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… Lake Rotorua The largest of the Rotorua lakes, 279 metres above sea level. Lake Rotorua is teardrop-shaped, about 12 kilometres from north … Lake Rotorua …
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… a 2013 population of 53,265, on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua. Rotorua is unusual among New Zealand cities in being neither … vents, mud pools and hot springs. Establishing the town Rotorua was built in the early 1880s by the government, as a … Rotorua city …
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… Rerewhakaaitu Lake and farming district on the edge of the Rotorua lakes volcanic area. The road names of Republican, … and Guthrie Farming districts 15 and 18 km south-west of Rotorua, developed between the two world wars. Horohoro was … and Waikite Valley Tranquil farming localities south of Rotorua, between State Highways 5 and 30. Ngākuru was …
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… 1 Tourist carvings As more European tourists visited Rotorua, the sense of freedom evident in Wero’s work was … of earlier carvers was gradually reduced and impoverished. Rotorua School of Māori Arts and Crafts This stiff and formal mode of carving continued under the Rotorua School of Māori Arts and Crafts, created in 1926. …
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Part of story: Whakairo – Māori carving
… to provide services in the thermal springs area around Rotorua. Soon Pākehā entrepreneurs recognised the … or develop land. The government bought land beside Lake Rotorua from Ngāti Whakaue in 1890, and most of … now the owner of New Zealand’s prime resort. Māori culture Rotorua’s role as a tourist resort brought continued …
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… Ōhinemutu Thermal area and suburb of Rotorua city, on the shores of Lake Rotorua, with a 2013 population of 267. Ōhinemutu was a Ngāti Whakaue village before the government laid out Rotorua on the other side of Pukeroa Hill. It has remained … Around Rotorua city …
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… iconic lakes have been damaged by human activities. Lake Rotorua Lake Rotorua has a long history of water-quality problems, … Lakes Rotorua and Taupō, and the Manawatū River …
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… in charge of Maori land development, opening an office in Rotorua the following year, and from 1940 to 1949 he was the Rotorua surveyor. Linton was a member of the Rotorua Borough … started work on the parks. Strongly parochial, he opposed Rotorua’s contributing to the running costs of the newly …
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… the government for many decades. Ngāti Whakaue made land at Rotorua available for a government town in 1881. Through the … 1922 Te Arawa conceded that the Crown owned the beds of the Rotorua lakes, in exchange for recognition of some fishing … In 2006 the Crown returned ownership of the beds of the Rotorua lakes to the Te Arawa tribal confederation. Ngāti …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… An intriguing landscape The Rotorua area was known early to Pākehā for its hot or … the European aesthetic sense, and attracted many artists. Rotorua town In 1881, after an agreement with Ngāti Whakaue … and Whakarewarewa, the government laid out the town of Rotorua. But hard times – and the 1886 Tarawera eruption, …
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… Ngongotahā Town 8 km north-west of Rotorua city centre, on the shores of Lake Rotorua. Ngongotahā sits at the foot of 757-metre Mt … Settlement and freshwater springs on the north side of Lake Rotorua, 14 km from Rotorua city by road. From the town’s …
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… decades of the 20th century, the population grew fastest in Rotorua town – from just under 1,000 in 1896 to 2,000 in … 1950s, growth was greatest in the farming districts between Rotorua and Taupō. By 1956 they had 2,561 inhabitants – up … established, rural areas grew more slowly and towns faster. Rotorua’s population almost quadrupled between 1956 and …
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… Glittering lake According to writer Frank Sargeson, 1930s Rotorua was ‘not the overcrowded hive of garages which it … showered with diamonds under the rising sun.’ 1 Rotorua – especially Lakes Okareka, Tarawera and Rotoiti – … 18 Māori. Between 1955 and 1966, 17 people drowned in Lake Rotorua. The lives of four teenagers who drowned on the lake …
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… as engineer in charge of works connected with the Rotorua wharf and the town water supply. In addition, … addition, Malfroy was overseer of works associated with the Rotorua Sanatorium. Malfroy soon proved his engineering and … view to improving those in New Zealand. Malfroy returned to Rotorua and in 1891 became chairman of the Rotorua Town …
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… or douche (spray) baths, especially at larger spas such as Rotorua. Government medical officers advised on the curative … were ascribed to particular springs. Highly acidic water at Rotorua was thought to reduce the craving for alcohol, while … and sometimes a hospital. In 1885 a sanatorium was built at Rotorua for invalids too poor to pay for private boarding …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… In Rotorua especially, Māori interaction with Europeans has … Māori doing seasonal work for Pākehā farmers, but in Rotorua it was mainly due to tourism. Reviving Māori arts … by the Tāmaki brothers from Waikato and the Mitai family of Rotorua. Music and performance The tourist industry fostered …
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… fruit. In 1880 the government tried to purchase land at Rotorua from the Ngāti Whakaue people. They would not sell … market, but did gift 20 hectares at Sulphur Point on Lake Rotorua to the Crown. However, under the Thermal-Springs … the government obtained about 2,000 hectares around Lake Rotorua, including all the best springs. Rotorua was …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… Ana Matawhāura Hato was born in Ngāpuna, Rotorua, on 30 December 1907, one of three children of Hato … into Puarenga Stream. A sports enthusiast, she represented Rotorua at hockey and in 1925 her team won the Auckland … as a soloist. The visit of the duke and duchess of York to Rotorua in 1927 provided an opportunity for tribes …
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… control At the start of the 20th century visitor numbers to Rotorua had recovered from the 1886 Mt Tarawera eruption. … most of the lands containing thermal springs in the Rotorua and Taupō districts. In 1901 these came under the … department controlled the presentation of Māori culture at Rotorua, and Donne attempted to recreate a romantic Māori …
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Part of story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism
… The spas were never as profitable as had been hoped. Rotorua was losing money by 1905, and Hanmer by 1909. There … was extremely costly. For instance, the materials used in Rotorua’s elaborate bathhouse proved unsuitable for the … run down, and it remained so until it was handed over to Rotorua City Council in 1966. The maintenance nightmare …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas