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… and resolute, he would found three mission stations at Rotorua and one at Maketū. Anne, subject to the postings of … and Thomas founded the first mission station at Te Koutu, Rotorua; for Anne it was two days' journey from her nearest … memories of dismembered bodies, returned with Thomas to Rotorua in 1838, this time to a new mission on Mokoia Island …
Type: Biography
… craters and mud pools, attract thousands each year to the Rotorua–Taupō region. …
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… at Whakaari (White Island), Moutohorā (Whale Island), the Rotorua lakes, Mt Tarawera, the Paeroa Range, Ōrākei Kōrako, … canoe at Maketū, with his nephew Īhenga. Heading inland to Rotorua, they named Te Rotoiti-kite-a-Īhenga (Lake Rotoiti) and Te Rotoruanui-a-Kahumatamomoe (Lake Rotorua) before changing …
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Part of story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration
… people and activities often cluster in particular places. Rotorua has long been a hub for Māori arts and culture, …
Type: Story Front
… Mita Taupopoki was born, probably in 1845 or 1846, near Lake Rotorua. His father was Hēmana Te Whareiro of Ngāti Wāhiao, … established by Tūhourangi at Waipā village south of Lake Rotorua. But his principal training came from his father and … Land Court. The case related to a portion of the huge Rotorua Pātetere Paeroa block claimed by Ngāti Whakaue, and …
Type: Biography
… Arawa and Ngāti Raukawa. Harry did his primary schooling in Rotorua, then went on to board at Auckland College and … line duplication. Like his brother, Roger Dansey left Rotorua for his secondary schooling, completing his … consultancy in Auckland until 1930 when he retired to Rotorua. As president of the Rotorua Chamber of Commerce, …
Type: Biography
… while working for the family business. In 1922 she moved to Rotorua to nurse wounded First World War veterans. There she … wishes Enid and Kouma were married at St Luke’s Church, Rotorua, on 29 November 1924. Immediately after, they moved … was made a justice of the peace. In 1953 she moved back to Rotorua, along with Kouma and two of their sons, to live on …
Type: Biography
… tourists have been drawn to the thermal activity near Rotorua, trout fishing around Lake Taupō, and the volcanic …
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… When Chapman established the first CMS mission station at Rotorua in 1835, Te Ahu was one of his assistants. Within a … June 1841. Between 1835 and 1845 the districts surrounding Rotorua were periodically disturbed by warfare between Te … Īhāia, like Chapman, suffered from the cold climate at Rotorua, and in September 1846 he and his wife and two …
Type: Biography
… Te Awa-i-Takapuwhaia – was formerly an outlet for Lake Rotorua. The two lakes today share an outlet at Rotoiti’s … holiday settlement. Lake Rotoehu Lake 35 km north-east of Rotorua city. Like Lakes Rotoiti and Rotomā, Rotoehu formed … and along its shores before attacking Te Arawa at Lake Rotorua. The stretch of land they pulled the canoes over is …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… Merekotia Amohau was born at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, on 16 April 1898, the youngest child of prominent … by F. A. Bennett, superintendent of the Māori mission at Rotorua (later first bishop of Aotearoa), who for many years … a member of Saint Faith's choir at Ōhinemutu, and of the Rotorua Māori Choir, which toured under Bennett’s direction. …
Type: Biography
… in the Mamaku Range and around the northern shores of Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti. The Taupo Totara Timber Company built … the timber industry was probably the biggest employer in Rotorua, and there were about 30 mills around Taupō by the 1940s. Exotic trees The Whakarewarewa nursery, near Rotorua, was set up in 1898 to provide timber trees for the …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… stands bare amid the rich wooded purple of friendlier Rotorua hills.’ 1 The small settlements of Te Wairoa and Punaromia are on the road from Rotorua, shortly before it reaches the lake. Near Te Wairoa … visitors, and includes a museum. Lake Okataina Lake east of Rotorua city, 33 km away via the road to its northern end. …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… of the beautiful Hinemoa, who lived on the shores of Lake Rotorua, and Tūtānekai on Mokoia Island, who would play his …
Type: Story Front
… Howard Leslie Morrison was born on 18 August 1935 in Rotorua. He was the second of seven children of Temuera … for the New Zealand Māoris rugby team. Kahu sung with the Rotorua Māori Choir in its pioneering mobile recordings of 1930. Morrison spent his childhood in Rotorua and Ruatāhuna, a settlement in Te Urewera. Aged 10 …
Type: Biography
… pumped to the surface. By 1946 there were over 300 bores in Rotorua alone. The first geothermal power station, at … about the impact on tourism. A controversial campaign in Rotorua in the 1980s saw bores closed to ensure the survival … Ted Lloyd worked for the Geological Survey in Taupō and Rotorua for many years, and with physicist Ron Keam argued …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… water and steam. They settled around the shores of Lake Rotorua and nearby lakes, and at the northern and southern … In 1950, around 10,000 people lived on the shores of Lake Rotorua, and 5,000 beside Lake Taupō; by 2000 the numbers … and effectively dead. In 2006 the cost of saving Lake Rotorua was estimated at $200 million. Māori environmental …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… 1874: 1,425 Pākehā and approximately 8,000 Māori (including Rotorua and Taupō) 1901: 4,882 Pākehā and 5,772 Māori (excluding Rotorua and Taupō) 1921: 15,708 Pākehā and 6,274 Māori (excluding Rotorua and Taupō). From the 1930s to the 1960s In 1936 the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… has a number of these super-volcanoes, including the Taupō, Rotorua, and Okataina calderas. Created by repeated … calderas are now occupied by lakes, such as at Taupō and Rotorua. During caldera eruptions, magma is blasted out … Islands. Most of New Zealand’s geothermal areas, such as Rotorua and Waimangu, lie within the calderas. Deep molten …
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Part of story: Geology – overview
… Whirinaki Forest 55,000-ha forest 100 km south-east of Rotorua, abutting the Kāingaroa exotic forest plantations. … secret.’ 1 Te Whāiti Settlement 84 km south-east of Rotorua on State Highway 38, which links Rotorua and Wairoa. It is the largest settlement in the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places