Waihi and Districts Settler Register

This project is gathering family names of people who settled in Waihi and surrounding areas in the early days. Many early Waihi people have descendants scattered worldwide.

Due to the growing interest in family history, Waihi Arts Centre and Museum Association (WACMA) is recording known names onto a museum data base called PastPerfect. It is hoped this will assist with research queries and reconnect families.

Can you help provide some family history information?

If you have ancestral history information that can help us with the Settler Register, please download our Waihi and Ohinemuri Pioneer Family Register Form.

Boer and World War One Register

Below are files with lists of names of those with links to the Waihi / Ohinemuri region known to have served in the Boer War or World War One.

Please note:
Waihi became a Borough in 1902. Before then it was Ohinemuri County.
Key to text colours used in the files:

• Blue - found only in Waihi Jubilee Book.
• Red - found in other references but not in the Waihi Jubilee Book OR those served may be recorded in the Waihi Jubilee Book as killed in action (and vice versa).
• Black- found in all reference sources.

Boer War: 1899 - 1902
World War One: Those who Served
World War One: 1914 – 1918 "Lest We Forget" - Killed In Action or Died from Wounds or Died from Disease

Sea passenger links to Waihi

"From there to here" - Vessels relevant to passengers with Ohinemuri / Waihi Links

Vessels of river and sea

River and sea vessels that served the Ohinemuri /Waihi and Eastern Coast of Coromandel Peninsula