Cambridge

Cambridge's Life Story.

By cco
  • King Tawhiao was born.

    King Tawhiao was born.

    King Tawhiao is the son of King Potatau and he moved to Lake Te ko Utu (Wash basin of sorrow).
  • Treaty of Waitangi

    Treaty of Waitangi

    The Treaty between the Maori and the British that shared there land but it was broken by the British, Then the Land Wars and Land courts started.
  • Land wars started

    Land wars started

    After the Treaty was broken The land wars started and the war raged on and on.
  • King Tawhiao's start

    King Tawhiao's start

    King Tawhiao became king and Lived at lake te ko utu and Went into the lake every time his messenger came back with news that they lost their land.
  • Cambridge established as a Town

    Cambridge established as a Town

    Cambridge became the real deal.
  • Land Courts started

    Land Courts started

    The Land courts were a thing only found in New Zealand which did what there name said, be courts about land and the messenger which was sent by king Tawhiao went there and came back and told King tawhiao about how they lost there lands in a unfair court house. They would then wash away their tears in the Wash basin of sorrow. (Lake Te Ko Utu).
  • Land wars ended

    Land wars ended

    End of the War between the maori and british they made peace.?
  • King tawhiao's end

    King tawhiao's end

    King Tawhiao's time of being king ended.
  • High level bridge created

    High level bridge created

    High level bridge got made and it is still up and able to be rid on , and a lot of people ride on it.
  • Town hall built

    Town hall built

    Town hall was built and now has a Theater/stage in it that you can have fun on but on if you have permission.
  • Sister towned with Le Quesnoy

    Sister towned with Le Quesnoy

    Le Quesnoy sister towned with Cambridge after we saved them for the Germans.
  • Anzac day

    Anzac day

    Anzac day became a thing and it's not really related to cambridge I still added it since cambridge did help in the war and it resembles new zealand as a whole.
  • The new Town Clock was built (Small Ben)

    The new Town Clock was built (Small Ben)

    THe cambridge town clock (Small Ben) was built and resides there in the center of town and the shops and is still very close to the cambridge town hall.
  • Fuel Tank Aviation Reserve 9 (AR9) Created

    Fuel Tank Aviation Reserve 9 (AR9) Created

    The AR9 created and used as a Fuel tank reserved for the war and got a lot and I mean a LOT of visits.
  • Fuel tank in lake te ko utu Emptied.

    Fuel tank in lake te ko utu Emptied.

    Emptied out and sat there waiting until 1950 when the Actual fuel tank got removed and now has a lot of graffiti and even more visits.
  • Cambridge and leamington combined

    Cambridge and leamington combined

    Cambridge and leamington combined into one town (sort of at least) and now they reside next to each other and leamington sits there classified as cambridge but not really.
  • Cambridge Museum

    Cambridge Museum

    Over took the cambridge land courts ground and transformed the land courts into the currently standing "Cambridge Museum".