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… and 1974, 60 families were resettled, mainly in Taupō and Rotorua where workers were needed in the forest industry. …
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Part of story: Tokelauans
… in New Zealand, and now survives in a single colony by a Rotorua hot spring. Cryptostylis subulata, a recent …
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Part of story: Orchids
… of Auckland, 107 km east of Hamilton and 86 km north of Rotorua. 19th-century settlement Tauranga dates from the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… can also occur in lakes and rivers. Lake Taupō and the Rotorua lakes have been increasingly plagued by blooms of …
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Part of story: Plankton
… Tūwharetoa’s renown, especially among people in the Rotorua district, meant he was always welcome in the region. …
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Part of story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
… to the Pink and White Terraces and the thermal district of Rotorua. With Ernest Meysey-Thompson, a friend from Eton and … their public works budget. He pushed the development of Rotorua as a tourist spa and the expansion of the North … Herries also presided over the Pākehā portion of the Rotorua welcome for the prince of Wales in April 1920. He …
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… Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati Moko was born at Rotorua on 9 May 1885, the son of Tāmati Moko and his wife, … to Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi. Pita Moko attended Rotorua School and then St Stephen's Native Boys' School at … as well as Māori. He later worked as a land agent in Rotorua. On 24 August 1912, in Wanganui, he married Roka …
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… By this time, league was also being played in Taranaki, Rotorua, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Marlborough and Southland. The … team. Those Lions played only in Auckland (three games) and Rotorua and did little towards expanding the fledgling …
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Part of story: Rugby league
… Between 1919 and 1923 they made expeditions to Gisborne, Rotorua, the Whanganui River and the East Coast, recording … portable equipment at Tunohopu meeting house at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua. They recorded well-known Māori songs such as …
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Part of story: Recording companies and studios
… Helen travelled with John to Auckland. When she fell ill in Rotorua, the debatable diagnosis of diphtheria was made and … by her husband and two daughters, and was buried in Rotorua. …
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… After her retirement at the end of 1944 Mere Hall lived in Rotorua in the house of former Hukarere principals Jane and Emily Bulstrode. She taught Māori at Rotorua High School, played the organ for church services at …
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… the mêlée at Maungapōhatu in 1916. When she arrived at Rotorua Sister Annie was told she 'was mad even thinking of … to the inhabitants of the area. Ruatāhuna was 76 miles from Rotorua and the closest doctor, and 20 miles from the …
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… probably at Puhirua or Te Awahou, on the northern shores of Rotorua. He became leader of Ngāti Rangiwewehi, one of the … of Ngāti Whakaue at Weriweri, on the western shore of Rotorua. In response to this killing, another battle took …
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… near future nobody will have “travelled” who has not seen Rotorua.’ 1 This was especially the case at the 1904 St … the Waitomo Caves with imitation glow-worms and a miniature Rotorua with geysers and boiling pools. A cinema showed …
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Part of story: Exhibitions and world’s fairs
… wrote himself into maritime history. In May 1980 the Union Rotorua , bound from Tauranga for Sydney, broke down 200 … before accomplished, and Captain John Warren of the Union Rotorua later exclaimed: ‘If anyone had previously tried to …
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… In January 1969 he began a tourist amphibian service in Rotorua, and by 1971 had formed another new scenic flight … Skydivers Club shortly after. He was also a member of the Rotorua Aero Club and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of …
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… Places like Taihape, Ohakune, Raetihi, Taumarunui, Rotorua, Taupō, Whakatāne, Tauranga, Te Kūiti, Te Awamutu … Māori individuals. Taupō has Heuheu and Tamamutu streets, Rotorua has Arawa, Tūtānekai and Hinemoa streets, and Hutt …
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Part of story: Place names
… Centre (1975 – later Hawke’s Bay Exhibition Centre) Rotorua Art Gallery (1977 – later Rotorua Museum of Art and History). Non-collecting Most …
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Part of story: Art galleries and collections
… For example, Īhenga and Kahumatamomoe explored the Rotorua lakes district, the Waikato River, Whāingaroa … The offspring of Tama’s descendant Rangitihi occupied the Rotorua lake area. Ngātoro's progeny remained in the Taupō …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… government forces. An attempt was made to reach Waikato via Rotorua, but Te Arawa refused permission to cross their territory. After some skirmishing around the Rotorua lakes the expedition returned and disbanded. In …
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