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 collection 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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Photo developers operated out of a commercial premise on The Strand, at the corner of Wharf Street, as early as 1875. Th...
28/09/2026

Photo developers operated out of a commercial premise on The Strand, at the corner of Wharf Street, as early as 1875. The building is associated with a long-running chemist and pharmacy business that changed hands several times. H. C. Hoyte opened a chemist's shop on The Strand on 1 December 1875 and sold the business to Charles Spencer in 1879. Spencer was succeeded by R. J. Allely about 1895, followed by A. J. Mirrielees in 1910 and L. E. Woods in 1929. Woods continued operating the pharmacy from The Strand until 1960, when the business moved to Grey Street.

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Mr George Reid, of Sanfords Fisheries Ltd, shows off a 22lb snapper to a group of Cook Islands Teachers' College student...
26/09/2026

Mr George Reid, of Sanfords Fisheries Ltd, shows off a 22lb snapper to a group of Cook Islands Teachers' College students who toured the establishment.
Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-36012
https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/111073

Graeme Park with his employer Tom Finlayson in the workshop. Published on 17 February 1967.
24/09/2026

Graeme Park with his employer Tom Finlayson in the workshop. Published on 17 February 1967.

Tunnellers who finished the first mile of the eastern Kaimai tunnel celebrate in Katikati. Headline was "Men strike b**r...
22/09/2026

Tunnellers who finished the first mile of the eastern Kaimai tunnel celebrate in Katikati. Headline was "Men strike b**r", but the tunnel was more important than that. Recognise anyone (the lighting isn't brilliant)? Published 19 March 1973.

Acknowledgement: Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-23535.
https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/98894.

Judith Noble and Grant Cullen, Katikati College students who were putting together clay tiles depicting the early settle...
21/09/2026

Judith Noble and Grant Cullen, Katikati College students who were putting together clay tiles depicting the early settlement period of the Katikati area. Published 21 November 1972.

Acknowledgement: Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gca-21478.
https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/117127.

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