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Kōrero: Volcanic Plateau region

By train to Rotorua

New Zealand Railways regularly sought to promote tourist traffic on its routes. This advertisement, which appeared in the Otago Witness in advance of the 1907-08 Christmas and summer holiday, promoted Rotorua, as well as other resorts that could be reached at least part way by rail.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Otago Witness, 18 December 1907, p. 47

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – Geothermal tourism and spas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/15156/by-train-to-rotorua (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.