Events In History
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7 February 1963Fifteen die in Northland bus tragedyFifteen people were killed and 21 injured, many severely, when a bus returning to Auckland from Waitangi Day celebrations in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip lost its brakes on Brynderwyn hill Read more...
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Locted where S. H. 1 begins to climb over the bush covered Brynderwyn Hills, 25 kms north east of Wellsford. Location of New Zealand's worst bus accident which resulted in the deaths of 15 people on 7 February 1963
Meaning of place name
The Welsh name for this locality may have been given by William Wright of Sydney, who received a Crown grant on 13 May 1858.
