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| From : Rotorua Public Relations Office, Tourist Guide c1969 |
Business
in Rotorua
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Then
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Details
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Now
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The Old Grand
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This was Rotorua’s old picture theatre. It was also used as stables,
a cabaret, a skating rink and a furniture store.
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Robert Harris Café
1205 Tutanekai Street
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Durrants Super Value
(Located at the north end of
Tutanekai Street)
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First major supermarket in Rotorua.
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you have a memory about this business? Come in and tell us your story.
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Arawa Wine & Food
(106 Tutanekai Street)
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Atticus Finch
(1106
Tutanekai Street - Dwyer Building)
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The Palace Hotel
Originally at Ohinemutu (corner of Lake Road & Ranolf Street)
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It was moved to the corner of Tutanekai and Arawa Streets
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you have a memory about this business? Come in and tell us your story.
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Sheaf’s Pharmacy
(272 Tutanekai Street)
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Proprietor Douglas E. Sheaf, operated from 1928 to 2003. Following
the closure of Sheaf’s, this location housed McKenzie Fashions (closed in
2015).
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Jubilee Café Deli
(1202
Tutanekai Street – Jubilee Building)
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C. A. Clark and Sons
(located on Tutanekai Street)
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An aerated drink factory, that was located on Tutanekai Street for 66
years.
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you have a memory about this business? Come in and tell us your story.
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Café Royal
(48a Pukuatua Street)
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Odeon Theatre
(1132 Tutanekai Street)
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Built on the site of the old St James Theatre. The Odeon was
originally to be named the ‘new’ St James Theatre.
It opened on 21st March 1966 and closed 23rd
September 1993. Owned and operated by Rotorua Civic Theatres Ltd, c1940…
"Incorporated in the Odeon
Theatre building are 8 shops, originally the idea was to create a
ladies shopping area with such shops as clothing, chemist,
hairdresser, and cake retail" Excerpt from
Daily Post. 18 March 1966
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Destiny
Church
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Arjays Maternity Wear
(68 Hinemoa Street)
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This shop was located next to Wickett’s Drapers.
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you have a memory about this business? Come in and tell us your story.
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The Kensington
(Fenton Street)
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An eatery
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you have a memory about this business? Come in and tell us your story.
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Rotorua Printers
(47 Haupapa Street)
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Opposite Bryce’s Buildings where it was in c1940. The Commercial Printing Dept. moving to this site by 1957 and here it stayed until
2006.
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Lakes Prime Care Radiology
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RM Transport & NZ Rail/Road Services. (Northwest corner of Hinemoa and Tutanekai Streets
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Royal Court Apartments
(Hinemoa Street)
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