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… Ruth Webb, born on 8 February 1901 in Rotorua, was the youngest of five children of Mary Wilson …
Type: Biography
… be sent to England. The nurses left on 8 April on board the Rotorua. Two weeks after reaching Plymouth they embarked for …
Type: Biography
… travelled overland through swamp and bush from Whakatane to Rotorua. In 1903 he accompanied, as photographer for the …
Type: Biography
… a musical association with a number of Māori, including the Rotorua guide and scholar Mākareti (Maggie) Papakura . After … when he told the children of Whangamarino Māori School near Rotorua to 'Keep on learning your crafts – your weaving and …
Type: Biography
… in 1841; Auckland in 1842; Wellington in 1843; and Ōtaki, Rotorua, Rangiaowhia and Whakatāne in 1844. In the course of … Pompallier did not visit the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua districts to build on the foundations already laid. …
Type: Biography
… increased Taiwhanga's mana and brought contacts with the Rotorua area where he already had links through his mother. … at Whakatāne on 27 November. His tangihanga was held at Rotorua. For some years he had been separated from Sarah …
Type: Biography
… welcome to the duke and duchess of Cornwall and York at Rotorua in 1901, a considerable task, as thousands of Māori were camped on the Rotorua racecourse and the committee had to organise food, …
Type: Biography
… year he was appointed engineer at the tourist town of Rotorua. His brief there was to extend the capacity of the …
Type: Biography
… were spent working for relatives in Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Hamilton and Dannevirke. In 1910 he moved to …
Type: Biography
… for the New Zealand Open. In 2002, 13-year-old Jae An from Rotorua became the youngest person ever to qualify for the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Koreans
… trunk line from 1972 to 1991, and then between Auckland, Rotorua and Bay of Plenty until 2001. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Railways
… names – for example the large wet flies used in the Rotorua and Taupō area, including the Matuku (originally …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Freshwater fishing
… government began to develop thermal areas – especially at Rotorua, Te Aroha in Waikato, and Hanmer Springs in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Holidays
… goldfields in 1869, the Waikato district in 1870, and Rotorua and Taupo in 1872. He served from 1869 to 1873 as …
Type: Biography
… to Thames in 1898 and Waihī in 1905) and south-east to Rotorua in 1894. As dairying developed, the district became …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Waikato places
… scholar from the Ngāti Rangiwewehi tribe of Rotorua. From 1849 he worked closely with Governor George …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… where Jim gained a position at King George V Hospital in Rotorua. In 1929 he took up private practice in Te Awamutu. …
Type: Biography
… He attended national functions such as the 1934 visit to Rotorua of the duke of Gloucester, translating the duke's …
Type: Biography
… The areas of the southern lakes and the ‘hot lakes’ around Rotorua were especially praised. During the 20th century New …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: New Zealand identity
… continued for three months, heard as far as Hamilton, Rotorua, New Plymouth and Napier. The lava was also visible …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Historic volcanic activity