Book launch of Eileen Beach-Kelly’s book, “Life and Times – The Beachs of Karioi”.
Eileen Beach-Kelly will be at the Raglan Museum on Saturday the 29th July from 2pm to 4pm to launch her book “Life and Times – The Beachs of Karioi”. Signed copies of her books will be available to purchase. Afternoon tea will be provided.
Life and Times
The Beachs of Karioi
By Eileen Beach-Kelly with Kingsley Field
They came from the elegant luxury of Park House, an English stately home, and had to build a slab hut in the rugged native bush of back-country New Zealand. Yet the Beach men, of Gloucestershire, and the homes and farms they subsequently built for themselves, were a tribute to these strong, diligent, hard-working pioneers. Young women from the Cowley and the Gore families became Beach wives, and added considerably to the success of the families they created. There are triumphs and tragedies, good times and bad, and a fascinating element of intrigue. The Beachs of Karioi, near Raglan, is a story of hardship, pragmatism, close community involvement, caring families and joy.