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… huge calderas (basin-shaped volcanic depressions) – Taupō, Rotorua and Okataina. These were formed by infrequent but … lava. All three are currently filled with water – Taupō and Rotorua by one big lake each, Okataina by several lakes. … covered in ash from eruptions of the Taupō, Okataina and Rotorua volcanoes. Vegetation was destroyed many times, as …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa was born at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, possibly in 1836, the year of the battles of Te … government for 40 years. When Governor George Grey visited Rotorua in 1849 he met Hōri Haupapa, and later referred … He was also active in local affairs. The Great Committee of Rotorua (Te Komiti Nui o Rotorua) was established in 1878 as …
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… and law clerk with the legal firm Hampson and Davys in Rotorua. Much of the work related to the sale of Māori … role in organising the 1954 Māori reception at Arawa Park, Rotorua, for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the duke of … was a vestryman of St Faith’s Church, Ōhinemutu. He was a Rotorua borough councillor from 1947 to 1956 and deputy …
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… Rotorua and Taupō were ‘thermal wonderlands’. But they also … fish Before European arrival, the only fish in the Rotorua lakes were toitoi (bullies), īnanga, kōkopu, kōaro, … trout were introduced into Lake Taupō in 1887 and Lake Rotorua in 1888. They grew to 20 kilograms in weight, but …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… ducks. There were gardens at Tokaanu and at pā around the Rotorua lakes. Missionary arrivals The missionary Thomas … fruit and vegetables at Koutū, on the shore of Lake Rotorua, in the 1830s. In the 1850s Thomas Grace, another … investors and settlers were active in the area between Rotorua and Taupō around before and during the First World …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… industry. Bathhouses and treatment centres were set up in Rotorua from about 1870. Between 1891 and 1904 the number of … to increase the hot-water supply. A geothermal hotel Rotorua’s Millennium Hotel makes full use of its location. …
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Part of story: Geothermal energy
… Union Boarding House. Ann Robertson and her family moved to Rotorua in February 1880, where she entered into an … of Maori land outside the officially declared township of Rotorua. Further disaster followed when Ann Robertson's … her a gratuity of £300, the lease of various sections in Rotorua township and a 40-acre estate on the town's …
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… appointed to head a new office of the Geological Survey at Rotorua. On his arrival in October 1945 there were immediate … beyond science, especially in music. He initially found Rotorua a very quiet town but took the initiative in forming a music appreciation group and then the Rotorua Chamber Music Society. For many years he wrote …
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… a plain, because it is well above sea level – 280 metres at Rotorua, rising to 370 metres at Taupō. The Kāingaroa Forest … arrivals from Polynesia settled around the shores of the Rotorua lakes and Lake Taupō – particularly where they could … name Te Arawa usually describes the people who live around Rotorua, whilst those at Taupō identify with their ancestor …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… who were kin to Ngāti Pikiao and Tūhourangi of Te Arawa of Rotorua. His mother was Ani Pape, the daughter of Te Rāhui, … a young girl, she was captured during the Ngāpuhi attack on Rotorua in 1823 and taken as a slave to North Auckland, … old an uncle brought Ani Pape and her two children back to Rotorua. They settled at Ruatō, on Lake Rotoiti, where Tene …
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… and Tai attended several primary schools at Koutu (in Rotorua), Maketū, Waharoa and Havelock North. He received … attached to the staff of Kenneth Rennie, roads engineer at Rotorua. He was employed in the Lands and Survey Department … of Plenty. In 1915 Mitchell set up in private practice in Rotorua where his services were in great demand by Māori and …
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… and Tūtānekai, Hinemoa rested during her swim across Lake Rotorua on a tumu (post) erected in the lake. Named … Donald McLean and his party in the lakes district of Rotorua in 1873, Te Arawa chief Tāmihana Korokai said, ‘Haere mai e koro mā! Haere mai ki Rotorua, te whenua o Ngatiwhakaue, moana kau’ [Welcome, my …
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Part of story: Take whenua – Māori land tenure
… retention of Māori culture and language, especially around Rotorua. Carving Many tourists who travelled to thermal … Ānaha Te Rāhui , at £5 a week to carve the new model pā in Rotorua. In 1927 a carving school was established in Rotorua under the Maori Arts and Crafts Act 1926, championed …
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Part of story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism
… began early in the 20th century, when wells were sunk in Rotorua to help meet the tourist demand for hot water for … heating. By the 1970s the water levels were dropping in Rotorua, and there was an obvious deterioration in the … government started monitoring geothermal activity in the Rotorua area in 1982. Three years later the Ministry of …
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Part of story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers
… Haane Te Rauawa Manahi was born in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, on 28 September 1913, the youngest son of Neti … Haane, better known to his friends as Jack, was educated at Rotorua High School. After leaving school he worked in road … he married Rangiawatea Te Kiri on 24 January 1940 at Rotorua. He fought in Greece, Crete and North Africa, and it …
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… in 1920 of the King George V Military Hospital, Rotorua, then a rehabilitation centre. He retained the … In 1926 Wallis resigned to go into private practice in Rotorua. During the 1930s he worked with Alexander Gillies, … superintendent of the new services convalescent hospital in Rotorua. When the unit was renamed the Queen Elizabeth …
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… 27% of Tokelauans lived in the Auckland region. Taupō and Rotorua Families rather than single people were resettled in … a village atmosphere. Other Tokelauans settled around Rotorua’s town fringes. In 1966–67, 32 single men arrived in Rotorua, some of them marrying Māori women. …
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Part of story: Tokelauans
… geothermal wonders, these cultural attractions have made Rotorua a popular tourist destination. The Pink and White … The Crown sought to encourage investors by developing Rotorua as a spa town. In 1877 Ngāti Whakaue agreed to build a spa where the city of Rotorua stands today. In return the Crown promised to …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… and led by Hongi Hika, made destructive forays into the Rotorua district in the 1820s, partly for utu (revenge). The … (Rohe Pōtae). In 1870 Te Kooti returned to the east via Rotorua. There were skirmishes with Te Arawa at Ōhinemutu, on Lake Rotorua’s shore, and Ōkaro, near Lake Rotomahana. Captain …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… in New Zealand was based around the geothermal features of Rotorua, where Māori ran the tourist industry and Māori …
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