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… he would get up before dawn and ride the long miles to Rotorua for club games in the afternoon. He distinguished … and was in later years a selector for the Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Arawa teams. In 1911 Sam Emery opened a small … so that he could increase the amount of stores carted from Rotorua. Not one to waste resources, he then began an …
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… century Pākehā tourists began visiting the hot springs near Rotorua, the home of Te Arawa. Income from tourists gave … difficulties in sustaining agriculture in thermal areas. In Rotorua, Māori retained control over all major geothermal … visitor numbers increased. The village of Ōhinemutu on Lake Rotorua’s shore developed as a stopover on the way to Te …
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Part of story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism
… Rotorua – a Māori cultural centre As a major destination for early international tourism, Rotorua provided a good environment where Māori culture … guide Mākereti Papakura performed in England in 1911. Rotorua was also a site for early film-making, with Te Arawa …
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Part of story: Regional cultural life
… of their main dwelling places, close to the route between Rotorua and the coast. Wero often lived there, taking the … have been placed in the Te Arawa Māori Trust boardroom in Rotorua, and others are in the Rotorua Museum. The house Uenuku-mai-Rarotonga was built at …
Type: Biography
… during a raging torrent. The Ōkere Falls between Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti are another well-known home of taniwha. … A hot shower The thermally heated Kākahi Falls near Rotorua were once used by warriors to wash their wounds …
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Part of story: Waterfalls
… went to the Ngāti Rangiwewehi village at Parahaki, by Rotorua, where Te Hunga of Ngāti Hauā was visiting his … Te Hunga's body to Te Waerenga, on the north side of Rotorua. When Haerehuka returned to Ōhinemutu, some of his … Haerehuka had intended. In the days after the killing the Rotorua district was in an uproar, as food was gathered and …
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… as the star carver at the School of Māori Arts at Rotorua. By the middle of the depression of the early 1930s John was unemployed, and joined the Rotorua carving school informally to help his brother. Later … little. Taiapa built a house for his increasing family at Rotorua, but in the 1930s and 1940s he was seldom there. …
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… kit-set wooden houses. The company was established in Rotorua after two Dutch immigrants, structural engineer Jo … also designed and constructed commercial buildings such as Rotorua’s Agrodome. In the 2000s Lockwood remained a family … business and employed over 100 people at its 10-hectare Rotorua site. Keith Hay Homes Keith Hay built his first …
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Part of story: Building and construction industry
… some thermal resorts constructed large swimming pools. At Rotorua the Blue and Ward swimming baths became extremely … gas have killed a number of people using pools in the Rotorua area. And there were nine fatal cases of amoebic … some redeveloped pools, such as Hell’s Gate–Wai Ora Spa at Rotorua and Tokaanu Thermal Baths. The spa concept has been …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… Zealand was carefully limited by governments of the day. Rotorua, home of Te Arawa (an iwi accustomed to entertaining … between Pākehā and Māori was one reason to gather at Rotorua. Another may have been the government’s ongoing … refusal to agree to the prince meeting Māori outside Rotorua. The train went by without stopping. Many iwi were …
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Part of story: Royal family
… Thomas and Anne Maria Chapman 's school at Te Ngae, Rotorua, before returning to Auckland in 1849. There she … After the battle of the Gate Pā Hēni Te Kiri Karamū went to Rotorua, where she lived at Hapokai, on Mokoia Island. In … of 10s. a week. She returned some time after this to Rotorua. She purchased a 30 acre block of land at Katikati …
Type: Biography
… to build rehabilitation houses. By 1957 they were living in Rotorua. That year Doris presided over the equal pay … her involvement in the local horticultural society and the Rotorua and Districts Rose Society. In the mid 1950s Palmer was founding president of the Rotorua branch of the National Council of Women of New …
Type: Biography
… the Melody Boys, a name he gave to successive bands in Rotorua and Auckland. He taught himself to play clarinet and … career, Shalfoon moved with his wife and daughter, Reo, to Rotorua, where his parents-in-law managed the Lake House … he opened a music shop in Arawa Street opposite the old Rotorua Post Office. Later that year, with Deane Waretini …
Type: Biography
… and black-billed gulls have nesting colonies around Lake Rotorua. They often gather around the lake’s thermal areas, enjoying the warmth in winter. You can spot a Rotorua gull that has lived there a long time, because the … dead. This has been happening to many of the lakes near Rotorua, as well as lowland lakes such as Te Waihora (Lake …
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Part of story: Lakes
… the heart of Urewera, on State Highway 38, 116 km south of Rotorua. The settlement is famous for its association with … to honour the leadership of Te Kooti. A dray road from Rotorua reached Ruatāhuna in 1901. This brought the first … tributary of the Whakatāne River, and 125 km south-east of Rotorua. Rua Kēnana The settlement was built at the base of …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… for Māori souls. After passing through Ruatāhuna and Rotorua, he eventually reached the Bay of Islands. Along the … turned trader, went inland from Maketū in Bay of Plenty to Rotorua. The merchant John Carne Bidwill also headed inland from Bay of Plenty to Rotorua in 1839. He ignored a Māori tapu (spiritual …
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Part of story: European exploration
… Parewahaika Mitchell was born on 15 May 1906 in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua. She was the daughter of Nataria Haupapa, of the … Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa, was an influential figure in Rotorua, serving on the Town Board and the Pukeroa Hill … She spoke te reo Māori at home, but when she went to a Rotorua Catholic school she was caned for speaking her …
Type: Biography
… contact with many Te Arawa who had moved north from the Rotorua district to dig in the gumfields. He learned to … and Ngāti Hauā sought revenge on Te Arawa by raiding Rotorua. He was dispatched with a small force of Te Arawa to reinforce the Rotorua people and on 17 March 1867, with his men, forced …
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… Kepa took up employment as a law clerk with a solicitor in Rotorua. In 1906 he qualified as a licensed interpreter. On 2 April 1908 at Rotorua Kepa married Wikitōria Ngāhirapu Ārama Karaka of … over the future of the lakes and Māori land within the Rotorua area. He was the main instigator of a move to have …
Type: Biography
… was the most famous of a long line of Māori women guides in Rotorua. Confident and articulate, she enjoyed discussing … meet tourist expectations the government sought to restore Rotorua as the showpiece of Māori culture. The Māori Arts … facilities. One of the first recipients was the Agrodome at Rotorua, which was based on a farm show in Seattle and the …
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Part of story: Tourist industry