Fountain Lake (TH)
14 6 1978 Fordson tractor retired from park service (TH)
18 8 1978 Maple tree being moved (TH)
13 9 1978 Jaycees push for monkey cage (TDN)
13 12 1978 Horticultural trainee Miles King (TH)
14 12 1978 Vandalism in the park (TH)
23 12 1978 Summer entertainment in the park (TH)
28 12 1978 Various form of entertainment at the park (TDN)
1979
3 1 1979 Crowds at the park (TH)
4 1 1979 Summer bloom (TH)
4 2 1979 21 years of the Bowl of Brooklands (SE)
30 4 1979 Desilting main lake – picture (TH)
6 6 1979 Fitting retaining wall to edge of main lake – picture (TH)
6 7 1949 Park boat operator Neil Old – picture (TH)
1 9 1979 Monkey cage almost ready – picture (TDN)
10 11 1979 Monkey house almost ready (TDN)
28 11 1979 D V Pascoe planting flowers under dead chestnut tree – picture (TDN)
28 11 1979 Installing lights (TH)
14 12 1979 Delay in arrival of monkeys (TDN)
19 12 1979 Monkeys arrive in the country (TDN)
28 12 1979 Powerboat racing in the main lake (TDN)
1980
16 1 1980 Sailing on the main lake – picture (TH)
24 1 1980 Monkeys finally arrive at New Plymouth – picture (TDN)
21 2 1980 Monkeys popular (TDN)
6 3 1980 NPBH students pulling out crow’s feet grass – picture (TDN)
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2 8 1980 Grumpy Capuchin monkey – picture (TDN)
22 12 1980 Carols at the Bowl – Picture (TH)
1981
2 1 1981 orchid Coelogyne padurata – picture (TH)
21 12 1981 Carols by Candlelight a success (TH)
1982
7 1 1982 Model boats on Fountain Lake – picture (TDN)
13 1 1982 Felled Monterey pine – picture (TH)
28 1 1982 Jetboats on the Main Lake – picture (TDN)
28 1 1982 Pine tree falls destroying other trees – picture (TH)
4 3 1982 Liardet Street gates being sandblasted – Picture (TH)
8 6 1982 Frothy waterfall – picture (TH)
29 6 1982 Fountain pump being reinstalled – picture (TH)
27 9 1982 Western Hillside tree felling begins – picture (TH)
1 10 1982 Tree felling (TH)
1 10 1982 Tree felling on the western hillside (TDN)
2 10 1982 Last act in pine sage (TH)
5 10 1982 New park skyline – pictures (TH)
15 8 1982 George Fuller profile (TDN)
14 11 1982 Bowl of Brooklands – picture (SE)
18 11 1982 Work starts on park kiosk flower beds – picture (TH)
20 11 1982 Yellow firebricks used on Brooklands shrubberies – picture (TH)
18 12 1982 New gardens at kiosk nearing completion – picture (TH)
19 12 1982 Pukekura Park Summer Programme (SE)
1983
3 2 1983 Old clinker-built boat bought for the lake – picture (TDN)
5 4 1983 Waterfall vandalism (TH)
9 4 1983 New gate being installed at zoo – picture (TH)
28 5 1983 New path being created on western hillside – picture (TH)
9 6 1983 New vantage point on western hillside – picture (TH)
23 7 1983 New gas pipeline being laid to the fernery – picture (TH)
25 7 1983 Children’s playground – picture (TDN)
5 9 1983 Preparing to re-sow the sportsground – picture (TH)
22 9 1983 Construction progress on new tractor shed – picture (TH)
22 11 1983 Cutting construction by the Tea House (TH)
22 12 1983 Tall pine being adorned with xmas lights – picture (TDN)
1984
10 3 1984 Legends of The Poets Bridge (TH)
26 6 1984 Clinker built boats wanted for park lake – picture (TH)
18 7 1984 Sportsground terraces being repaired – picture (TH)
24 7 1984 New drinking fountain installed for joggers – picture (TH)
20 8 1984 Clinker-built boat donated to park – picture (TH)
22 9 1984 Flower-bed construction outside Tea House – picture (TH)
6 10 1984 Iolanthe Small 40 years at the park – picture (TH)
4 12 1984 Rose garden proposal for Brooklands (TH)
15 12 1984 Pukekura Park summer programme (TH)
1985
7 1 1985 Summer activities in the park (TH)
28 1 1985 Youth drowns in lake (TH)
4 7 1985 Clinker-built boat donated – picture (TH)
8 8 1985 Hatchery Lawn Cascade revival – pictures (TDN)
3 10 1985 Repairs to sportsground terraces – picture (TH)
9 11 1985 Hatchery Lawn Cascade – picture (TDN)
9 11 1985 The Gables opened as art gallery – pictures (TDN)
12 11 1985 Notable Tree panels added to park trees (TH)
19 11 1985 Brooklands puriri – picture (TH)
19 11 1985 Giant puriri (TH)
3 12 1985 Bird catching plant – picture (TH)
23 12 1985 Carols by candlelight – pictures (TDN)
1986
20 1 1986 New monkeys for the zoo – picture (TH)
21 1 1986 Pines of Pukekura – picture (TH)
7 8 1986 New glass house at fernery – picture (TH)
8 9 1886 Band Rotunda getting makeover for its anniversary – picture (TH)
1 10 1986 Plans for toddlers playground – picture (TH)
18 11 1986 Gover Street sections sale resurfaces. (TH)
21 11 1986 Wendy Snowdon found unconsciouss in Brooklands (TH)
13 12 1986 Electricians installing cross on top of tall pine – picture (TH)
17 12 1986 Play area improved for toddlers – picture (TH)
1987
14 1 1987 Christmas lights – picture (TH)
18 2 1987 Park outdoor movies in jeopardy. (TH)
12 3 1987 New pre-school play area – picture (TH)
14 3 1987 Band Rotunda jubilee (TDN)
16 3 1987 Band Rotunda centenary celebration (TH)
28 3 1987 Swings trap bigger kids – picture (TH)
23 4 1987 Fountain light need re-seating. (TH)
11 5 1987 Park acquires two white swans – picture (TH)
16 6 1987 New observation deck next to Tea House – picture (TH)
15 7 1987 New observation deck next to Tea House – picture (TH)
16 6 1987 watering the waterfall – picture (TDN)
31 10 1987 New playground opened – picture (TH)
1988
27 1 1988 Eel hunt – picture (TDN)
27 1 1988 Hundreds attend Eel hunt (TH)
30 1 1988 Lighting display extended a week – picture (TH)
22 4 1988 Safer children’s playground (TDN)
7 5 1988 Possible enlargement of sportsground – picture (TH)
24 5 1988 Tree trimming – picture (TH)
25 6 1988 Cyclone Bola aftermath – pictures (TH)
18 8 1988 Old park photo presented to Mayor – picture (TH)
21 9 1988 pavilion modifications (TH)
26 11 1988 Summer programme – picture (TH)
30 11 1988 Park hit by graffiti – picture (TH)
1 12 1988 Vandalism annoying – picture (TDN)
9 12 1988 pavilion modifications (TH)
30 12 1988 Pavilion extension opened – picture (TH)
1989
25 1 1989 Annual eel hunt (TH)
8 2 1989 Park lights to be shown in U.S. (TH)
8 2 1989 Pavilion mods cost blowout (TH)
16 9 1989 Park sections sale plan (TDN)
23 9 1989 Outrage over Park sale plan (TDN)
10 10 1989 Park land sale in limbo (TDN)
21 10 1989 60 year anniversary of park handover – pictures (TDN)
12 11 1989 George Fuller retires (weekender)
15 11 1989 Waterwheel nearing completion (weekender)
1990
7 2 1990 Electrical explosion scares people (TDN)
20 3 1990 Park land lease (TDN)
28 9 1990 Pig roaming the park (TDN)
26 10 1990 Historic poem discovered (TDN)
3 11 1990 George Fuller retirement – picture (TDN)
3 11 1990 George Fuller retires – picture (TDN)
24 11 1990 Renovating fountain lake jetty – picture (TDN)
1991
19 1 1991 Park tour – picture (TDN)
8 2 1991 Sportsground terraces in need of repair. (TDN)
25 2 1991 Thomas Horton family gathering – picture (TDN)
27 2 1991 Tracks damaged by horse riding – picture (Midweek)
23 4 1991 Terrace erosion repair (TDN)
30 4 1991 New maps for the park (TDN)
19 9 1991 Dangerous pine trees to be felled – picture (TDN)
12 10 1991 Pine tree being felled – picture (TDN)
22 10 1991 Playground matting (TDN)
1992
8 1 1992 Iolanthe Small retirement – picture (TDN)
13 2 1992 Mike Nicholls new park manager (TDN)
7 3 1992 Hillside is a hidden corner (TDN)
7 7 1992 Plaque taken from main entrance (TDN)
19 9 1992 Park heart of city (TDN)
10 10 1992 Residents to have say in park management (TDN)
30 10 1997 Feedback received on park management plan (TDN)
24 11 1992 Curator slams wayward visitors (TDN)
1993
7 1 1993 Boy drowns in main lake (TDN)
12 1 1993 Walsh Appliance Eel Hunt -picture (TDN)
6 3 1993 Brooklands chimney being restored – picture (TDN)
7 10 1993 Draft management plan findings (TDN)
27 11 1993 Focus on the park fernery (TDN)
10 12 1993 Waterwheel makes comeback (TDN)
30 12 1993 Festival of the Lights – picture (TDN)
1994
1995
11 1 1995 Annual eel hunt – picture (TDN)
14 1 1995 No plans to use life jackets (TDN)
6 3 1995 Searchlight tattoo – picture (TDN)
7 4 1995 Fernery featured on TV – picture (TDN)
22 4 1995 Park future bleak (TDN)
22 5 1995 George Fuller ponders lake health – picture (TDN)
25 5 1995 FOPP back call to save lakes – picture (TDN)
27 5 1995 Council welcomes FOPP involvement in park (TDN)
30 6 1995 FOPP meeting
14 7 1995 Victoria Road car park under construction (TDN)
20 7 1995 Oil industry equipment considered for cleaning lakes (TDN)
27 7 1995 Waterfall and fountain at push of a button (TDN)
30 10 1995 Protect natural beauty of park
27 11 1995 Fernery focus (TDN)
1996
27 2 1996 Birth in the park (TDN)
14 3 1996 Councillors mixed views on fernery plan (TDN)
15 3 1996 Committee recommends silt removal from lakes (TDN)
March 1996 cricket wicket being replaced
26 4 1996 Watter high on agenda for FOPP (TDN)
29 4 1996 Water quality in the park
8 5 1996 Park on NZ stamps (TDN)
17 6 1996 Alan Jellyman on parks future (TDN)
5 7 1996 Jack Goodwin leaves NP with mixed feelings (TDN)
8 15 8 1996 Bowl renovation begins – picture (TDN)
24 9 1996 Desilting main lake – picture (TDN)
22 11 1996 Roof for Bowl (TDN)
23 11 1996 Upgrade for Fernery (TDN)
11 12 1996 Park mural (midweek)
1997
15 4 1997 George Fuller with boy born in park (TDN)
15 4 1997 Spraying in the park possible health risk (TDN)
3 6 1997 Plans to raise Fernery roof (TDN)
13 6 1997 George Fuller in retirement. – pictures (TDN)
18 6 1997 Fernery roof plans (midweek)
23 7 1997 Question on silt (TDN)
8 8 1997 Jack Goodwin story -part1 (TDN)
8 8 1997 Jack Goodwin story – part 2 (TDN)
16 8 97 Fernery upgrade on hold (TDN)
22 12 1997 Health check on water quality (TDN)
1998
13 1 1998 Railway proposal (TDN)
Park fernery to be upgraded
16 6 1998 Replacing trees in Liardet Street (TDN)
22 7 1998 New signs for park (Midweek)
28 7 1998 Ian McDowell surveys damage – picture (TDN)
26 8 1998 Dredging lake (TDN)
6 9 1998 fernery upgrade (TDN)
25 11 1998 Fernery upgrade part 1 (TDN)
25 11 1998 Fernery upgrade part 2 (TDN)
17 12 1998 Saywell motors donate golf buggy – picture (TDN)
22 12 1998 Boat kiosk torched – picture (TDN)
23 12 1998 Vandalism (TDN)
30 12 1998 New kauri trees vandalised (TDN)
1999
31 3 1999 Friends of Pukekura Park buggy trips (midweek)
13 4 1999 Swan returns (TDN)
20 4 1999 Park buggy (TDN)
23 6 1999 New park manager wanted (midweek)
25 6 1999 Ian McDowell
4 9 1999 Brian Gould appointed (TDN)
29 9 1999 New Mobility buggy (midweek)
12 11 1999 Job was fate – Brian Gould (TDN)
17 11 1999 Brian Gould takes over (midweek)
17 11 1999 New park book (midweek)
19 11 1999 Scanlan Walk named (TDN)
24 11 1999 Park lights stolen (midweek)
12 12 1999 Tulip tree felled (midweek)
2000
14 2 2000 Park upgrade (TDN)
4 3 2000 Alan Jellyman retirement part 1(TDN)
4 3 2000 Alan Jellyman retirement part 2 (TDN)
4 3 2000 Alan Jellyman retirement part 3 -picture (TDN)
17 3 2000 Tagging eels (TDN)
9 6 2000 Ailsa McCrone (TDN)
28 8 2000 Fernery upgrades (TDN)
28 8 2000 Rhododendrons being trimmed (TDN)
2 9 2000 Upgraded fernery opens (TDN)
6 11 2000 Trees vandalized (TDN)
23 11 2000 Ian McDowell dies (TDN)
20 12 2000 Pake lakes in need of attention (TDN)
27 12 2000 Council to track creeping weed (TDN)
2001
31 1 2001 Fish friendly waterways (midweek)
23 3 2001 Wetland walkway (TDN)
27 3 2001 Wetland (midweek)
28 3 2001 Focus on lakes (midweek)
2 4 2001 Eels get chance to breed (TDN)
16 5 2001 Something fishy going on (midweek)
18 5 2001 Torii Gates opened (TDN)
18 5 2001 Torii Gates opening
23 5 2001 Torii Gates opened
30 5 2001 125 year Anniversary (TDN)
30 5 2001 Palm planting
1 6 2001 Improving Bowl area (TDN)
30 6 2001 Swan killed by dog (TDN)
3 7 2001 Second swan killed (TDN)
4 7 2001 Swan deaths (midweek)
1 8 2001 Wetland gets walkway (TDN)
14 11 2001 Wetland gets flooded (Midweek)
2002
4 1 2002 Ailsa McCrone retires (TDN)
12 1 2002 Orchids promise a great show (TDN)
23 1 2002 Wetland to get spruce-up (Midweek)
26 1 2002 Pest fish in the gun (TDN)
28 3 2002 Jellyman and Fuller – picture (TDN)
22 5 2002 Move to label park trees (midweek)
26 6 2002 Documentary to celebrate parks birthday (Midweek)
3 7 2002 Park in line for major changes (TDN)
4 7 2002 Need for care with park changes (TDN)
23 9 2002 Talk of tree-top walkway (TDN)
23 9 2002 Treetop walkway part 1 (TDN)
23 9 2002 Treetop walkway part 2 (TDN)
24 9 2002 kauri felling (TDN)
25 9 2002 Work planned for Kauri Grove (Midweek)
8 10 2002 Opposition to tree-top walk (TDN)
29 10 2002 Last Samurai planning (TDN)
31 10 2002 Festival of lights to get boost (TDN)
31 10 2002 Parkscape to change operations
13 11 2002 Kauri get the chop (TDN)
21 11 2002 Hatchery stage built (TDN)
25 11 2002 Accident with buggy (TDN)
14 12 2002 Park stop feeding ducks (TDN)
2003
13 2 2003 Outrage at Firebugs targeting park (TDN)
14 2 2003 Prestigious award for Alan Jellyman (TDN)
20 2 2003 Last Samurai at the sportsground (TDN)
9 5 2003 Cycling issue in the park (TDN)
4 6 2003 Jack Goodwin Honoured (TDN)
7 6 2003 Safety laws hit zoo volunteers (TDN)
12 6 2003 Scanlan lookout opened (TDN)
25 6 2003 Lama Samten visits park (TDN)
27 6 2003 Tree felling plan (TDN)
3 7 2003 Kauri trees in the park (TDN)
30 7 2003 David Bellamy visits park (TDN)
18 8 2003 Cutting kauri an investment for the future (TDN)
6 9 2003 Torrey Pine struck by lightning (TDN)
10 9 2003 Bold plans for park (TDN)
11 9 2003 Fullers opposition to bold plan (TDN)
12 9 2003 Discussions about bold plan for park (TDN)
17 9 2003 Park plans up in the air (midweek)
30 9 2003 Band Rotunda facelift – picture (TDN)
4 10 2003 Public to have say on park plans (TDN)
7 10 2003 Kunming offer Pagoda (TDN)
7 10 2003 Mobility scooters introduced to park (TDN)
14 10 2003 Pagoda set to go-ahead (TDN)
16 10 2003 Views sought on park management plan (Midweek)
28 10 2003 Waterwheel to be renewed part 1 (TDN)
28 10 2003 Waterwheel to be renewed part 2 (TDN)
17 12 2003 TSB donate 4 mobility scooters (Midweek)
2004
12 2 2004 Council berated over care of park (TDN)
13 2 2004 Mayor defends park staff (TDN)
14 2 2004 Council revises Park management Plan (TDN)
18 2 2004 Park woes (Midweek)
19 2 2004 Praise for park staff (TDN)
27 2 2004 Car ban upsets elderly (TDN)
5 3 2004 Palm tree cut down by vandals
5 3 2004 park in limbo but still garden of national significance a (TDN)
5 3 2004 park in limbo but still garden of national significance b (TDN)
31 3 2004 Disabled regain access to parking (TDN)
7 4 2004 No cycling signs installed (midweek)
30 4 2004 Scanlan lookout opened (TDN)
4 5 2004 Trial vehicle access to kiosk (TDN)
26 5 2004 Kunming garden proposal accepted (TDN)
2 6 2004 Gables studio moved (midweek)
2 6 2004 Opinion sought on Chinese garden (Midweek)
30 6 2004 New disabled parking spots opened (midweek)
30 6 2004 Submissions for Chinese garden closed (midweek)
5 7 2004 Additional funding for park (TDN)
22 7 2004 Kunming Garden gets green light (TDN)
28 7 2004 Plan for Kunming Garden (midweek)
16 10 2004 75 years since park handed over to council (TDN)
18 10 2004 75 year memorial celebration (TDN)
13 12 2004 Work starts on Kunming Garden TDN)
17 11 2004 Park used as rubbish dump (TDN)
17 12 2004 Work starts on Waterwheel replacement (TDN)
2005
11 1 2005 Questions to shed light on park profile
8 2 2005 Caterers moving on (TDN)
11 2 2005 Kiosk due for upgrade and change of operators
12 2 2005 Kunming Garden progress (TDN)
13 1 2005 Kunming garden progress (TDN)
24 2 2005 Kunming Garden opening scheduled
28 2 2005 Kunming Garden opening
30 3 2005 Kunming opening (Midweek)
4 5 2005 Kiosk operators leave after 26 years
3 6 2005 More views sought on park development
18 6 2005 Bureaucrats must be careful (TDN)
7 7 2005 new waterwheel under construction (TDN)
11 7 2005 Park to have new waterwheel
13 7 2005 Park work is on track (TDN)
20 7 2005 Kiosk Kaput (TDN)
20 7 2005 Playgrounds to get new toilets (TDN)
26 7 2005 Park friends angry at damage (TDN)
23 8 2005 Future of kiosk up for discussion
10 9 2005 Tea House to be rebuilt (TDN)
14 9 2005 Council changes step over kiosk
21 9 2005 Kiosk pair not the bad guys (Midweek)
1 11 2005 New waterwheel being installed (TDN)
10 11 2005 Jack Goodwin dies (TDN)
20 11 2005 New waterwheel
2006
21 1 2006 Rock in the right place (TDN)
25 1 2006 Support for Park plan (Midweek) (TDN)
28 1 2006 One man’s vision (TDN)
1 2 2006 Tea House refurbishment (Midweek) (TDN)
8 2 2006 Tea House (Midweek)
8 2 2006 Tea House to remain (Midweek)
22 2 2006 Hatchery stage vandalised (Midweek) (TDN)
4 3 2006 Events manager quits (TDN)
15 3 2006 Park copes with onslaught (Midweek)
19 5 2006 Ken Davey (TDN)
19 5 2006 Ken Davey a (TDN)
2 6 2006 Medway on birds (TDN)
2 6 2006 Sculpture to go ahead (TDN)
21 6 2006 Park centre approved (TDN)
22 6 2006 Tree being removed – picture (TDN)
2 8 2006 Tea House facelift (Midweek) (TDN)
9 8 2006 Boatbuilder (Midweek)
9 8 2006 Mungo the red panda arrives (Midweek)
14 8 2006 Mungo (TDN)
14 8 2006 Tea House should be open for summer (TDN)
18 8 2006 New Parks manager (TDN)
6 9 2006 Tea House set to open (Midweek)
29 9 2006 Work on west terrace (TDN)
17 11 2006 Curator set to return (TDN)
22 11 2006 Curator set to return (midweek)
14 12 2006 New curator (TDN)
28 12 2006 New curator looking forward to challenge (TDN)
2007
10 1 2007 Jenny Goddard on Tea House refurbishment (Midweek)
24 1 2007 Duck need more than luck (Midweek)
24 1 2007 Garden of national significance (Midweek)
26 1 2007 Drinking fountain vandalized (TDN)
31 1 2007 Smithers sculpture (TDN)
7 2 2007 smithers sculpture (Midweek)
21 2 2007 Michael Smither (Midweek)
22 2 2007 No haste considering sculpture (TDN)
28 2 2007 Sculpture hits snag (Midweek)
7 3 2007 Information centre on hold (TDN)
4 4 2007 Sculpture backed by council (TDN)
11 4 2007 Council approve sculpture (Midweek)
18 4 2007 Curator based at park (Midweek)
20 6 2007 Park mentioned in Wisden (Midweek)
26 6 2007 Park on NZ Monopoly (TDN)
27 7 2007 Wisden entry (TDN)
4 7 2007 Sculpture rethink (Midweek)
16 7 2007 Lemurs new to the zoo (TDN)
18 7 2007 Lemurs sunbathing (Midweek)
2 8 2007 Grant for website (TDN)
5 9 2007 Sculpture in progress (Midweek)
6 9 2007 New Waterwheel broken being repaired (TDN)
13 9 2007 drinking fountain being restored (TDN)
26 9 2007 Sculpture complete (TDN)
10 10 2007 Sculpture not spinning (Midweek)
7 11 2007 New Park booklet (Midweek)
10 11 2007 Heritage award for tea house (TDN)
21 11 2007 Trees planted to mark centenary (TDN)
2008
9 1 2008 50 years of the Bowl (Midweek)
9 1 2008 Bowl 50th anniversary (Midweek)
9 1 2008 First Park walk part 1 (Midweek)
9 1 2008 First Park walk part 2 (Midweek)
16 1 2008 Second Park walk (Midweek)
23 1 2008 Third Park walk (Midweek)
26 1 2008 Fernery 80 years old (TDN)
29 1 2008 Fernery 80 years old (TDN)
30 1 2008 Fourth Park walk part 1(Midweek)
30 1 2008 Fourth Park walk part 2 (Midweek)
5 2 2008 Maranui track upgrade starts (TDN)
6 2 2008 Fifth Park walk part 1 (Midweek)
6 2 2008 Fifth Park walk part 2 (Midweek)
9 2 2008 Grimace the gorilla (TDN)
13 2 2008 Bowl of Brooklands cartoon (Midweek)
13 2 2008 Model of bowl built by Robin Sinclair (Midweek)
13 2 2008 Park walks part 6a (Midweek)
13 2 2008 Park walks part 6b (Midweek)
13 2 2008 Sixth Park walk part 1 (Midweek)
13 2 2008 Sixth Park walk part 2 (Midweek)
20 2 2008 Bowl anniversary display (Midweek)
27 2 2008 New staff for zoo (TDN)
1 3 2008 Chris Connolly (TDN)
16 4 2008 Sportsground terraces to be strengthened (Midweek)
23 4 2008 Primula Dell restored (Midweek)
21 5 2008 New animals for zoo (Midweek)
30 7 2008 New female capuchins (TDN)
13 8 2008 New otter at zoo (Midweek)
12 9 2008 $4000 dollar donation to fernery (TDN)
24 9 2008 Park update (Midweek)
22 10 2008 New electric buggy (TDN)
22 10 2008 Zoo drainage improvements (Midweek)
26 11 2008 Work on southern terrace (Midweek)
9 12 2008 Brooklands Norfolk pine trimmed (TDN)
2009
18 2 2009 Lakes disgusting (Midweek)
4 3 2009 Lakes water quality issues (Midweek)
7 3 2009 vandals attack cricket ground (TDN)
10 3 2009 King family get together (TDN)
27 5 2009 Kete website launch (TDN)
11 6 2009 Friends battle for park trees (TDN)
15 6 2009 Campaign to save trees (TDN)
17 6 2009 Campaign to save trees (TDN)
17 6 2009 New bowl access road (Midweek)
18 6 2009 Bowl access issue (TDN)
18 6 2009 Bowl access issue a (TDN)
19 06 Bowl access tree issues (TDN)
19 06 Bowl access tree issues a (TDN)
20 6 2009 Racing club wrongly blamed for access road issues (TDN)
22 6 2009 Fuller campaign to save tree (TDN)
24 6 2009 Bowl access road issue (TDN)
25 6 2009 Battle to save tree (TDN)
27 6 2009 Access Road to Bowl summary part 1(TDN)
27 6 2009 Access road to Bowl summary part 2(TDN)
27 6 2009 Puriri tree near bowl access saved. part 1(TDN)
27 6 2009 Puriri tree near bowl access saved. part 2(TDN)
30 6 2009 Road row damaged council standing (TDN)
1 7 2009 George Fuller (TDN)
1 7 2009 Waterwheel under repair (Midweek)
6 7 2009 Lake covered for concert (TDN)
8 7 2009 Debate over covering bowl lake (TDN)
15 7 2009 Bowl seating plan annoys (Midweek)
25 7 2009 Friends fear for Bowl lake (TDN)
10 8 2009 Access issue resolved (TDN)
22 08 2009 Bowl access road contract let (TDN)
26 08 2009 Wisteria to get new pergola (Midweek)
8 9 2009 Work starts on access road (TDN)
29 9 2009 Ground water monitoring holes being bored. (TDN)
20 10 2009 Kauri trees may have problem (TDN)
21 10 2009 Poets Bridge being refurbished (TDN)
10 11 2009 Bowl access road nearly finished (TDN)
17 11 2009 Kauri not suffering from kauri rot (TDN)
20 11 2009 Curator makes presence felt (TDN)
28 11 2009 Wisteria support finished (TDN)
2 12 2009 Cricket practice nets proposal not welcomed (TDN)
8 12 2009 Lake weed removal (TDN)
9 12 2009 Cricket net queries (TDN)
10 12 2009 Cricket net queries (TDN)
26 12 2009 George Fuller (TDN)
2010
1 1 2010 George Fuller Man of the year (TDN)
18 1 2010 Arsonist attack trees (TDN)
30 3 2010 Cricket practice nets (TDN)
31 3 2010 Nets plan sent for approval (TDN)
3 4 2010 Cricket nets debate (TDN)
21 4 2010 Nets get approved (TDN)
24 4 2010 Nets went to casting vote (TDN)
27 4 2010 Nets casting vote rule clarified (TDN)
14 5 2010 Kunming pavilion timber rotting (TDN)
25 6 2010 Cricket nets hit snag (TDN)
26 6 2010 Cricket nets water problem clarification (TDN)
8 7 2010 Mision to save Boris the eel (TDN)
10 7 2010 Boris off the hook (TDN)
14 7 2010 Mungo the red panda died (TDN)
14 7 2010 Operation to catch feral cats (TDN)
21 7 2010 Feral cats trapped (Midweek)
21 7 2010 Fountain nozzles being repaired (Midweek)
21 7 2010 Waterwheel removed for repairs (TDN)
28 7 2010 Park update (TDN)
22 9 2010 Fernery upgrade resumes (TDN)
29 9 2010 Waterfall boulders removed (Midweek)
8 10 2010 Vandals torch playground (TDN)
29 10 2010 Backyard garden created at zoo (TDN)
24 12 2010 Meerkats arrive at zoo (TDN)
2011
25 1 2011 Brookland copper beech collapsed (TDN)
29 1 2011 Park copper beech to be removed (TDN)
1 2 2011 Fate of fallen copper beech timber (TDN)
26 3 2011 Zoo playground to be updated (Midweek)
4 5 2011 Friendship plaque unveiled (Midweek)
24 8 2011 Aging boats replaced with plastic lookalikes (TDN)
10 11 2011 Nets site wrong place (TDN)
10 11 2011 Park loses one-dayers (TDN)
23 11 2011 TSB backs nets (TDN)
24 11 2011 TSB backs nets (TDN)
2012
6 1 2012 Drunk teen creates havoc (TDN)
14 1 2012 Judge jails park hooligan (TDN)
22 1 2012 Bolivian monkeys arrive at zoo (TD)
2 2 2012 Council to call for nets tender (TDN)
3 2 2012 Nets decision brings ODI back (TDN)
13 2 2012 Firebugs torch toilets (TDN)
24 2 2012 Container loos to the rescue (TDN)
24 2 2012 Fibre optic cables for the park (TDN)
24 2 2012 Monarchs at Brooklands (TDN)
28 2 2012 Nets to start construction (TDN)
7 3 2012 Band rotunda 125 years old (Midweek)
21 3 2012 Damage to fernery from storm (TDN)
23 3 2012 Chemical containers harmless (TDN)
30 3 2012 Nets construction under way (TDN)
14 4 2012 Nets less intrusive (TDN)
18 4 2012 Bolivian squirrel monkeys arrive (Midweek)
18 4 2012 Illegal dump to be covered with clay (TDN)
18 4 2012 Monkeys delight visitors (Midweek)
18 6 2012 Stage 3 of fernery upgrade to begin (TDN)
28 6 2012 Park wins certificate of excellence (TDN)
18 7 2012 Monkey needs a name (Midweek)
1 8 2012 Monkey named (TDN)
6 8 2012 New wetlands to keep park lakes cleaner (TDN)
6 9 2012 Work starts on new Brooklands toilets (TDN)
25 9 2012 Old boats for sale (TDN)
26 9 2012 Old boats for sale (Midweek)
2 10 2012 Boat bonus for park (TDN)
4 10 2012 Silt trap to be built (TDN)
10 10 2012 Fernery to get new roof (TDN)
17 11 2012 Park lakes to be cleaned (TDN)
28 11 2012 Park lake cleanout to cost more (TDN)
12 12 2012 Cricket nets completed (TDN)
2013
10 1 2013 Nets ready for inspection (TDN)
26 2 2013 playground set for upgrade (TDN)
2 3 2013 Opposition to playground update (TDN)
12 3 2013 Stags delighted with practice nets (TDN)
13 4 2013 Cherry trees get felled at Kaimata St entrance (TDN)
17 4 2013 Park entrances to get smartened up (Midweek)
19 4 2013 Band Rotunda closed for restoration (TDN)
21 6 2013 Zoo gets Blue Tongue Skinks (TDN)
25 6 2013 Playground upgrade begins with for removal (TDN)
26 6 2013 New birds at Brooklands (Midweek)
27 6 2013 Zoo receives Australian brolga (TDN)
6 7 2013 Lake banks reinforced with geotextile bags (TDN)
9 8 2013 New playground equipment being installed (TDN)
12 8 2013 Lake desilting equipment arrives (TDN)
4 9 2013 Lake cleanup abandoned (TDN)
8 10 2013 David Medway Obituary (TDN)
18 10 2013 Playground ready for opening (TDN)
1 11 2013 Orchid man of Pukekura (TDN)
7 11 2013 Playground slides to be installed (TDN)
8 11 2013 Charlie the cockatoo (TDN)
13 11 2013 Playground slides to be installed (Midweek)
19 11 2013 Water toy added to playground (TDN)
2014
9 1 2014 Park recognised as world class (TDN)
30 1 2013 Golden tree erected (TDN)
28 2 2014 Buggy vandalized (TDN)
1 3 2014 Buggy vandals caught (TDN)
2 4 2014 Lake desilting left for another year. (TDN)
12 5 2014 Lake just a duck pond (TDN)
13 5 2014 Park gets new buggy (TDN)
14 5 2014 Park lake not just a duck pond (TDN)
28 5 2014 Park inspires children’s book (Midweek)
13 6 2014 Changes to fernery house 2 (TDN)
18 6 2014 Work on lake outlets to start (Midweek)
21 7 2014 Tea House (TDN)
30 7 2014 Goldfish are gone but eels are thriving (TDN)
30 7 2014 lake outlet work finished (Midweek)
8 9 2014 Duckling dare (TDN)
2015
11 3 2015 Band Rotunda back in business (Midweek)
30 3 2015 Possum control plan (TDN)
1 4 2015 Fillis Street wall to be replaced (Midweek)
22 6 2015 George Fuller dies (TDN)
31 7 2015 Zoo acquires leopard geckos (TDN)
12 8 2015 Kunming pavilion rotting (Midweek)
26 8 2015 Brooklands nature walk to be updated (Midweek)
16 9 2015 Suffrage Day Camellia planting (Midweek)
8 12 2015 Bug hotel opens at zoo (TDN)
15 12 2015 New Cell Tower proposed to fix Bowl web woes (TDN)
18 12 2015 Rust-like bins appear in park (TDN)
22 12 2015 15000 attend Christmas at the bowl (TDN)
22 12 2015 New rubbish bins (TDN)
