Dannevirke, a thriving town in the Tararua District, was originally the centre of a large sawmilling district in the Forty Mile Bush and is situated on the Napier-Wellington Railway. The town was named after the old fortification at Schleswig, which the Danes lost to Germany in 1864. Today, the Dannevirke Gallery of History is situated in the historically significant “Old Court House” and houses archives of the Dannevirke town and district, including old photographs, equipment and many more artifacts. We offer services to genealogists, amateur historians, academics, teachers, school students, commercial ventures, planners, resource managers and the curious.