The Founding Years in Rotorua: A History of Events to 1900

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Ray Richards, 1986

0908596251 / 9780908596256

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448 pages. Inscription on front end page/inside cover The town of Rotorua, in the heart of New Zealand's North Island and the centre o f its thermal region, was established over 100 years ago. Every New Zealand city , borough and county has features that distinguish its history. In Rotorua the d istinctions are unusual: major Maori habitation, abounding thermal activity and a consequent flow of tourist visitors, lakes as waterways and gracious amenities , a period of guerilla warfare, dense forest that gave an early timber industry and yielded to abundant agriculture, isolation and terrain that made transport d ifficult, and government involvement that was mainly expressed as a difficult an d distant bureaucracy. Rotorua's birth came with the introduction of the Thermal Springs Districts Act and 1882 saw its infancy begin. It was not a birth that w as entirely welcomed. The earlier European settlers bitterly resisted attempts t o prize them away from the 'old town' at Ohinemutu. There was no joy for the Mao ri either, for the grand scheme to lease the new township to a host of clamourin g would-be investors turned sour and left the Maori owners lamenting. However, d espite this inauspicious start, economic depression and the devastating eruption of Mount Tarawera, the settlement survived and gradually prospered. Major aspec ts of its success have been the blending of Maori and European cultures and the absence of serious conflict in the town since the two first met. Those who built Rotorua were remarkable people. They persevered in the face of heavy odds to es tablish themselves in a challenging area, and turned a steaming, scrub-covered w ilderness into a bustling town that was soon to see royalty in its midst. Their joys, woes, achievements and disappointments from the earliest times to the end.…

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Titolo
The Founding Years in Rotorua: A History of Events to 1900
Autore
Stafford. D.M.
Editore
Ray Richards
Anno di pubblicazione
1986
Condizione
Very Good
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0908596251
ISBN 13
9780908596256
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