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Mauku Victory Hall

Mauku Victory Hall

Mauku Victory Hall

On 7 June 1922 the Governor-General Viscount Jellicoe formally opened the Mauku Victory Hall. The name had been chosen to show that the hall had been built not as a war memorial, but to commemorate the Allied victory in the First World War.

('Mauku', Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, 28/3/19, p. 4; 'Mauku: Opening of New Hall', Waiuku News, 30/5/22, p. 2; 'Mauku Victory Hall: Opened by Governor-General', Franklin Times, 9/6/22, p. 4; '150 Years of Dedicated Service', Franklin County News, 29/8/73, p. 21; 'Mauku Hall Gets a Facelift', Waiuku & Districts Post, 9/6/98, p. 1).

Image: Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986

Information: Bruce Ringer, Manukau Libraries

Site Style Ornamentation Unveiling Date No of Dead
beside road hall   7 June 1922 0
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