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Helensville is a rural service town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is sited 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Auckland, close to the southern extremity of the Kaipara Harbour. State Highway 16 passes through the town, connecting it to Waimauku 16 kilometres (10 mi) to the south, and Kaukapakapa about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the north-east.

Tāmaki Māori settled the southern Kaipara Harbour in the 13th or 14th centuries, drawn by the marine and forest resources. By the 15th century, the area had become home to some of the earliest pā sites in the Auckland Region.
Helensville was established as a kauri logging settlement in 1862, developing into a regional centre for the south Kaipara by the 1870s. Helensville became a major centre for the dairy industry between 1911 and the 1980s.(Wikipedia)

A recent claim to fame is the portrayal of the former Post Office in Helensville (see video) as the Police Station in the locally and internationally very popular NZ drama series " The Broken Wood Mysteries" currently with ten seasons under its belt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bro...

Old images via digital New Zealand https://digitalnz.org

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