1) Meant to name Levin Taitoko,

Under the earliest conditions governing the sale of the Levin Block to the Government, the name of the settlement was to have been Taitoko. It was intended that a garden or park of 100 acres be one of the features of the new town.

2) Borough Councils down the years

A total of 89 citizens have served on the Levin Borough Council in the course of its 50 years. There has only been one woman on the council, Mrs. H.E. Bowen, who served 12 1/2 years from May 1935 to November, 1947, when she retired. There have been 10 mayors and five town clerks.

1) The day the Levin Fire Brigade walked out. Firemen told council that it could "go to the blazes".

No finer voluntary organisation can be found than the Levin Fire Brigade, the members of which give many hours of their time and risk life and limb in the service of the community. Without a fire brigade a very serious situation could develop. The early settlers knew this. That was why a volunteer brigade was established as one of the earliest services.