<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Birkenhead Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Birkenhead Museum preserves and shares the history of Birkenhead and Auckland's North Shore through exhibitions, archives and community stories.]]></description><link>https://www.birkenheadmuseum.org.nz/localstories</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:30:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.birkenheadmuseum.org.nz/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Catholic Worship in​Northcote-Birkenhead (1902 - 1974)]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Until 1902 local Catholics were served by St Patricks in the centre of Auckland, but from 1902 to 1903 the Devonport based Father...]]></description><link>https://www.birkenheadmuseum.org.nz/post/catholic-worship-in-northcote-birkenhead-1902-1974</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64093a073e15f54c42e4c9f9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 01:45:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_076b925b7fb743cd953f86aa7c9915c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>birkenheadheritage</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Birkenhead Names]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a committee meeting,Glad Durham put on his thinking cap and came up with the following list of old Birkenhead place names. 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After a few months I joined the Army and at the end of our...]]></description><link>https://www.birkenheadmuseum.org.nz/post/beach-haven-the-first-time-i-ever-saw-this-place</link><guid isPermaLink="false">639393b67da4be700b3d0665</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f06067_0a40924d9a6945dcb53a0e7d0fb4258e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_250,h_153,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Barber Shop &#38; Ranch House]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1959 George Attwood built a block of three shops next door to the old Post Office in Kiwi Road (now Rangatira Road). 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