Paremata Residents Association, 1994. Dedication to previous owner's on the title page.

The anchor-stone of Kupe; moa bones on the Ngatitoa Domain and whale-bones on the beach; a young midshipman in a longboat engaging Maori warriors on Golden Gate; the bush falling, and rising again in the form of settlers' homes; gold-mining, oyster-farming; the coming of the railway; fishing and boatbuilding... all are part of The Paremata Story...