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The Rotorua Daily Post is the regional newspaper for central North Island of New Zealand including the greater ... Robin and Russell, took over upon his death in 1918.
When her grandfather, who worked for the Tourist Department in Auckland, retired in the 1930s, the family returned to lived in Rotorua. [1] She married Nikora Whakapu (Ted) Mihinui, and the couple had six children. [1] Ted Mihinui died in 1982. [5]
Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (23 September 1872 – 29 December 1984) was a New Zealand weaver, farmer and kuia (respected elder). At the time of her death in 1984, age 112, she was the oldest woman in New Zealand, and one of the last people living who remembered the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera.
Gillies died in Rotorua on 7 November 2024, at the age of 99. [11] His tangihanga was held at Te Papaiouru Marae in Ōhinemutu, with a service held at St Faith's Church on the final day. His body was then taken via Tūnohopū Marae to Kauae Cemetery in Ngongotahā, where he was buried alongside his wife. [12]
Nia Marie Glassie was a three-year-old girl who was violently abused and eventually killed by her mother's boyfriend and his brother in Rotorua, New Zealand.Her death in 2007 sparked a high-profile criminal investigation and subsequent murder trial, and caused major outrage throughout the country.
Hartevelt, A. "Axeman David Bolstad dies suddenly," Rotorua Daily Post 23 November 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012. This New Zealand biographical article relating to sports is a stub .
Heta Kenneth Hingston QSO [1] (8 August 1938 – 9 August 2020) was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as a judge of the Māori Land Court from 1984 to 1999, as Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue from 1978 until 2010, and as a judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands and the Cook Islands Court of Appeal between 2000 and 2013.
Schuster founded the weaving school at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua, in 1969. [7] Her daughter, Edna Pahewa, is the school's current head. [8] In 1988, Schuster and Diggeress Te Kanawa were awarded a travel grant to visit taonga kept in museums in the United Kingdom and United States.