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Brian Boru Hotel: 1910

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Brian Boru Hotel: 1910

In 1910 the hotel looked much as it would 2010, but the transport – horse-drawn hansom cabs – was different.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, J. McNeish Collection

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel places – Thames, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30637/brian-boru-hotel-1910 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010.