Rotorua RSA Memorial
Dedication tablets at the start of the Rotorua RSA memorial drive.
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Ang Wickham, 2010
Don Stafford
Historian Don Stafford spent most of his long career championing the history and heritage of his beloved city, Rotorua
Don Stafford
Rotorua historian Don Stafford, (1927-2010).
- See also biography of Don Stafford
Paul Wilson, Photographic Collection
Rotorua Museum of Art and History
Not to be reused without permission.
Guide Sophia
Sophia Hinerangi, circa 1895. She wears a korowai (described at the time as a 'tag cloak') .
Guide Sophia
Best known as ‘Guide Sophia’ she was the principal tourist guide of the famous Pink and White
Terraces at Lake Rotomahana.
Joe Warbrick
Joe Warbrick was the captain, coach and selector for the New Zealand Natives' tour of Britain in 1888-89, the first New Zealand representative rugby team to tour beyond Australia.
Maori voters at Rotorua, about 1908
Maori men and women congregate outside the Rotorua courthouse on election day, possibly in 1908. From 1868 right up until 1951, voting in the Maori seats took place on a different day to the election in general (European) seats.
Despite frequent complaints about the conduct of Maori elections and the lack of safeguards against electoral fraud, Pakeha politicians and officials generally showed little interest in reform. As a result, the secret ballot and electoral rolls were not used in Maori elections until 1938 and 1949 respectively.
Four killed by Rotorua geyser
Guide Joseph Warbrick and three tourists were killed instantly when the Waimangu geyser erupted unexpectedly.
