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… by Andersen and Best, recorded the gathering of tribes in Rotorua to greet the prince of Wales. The film shows the …
Type: Biography
… opening of Wāhiao meeting house at Whakarewarewa in Rotorua to commemorate New Zealand’s formal separation from …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Anniversaries
… he was appointed commandant of King George V Hospital in Rotorua. More than 40 years of service in the New Zealand …
Type: Biography
… gas to generate electricity, followed by sites in or near Rotorua, Hamilton, Christchurch and Palmerston North. Total …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Energy supply and use
… show, Bathie Stuart and her Maori maids. She went to Rotorua to select four Maori women for the act, and they …
Type: Biography
… suspected of having assisted in an unsuccessful attack on Rotorua, were back in the Whakamārama district by the end of …
Type: Biography
… She worked with returned servicemen in Christchurch and Rotorua until 1920. A generous allowance from her father …
Type: Biography
… Harbour, was later a mayor and member of Parliament for Rotorua. After attending Auckland Grammar School (1906–8), …
Type: Biography
… comparable to those of local governments. At a 1901 hui in Rotorua to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori
… his sporting and cultural interests. About 1939 he bought a Rotorua farm, which subsequently became a model for a …
Type: Biography
… Tūtānekai is said to have lured Hinemoa to swim across Lake Rotorua to join him on Mokoia Island. However, Arawa elders …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro
… the Maori Musical Society's 1941 production of Hinemoa in Rotorua. The pohutukawa tree In 1957 Bruce Mason’s play The …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori theatre – te whare tapere hōu
… as did smaller cities such as Hastings and New Plymouth. Rotorua was distinguished by its collection of Māori public …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Public and street art
… Anglican clergyman Frederick Bennett established the Rotorua Maori Choir in the early 1900s. It toured the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Choral music and choirs
… the summer holidays of 1890–91 Alpers made a tour of Taupō, Rotorua and Whanganui districts. This tour, and in …
Type: Biography
… to Egypt. While in hospital in Egypt, and later in Rotorua, he became friendly with Gerald Matthews, a Māori …
Type: Biography
… Party before standing unsuccessfully as an Independent for Rotorua and for the New Zealand National Party in Manukau in …
Type: Biography
… when he was asked to investigate a serious outbreak near Rotorua, he advised dietary and sanitary improvements that …
Type: Biography
… at an election meeting, Farnall spent some weeks at the Rotorua and Te Aroha spas. He made a partial recovery, but …
Type: Biography
… judges, first in Wellington, then Hastings and finally Rotorua. He married Marion Linton Tennent (née McGregor) on …
Type: Biography