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… portraits of eminent Maori of the lower North Island, Rotorua and King Country regions. While critics agree that …
Type: Biography
… level. In late September and October ash fell on Taupō, Rotorua, Whakatāne, Napier and Hastings. Eruptions in …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Historic volcanic activity
… scenic grandeur. The ‘wonderland’ of the hot lakes around Rotorua was promoted in the very first tourist guidebook, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Perceptions of the landscape
… he was known, worked as a bushman at Mamaku, north-west of Rotorua. On 3 June 1948 in Auckland he married Lilas May …
Type: Biography
… With a future Milford City in mind he planned Kennedy and Rotorua streets. For a time John McKay and James Malcolm …
Type: Biography
… Whakaue who had killed his nephew Te Pae-o-te-rangi. At Rotorua Te Wera asked his wife what they were to do about …
Type: Biography
… Puia is the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute at Rotorua’s thermal resort. At Te Puia, galleries with …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga
… nationwide. The Agrodome The Agrodome was established near Rotorua in 1972 by champion shearer Godfrey Bowen and farmer …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Rural tourism
… the big Wakatipu for a friendly syndicate, and in 1877 the Rotorua made the company’s first trans-Tasman voyage. In …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Shipping
… chief from the canoe, travelled up the Kaituna River to Rotorua. At a place further on, he unintentionally touched …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… as matron at the King George V Military Hospital at Rotorua, it was publicly noted that the board had given …
Type: Biography
… Kitchin began investigating rumours about police rapes in Rotorua in the 1980s. After intensive investigation he …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Violent crime
… duke and duchess of York in 1927. After their reception in Rotorua, White drove back to Auckland with his film, …
Type: Biography
… Tongariro in 1929 and Wigley purchased hotels in Auckland, Rotorua and Queenstown and with Jessie and Sandy took over …
Type: Biography
… Kuini Raerena. In 1950 Huata was transferred to Te Ngāē, Rotorua. In 1952 he moved to the King Country and Waikato. … the country. In 1966 He Toa Takitini, led by Huata and the Rotorua guide John Smith, toured Australia. A spin-off …
Type: Biography
… She guided tourists around the thermal wonderlands of Rotorua and led concert parties on overseas tours. In later …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Anthropology and archaeology
… local marae. A swarm of shallow earthquakes north-east of Rotorua added to the misery, triggering many landslides on …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Floods
… and Westerman and Company's buildings in Hastings, and the Rotorua municipal building. He also designed several …
Type: Biography
… after the battle of Gate Pā (Pukehinahina). He grew up in Rotorua and Hicks Bay and attended secondary school in …
Type: Biography
… represented the employers against them. On 28 April 1921 at Rotorua, partly through concern that she would be a burden …
Type: Biography