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… these routes, particularly in holiday destinations such as Rotorua, Taupō and Queenstown, and individual motels vie …
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Part of story: Hotels and motels
… it transfer back to Wellington. Murray was a member of the Rotorua–Taupo Railway Commission in 1922. In 1923, with the …
Type: Biography
… 1821 and was led by Kaipara and Waikato–Maniapoto chiefs to Rotorua, across to Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa and around the …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… hosted an international symposium of indigenous artists in Rotorua. Connections between the Māori hosts and First …
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Part of story: Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu
… when a national weaving school, Te Rito, was established at Rotorua, alongside the existing national carving school. The …
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Part of story: Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu
… while the latter was under treatment for his arthritis at Rotorua thermal springs, and the headstone over Shand's …
Type: Biography
… Te Aroha (952 m) in the north, to the Mamaku Range west of Rotorua. The range is divided by valleys and still mostly …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… the innovative idea in 1951. The prototype house built in Rotorua was based on the old log-cabin technique of …
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Part of story: Dutch
… and travelled north. He lived for a time at Ngongotahā, Rotorua, near a spring, Te Puna-a-Tūhoe (known today as …
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Part of story: Ngāi Tūhoe
… Milford Sound, the Whanganui River and the thermal area of Rotorua – ‘the Hot Lakes District’ – where the chance to …
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Part of story: Tourist industry
… attacked and defeated Te Arawa on Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua. Continued attacks In 1825 Hongi defeated Ngāti …
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Part of story: Musket wars
… Eileen Hope Lewis was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, on 16 October 1884, the daughter of …
Type: Biography
… joined the Native Department in 1928 and was stationed at Rotorua, Wellington and, from 1933, Gisborne. While there he … a Māori district welfare officer in Whanganui (from 1953), Rotorua (from 1958) and Auckland (from 1959). Awatere was …
Type: Biography
… to Te Kōpua mission on the Waipā. While Hamel travelled to Rotorua with heavy equipment, for a future rendezvous, the … the Spencers' house on 30 April 1859, before proceeding to Rotorua. The homeward route led via Maketū and Tauranga, …
Type: Biography
… for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and of York at Rotorua. He carried a 'sword of honour' inscribed 'Te … he is noted was to take part in the conference of chiefs at Rotorua which helped draft the Māori Councils Act 1900. He …
Type: Biography
… led by Pango of Ngāti Whakaue. Pango took Te Waharoa to the Rotorua district, where he spent his childhood among Te … made exploratory journeys in the Thames, Tauranga and Rotorua districts between 1831 and 1833, Te Waharoa …
Type: Biography
… caring for 700 patients. Convalescent homes were opened in Rotorua and Hanmer. Smaller homes for patients with severe …
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Part of story: Disability and disability organisations
… in June 1948, followed by a further transfer to Rotorua in January 1949. In attaining commissioned rank, …
Type: Biography
… mostly financed from and exported through Auckland. Rotorua was the centre for a fledgling tourist region …
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Part of story: Regional economies
… in return for giving up claims to ownership of the Rotorua lakes and Lake Taupō the Crown’s growing recognition …
Type: Story Page