Haunted Auckland - Puhi Nuhi Homestead - New Years Eve 2021 re-visit. Howick Historical Village.

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Published Jan 4, 2022

New Years Eve 2021; Haunted Auckland's Mark Wallbank re-visits one of the team's favourite Auckland landmarks, PuhiNui Homestead, nestled in the beautiful Howick Historical Village, during the Xmas holidays.

PuhiNui Homestead was originally built on Thomas Morris McLaughlin’s 1152 hectare farm in Wiri, which he bought in 1845. In 1861, Thomas’ second son William built this fine piece of real estate lovingly named PuhiNui, also called the McLaughlin Homestead. The family retained the house and land for many years, but after the industrialisation of that area, in 1980, the house was offered to the Howick Historical Society and moved to the village on February 12, 1982.

The 160-year-old house was cut into five pieces and shifted to the village in 1982. It was carried from its Manukau home on five trailers and, with the help of two large cranes, reassembled.

Through the years, there has been witnessed the figure of a woman, ascending the stairs. Nothing else, just climbing, from the bottom to the top. The same women (well, its surmised its the same woman) has also been seen in the master bedroom at the top of the stairs. It is thought that the mystery woman could be William McLaughlin’s Daughter, Sarita.
Sarita Niccol McLaughlin passed away at seventy years of age.

During the last decade, paranormal research team, Haunted Auckland have conducted numerous investigation sessions at the village, and have in more recent years focused on Puhi Nui, as one that stands out over the others.

During an investigation of the house, back in 2010, the building was in the process of some renovation and a repaint. Scaffolding surrounding most of the exterior.
One team member reporting feeling a non-specific presence within the Homestead. As the building was undergoing re-painting of the exteriors, it is believed within the paranormal communities, that construction or renovations can be a trigger which can potentially stir up ghostly activity.

Earlier in the day, prior to the team’s investigation, a ghostly encounter was reported by a painter who was working on renovations to one of the buildings on site. The painter reported seeing an apparition of a woman in old attire on the stairs, as he looked through a window. The building was locked up at the time and no one had been inside.

During an investigation, one of the team placed a coin on a sheet of paper in the children’s bedroom and traced a circle around the edge with a pen. Then, any ‘children’ present, were asked to please come forward and move the coin. The coin was then left while the team investigated elsewhere in the house. Upon returning, the coin had indeed moved outside the confines of the tracing.

In addition, one team member reported seeing the movement of one of the curtains in the main parlour of the house. The curtain was large, at least three metres tall and made from a heavy velvet material. While it was a windy day, and the window behind the curtain had been removed for renovation (the gap left covered in tarpaulin), the movement seen appeared to be a deliberate tug, rather than movement caused by the wind.
There have been audio recordings captured of mysterious voices talking and a torch was filmed being thrown down the stairs on one occasion.
Footsteps walking down the hallway were also heard on two occasions during solo, overnight investigation sessions.

For all our information, experiences, personal thoughts, journals, photos, audio and video recordings documented on our research sessions at PuhiNui Homestead, please go to the PROJECT PUHINUI section of our website.
www.HauntedAuckland.com

Music ''Loving You The Way I Do'', by Bert Lown. 1930