Teamspiriters Episode 8: The Case for Curiosity with Robyn Pearce
Robyn, our Associate Creative Director, outlines her thoughts on the benefits of curiosity and how it’s helped to enhance each day.
Joyful Notes, Golden Hopes - How Music Shaped Thames by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 18, 2024
Music has the ability to entertain, provide comfort, lessen anxiety and uplift the spirit. The importance of entertainment was very evident during the heady, gold rush days of the 1800s in New Zealand, none more so than in Thames. Speculators and large companies brought new prosperity to Thames, a…
Thames Museum Series - The Story of Frederick Mills by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 29, 2025
While browsing through the museum collections, I was drawn to a photo of a gentleman in a uniform, with a number of medals pinned to his jacket. He appeared to have dressed carefully for the photo, with a sense of pride in his appearance and the uniform he was wearing.
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Intrepid Women of Thames - Stories from the Gold Rush Era by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 30, 2025
The women who settled in Thames during the gold rush of 1867 came from a variety of backgrounds and circumstances, which influenced their standing in the community. All classes were drawn to the goldfields by the prospect of striking it rich!
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A Forest of Giants - The kauri gum diggers of the Kauaeranga Valley by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 31, 2025
Kauri are among the largest and longest living trees in the world with two ancient giants, Tanenui and Tairua, recorded on the Coromandel Peninsula in 1986. (Ref: Te Ara, teara.govt.nz.) The Kauaeranga Valley was once filled with magnificent kauri trees, but with the arrival of the European settle…
The Story of Fred Sawyer by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 34, 2025
Most towns have their ‘good sorts’, local men and women who quietly and unassumingly contribute to their community, their dedication and involvement leaving a lasting and much-valued legacy. One such person was Frederick Sawyer, affectionately known as Fred.
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Another Famous Daughter of Thames: Veronica Cummings’ Legacy in Māori Portraits by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 35, 2025
Kathleen Veronica Cummings (08/01/1891 - 14/07/1948) was a New Zealand painter, and a student of Charles Goldie. Her work, Portrait of a Māori Woman, is part of the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. In 2020 an oil on canvas of Harata Rewiti Tarapata, circa 1910, sold for $32,000…
Rhona Haszard: The Thames Artist who Dreamed in Colour by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 37, 2026
A child of Thames, Alice Gwendoline Haszard, known as Rhona, remained an artist throughout her childhood and into adulthood – a short life however, that ended tragically at the age of 30 years.
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Shutterbug: Photography, History and Memories of the Past by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 38, 2026
The word photography comes from the Greek phōs meaning light, and graphé meaning drawing or writing. So, photography literally means drawing or writing with light...
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Walking the Hills with William Townson by Robyn Pearce - Coromind Issue 40, 2026
The following is a glimpse into the life of William Lewis Townson – a man who was dedicated to his botanical work, and had an expert knowledge of the native birds of New Zealand.
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