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Story: Lakes

Lake Rotorua

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Lake Rotorua

This village scene is at Ōhinemutu, at the southern end of Lake Rotorua, around 1860.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Mrs Scott Collection

Reference: PAColl-2321-06

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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How to cite this page

Simon Nathan, Lakes – Ownership and control, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11832/lake-rotorua (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 1 March 2009.