_i<j<_l*r!_Kl' tC ■*!! U t£e.m«»ic*l oW Maciri name, snugged away in a shingly corner of the exquisite Bay of Islands, saw the first hoisting of the Union Jack by Hobson, and the cutting down thereof hm H_.«- H.l« and the trag_c sack.ng of the town that followed. When th. paJceha. .ailed off and set up the capital at Auckland, Russell settled down into a dignified old a*e like anoldT ady i_lace and black silk but her ch«m.have recently been rediscovered by people in search of an idyllic holiday, and the chasing of the ferocious mako shark and the swordfi.h, which attract, sportsmen horn the enA, • 'the torld, h« brought _he L« £Z £y of Islands into a publicity of which even her most sanguine admirers never dreamed.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 9 January 1926, Page 21

_i < j < _l* r !_ Kl ' tC ■*!! U t £ e . m «» ic * l oW Maciri name, snugged away in a shingly corner of the exquisite Bay of Islands, saw the first hoisting of the Union Jack by Hobson, and the cutting down thereof hm H_.«- H.l« and the trag_c sack.ng of the town that followed. When th. paJceha. .ailed off and set up the capital at Auckland, Russell settled down into a dignified old a*e like anoldT ady i_lace and black silk but her ch«m.have recently been rediscovered by people in search of an idyllic holiday, and the chasing of the ferocious mako shark and the swordfi.h, which attract, sportsmen ho rn the enA, • 'the torld, h« brought _he L« £Z £y of Islands into a publicity of which even her most sanguine admirers never dreamed.