Pae Korokī: Tauranga Archives Online

Pae Korokī: Tauranga Archives Online Showcasing some of our favourite items from Pae Korokī, Tauranga Archives Online.

“Ka korokī ngā manu, ka tākiri ko te ata”

“The dawn chorus of the birds signals a new day”

This page is where the Tauranga Libraries’ Heritage and Research Team showcase some of our favourite items from “Pae Korokī, Tauranga Archives Online”. Pae Korokī was launched in December 2020, one year after the name was gifted to us by Huikakahu Kawe (Ngai Te Ahi, Ngāti Maniapoto). We have a growing coll

ection of photographs, video footage, stories, books, artworks and more that make up a seedbed for historians and others to tell the many stories of Tauranga Moana. Jump in and share, explore

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Buildings and coconut palms form the backdrop to a game of cricket. Annotation on glass plate enclosure: Samoa / AJ Stur...
07/06/2026

Buildings and coconut palms form the backdrop to a game of cricket. Annotation on glass plate enclosure: Samoa / AJ Sturgess.

Lupe Meredith, matron of Apia Hospital, returns to New Zealand for a four-week study visit. Meredith catches up on news ...
06/06/2026

Lupe Meredith, matron of Apia Hospital, returns to New Zealand for a four-week study visit. Meredith catches up on news from home by reading the Samoa News. Published 29 August 1974.

Aerial view of Tauranga Domain on Tuesday 10 August 1971, just after the start of the British Lions v Bay of Plenty rugb...
05/06/2026

Aerial view of Tauranga Domain on Tuesday 10 August 1971, just after the start of the British Lions v Bay of Plenty rugby match. Photo taken from Tauranga Aero Club plane. On front page of Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 11 August 1971.

Acknowledgement: Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 05-271.
https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/22173.

Cars parked outside John's Tearooms and Burger Bar, Post Office, and an IGA Supermarket. Published 1 November 1974.Where...
04/06/2026

Cars parked outside John's Tearooms and Burger Bar, Post Office, and an IGA Supermarket. Published 1 November 1974.
Where was this? According to the 1975 Bay of Plenty telephone directory, John's address was Main Rd Bethlehem R D 1. So in the country, and fairly new, since it wasn't in the 1973 directory.

Acknowledgement: Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-26386.
https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/112497.

Watersiders stacks cartons of explosive aboard the Auckland scow Alma moored alongside the Golden Jade, berthed at Taura...
03/06/2026

Watersiders stacks cartons of explosive aboard the Auckland scow Alma moored alongside the Golden Jade, berthed at Tauranga (?). The Alma ferried its cargo to the permanent explosive storage area a further three miles up the western channel - - does anyone know where that was? Published 18 January 1975.
Glad to see they are at least wearing gloves.

Acknowledgement: Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries photo gcc-32017.
https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/115055.

Tauranga Hospital nurses, late 1940s. Patricia MacDonald seated in centre."... a properly equipped nurses training class...
29/05/2026

Tauranga Hospital nurses, late 1940s. Patricia MacDonald seated in centre.
"... a properly equipped nurses training class had been officially established at the hospital [in 1943]".

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13176, 19 June 1943, Page 2.

Acknowledgement: Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 08-081.
Nichols and Reeve Family Photographic Collection.
https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/44163.

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