Rotorua Library

The Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri Heritage and Research team has been sharing stories about the rich history of Rotorua and its people on Blo...

The first express train service between Auckland and Rotorua began on 8 December 1894. The train ran once a week from Rotorua on Mondays at ...

JANET FRASER MEMORIAL GUEST HOUSE Image of Janet Fraser Guest House 2023. and image of membership badge supplied courtesy of Te Rōpū o Te Or...

Stories of  Te Arawa  In Aotearoa, ngā pūrākau (creation narratives) are an ancient form of transmitting and creating shared meaning through...

All lives are filled with stories. Rich and relatable, but never exactly the same. For those born at the end of the 19th-century, it was dif...