From Tauranga City Library’s archives
A monthly blog about interesting items in our collection
As Aotearoa heads towards Christmas holidays, December can be a month of parties...
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| Bethlehem School Christmas party - Photo gcc-5596 |
picnics...
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| Christmas day 1937 - Photo 01-259 |
and parades...
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| Christmas procession, Katikati - Photo gca-2812 |
In the 1960s December was an especially busy time for the Post Office - look at all the Christmas mail in these Bay of Plenty Times photographs - do you think one of the workers will be heading for the rugby field after work?
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| Post Office Christmas rush - Photo gcc-5553 |
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| Christmas mail, Tauranga Post Office - Photo gca-2784 |
The Ethel Macmillan watercolours in Tauranga City Libraries Archives includes a Christmas card she painted of Mauao.
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| Mauao - Christmas card - Ms 80/11/2 |
These archival items have been digitised and added to Pae Korokī. For more information about other items in our collection, visit Pae Korokī or email the Heritage & Research Team: research@tauranga.govt.nz
Written by Kate Charteris, Heritage Specialist at Tauranga City Library.
