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Historical Rotorua Photographs

This image gallery of historical Rotorua photographs is intended for viewing only to give some insight into the region's past. Due to copyright restrictions the images below are not be reproduced or copied in anyway.

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Either Whakarewarewa or Ohinemutu Village Bella, leader of the poi dancers, Whakarewarewa Wairoa Geyser Tutea Falls, Okere A Maori woman carrying her baby Bath House buildings early 1900s Whakarewarewa Village Pavillion Baths, Govt Gardens circa 1884-1887 'A good haul of trout' A haka for a penny Victorian party on White Terrace pre 1886 eruption Waikite Geyser Waimangu Geyser, the computed high of this erup tion is 1500ft Wash day Ohinemutu village Wairoa Falls, Wairoa The Tea House and Fred Wylie Memorial in Sanatorium grounds The Steaming Cliffs, Lake Rotomahana The ruins of Sophia's whare after the Mt Tarawera eruption The Porridge Pot, Whakarewarewa A 21lb rainbow trout caught in Lake Rotorua Maori chief The Twins and Inferno, Tikitere The Torpedo, Whakarearewa Guide Maggie Papakura The new Bath House, Sanatorium Grounds The Hamurana Spring The Green Lake The Govt Sanatorium showing Malfroy Geyser The Fairy Spring The Chief's Cave, Whakarewarewa The Brain Pot, Whakarewarewa Hinemoa's Bath, Mokoia Island The Blue Lake The basin of the Waimangu Quiescent Te Hongi Rotorua from Bath House viewing platform Pohutu Geyser at Whakarewarewa taken on March 28, 1914 Part of the Pink Terrace Okere Falls Maori Chief Maori Chief The power station, Okere Stream Maori Chief Lake Rotorua from Ohinemutu Maggie Papakura in front of Maori wharenui Lake Tarawera from Wairoa Lake House Hotel, Ohinemutu circa 1880 Maori children diving for pennies from Whakarewarewa Village bridge into the Puarenga Stream Junior Kapa Haka group Hinemoa Street showing the entrance to the Duchess Bath, Brent's Hotel on the right Desolation around Waimangu Hamurana Springs Cooking pool, Whakarewarewa Village Cooking food using natural geothermal steam vent Guide Sophia, the heroine of the Mt Tarawera eruption Wharenui, Whakarewarewa Buttress, White Terrace Chief Patara Te Tuhi