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The city first became a major site of tourism due to the Rotorua's close proximity to the Pink and White Terraces, until they were destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Rotorua was elevated to borough status in 1922 and to city status 40 years later.
Rotorua was established as a borough in 1922, elected its first mayor, Cecil H. Clinkard in 1923, and declared a city in 1962 before becoming a district in 1979.
Becoming a city was a cause for civic celebration, because it confirmed a settlement was now an important player in the urban hierarchy. This clip shows Rotorua’s mayor proclaim his town New Zealand’s 17th city in 1962.
Rotorua, city (“district”), north-central North Island, New Zealand. It lies at the southwestern end of Lake Rotorua, for which it is named, between the Bay of Plenty to the northeast and Lake Taupo to the southwest. Founded in the early 1870s, it was constituted a special town district in 1881.
Rotorua was built in the early 1880s by the government, as a town for tourists visiting the ‘hot lakes’. It was laid out on the Pukeroa–Oruawhata block, land leased from Ngāti Whakaue near the Māori lakeside settlement of Ōhinemutu.
Oct 17, 2020 · Rotorua History in the 1800s. 1820s - By this time Europeans (pakeha) were already established in New Zealand, mainly due to whaling and sealing. As Rotorua was inland the Te Arawa lived in relative seclusion and did not know about the Europeans yet.
History of Rotorua: Discover descendants of the Tuhorangi people, their unique lifestyle & history; Experience 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera, New Zealand.
