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A brief location list with names of Establishments with managers and/or owners, Q-R. If anyone knows of these people and/or have photographs of the buildings please email Kete Rotorua
Information for this list came from National Newspapers, Don Stafford's Research Notes, Wises Post Office Guides, Electoral Rolls and Bay of Plenty Phone Books. |
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Name of Establishment | Era Built | Manager/Owner | Era of Occupation | Location | Demolished or Renamed | Site as at 2015 |
Queensland Hotel/House | c1911 | Ray Mousely | c1911-13 | 37-39 Amohia Street | Demolished c1966, Railway Motors c1966-1999 | Godfrey's Vacuum Cleaner Shop & another shop attached. |
Mrs G. Armer | c1913 | Bidwell House c1950 only | ||||
Mrs C. Pepper | c1912, 1913-1917 | |||||
Mrs Daisy Berge | 1922-1938 | |||||
Mrs A. Simpson | 1940-1945 | |||||
Mrs M. N. Nelson | 1945-1947 | |||||
Records of Owner or Managers is not known after this date. If anyone knows or worked there please let us know. | ||||||
Queensland Flats | 33 Amohia Street | Demolished c1963 | L. J. Hooker Real Estate | |||
Randwick House | c1906 | Mrs J. Cross | c1906-1907 | 85 Hinemoa Street | Brookby House c1950 | Royal Court Apartments Building c2011- |
Mrs Bell | 1907 | Ashley House c1960 | ||||
Mrs Mary J.Wrathall | 1910-1922 | The 'new' Post Office 1966 | ||||
Charles Andrews | 1914-1917 | |||||
Stewart Sinton | 1923-1942 | |||||
Rumble | 1942-1943 | |||||
J. Relf | 1943- | |||||
Mrs J. Bell | 1946-1947 | |||||
Ranui Guest House | c1969 | Dorothy & Margaret Bearn | 1969-c1978 | 114 Arawa Street | Taken over by Arawa Lodge Motel c1979- | Lava Bar -- Hot Rock Backpackers |
Regent Hotel | c1930s | Mrs Hodge | 1932-1934 | NE Cnr Pukaki & Rangiuru Streets | Rotorua Tourist Lodge c1975- | Regent of Rotorua Boutique Hotel |
Mrs Zena Parkinson | c1943-1950s | |||||
Mrs Amy Wallace | c1963-c1969 | |||||
Marion G. Ellingham | c1972 | |||||
Valetta E. Brownlie | c1978 | |||||
Malcolm A. Young | c1984 | |||||
John & Maureen Naulls | c1989-1991 | |||||
Richmond Guest House | c1968 | Unknown | 67 Amohau Street | Spa Lodge Backpackers | ||
Riviera Motel / Flats | c1964 | Syd Allen | 1968 | 16 Fenton Street | Riviera Lodge 1990s | Lago Apartments |
Rocky Nook | c1899 | Mrs M. Cross | 1902-1903 | 44 Whakaue Street | Pendennis c1940 | Lakesyde Business Centre, Site |
Mrs A. Prince | 1904-1912 | |||||
J. A. Wilson | 1915-1924 | |||||
Rotorua Family Hotel / Rotorua Hotel | c1874 | J. T. Morrison | 1874-1880 | Ohinemutu | Unknown | |
Mrs Morrison | c1883-1891 | |||||
George Crosby | 1892-1893 | |||||
John Falloona | 1894-1897 | |||||
Mrs Morrison | 1898-1899 | |||||
Rotorua House | c1907 | Mr A. L. McLean | 1912- | SE Cnr Pukaki & Tutanekai Streets | Demolished 1962, Odeon Theatre 1964-c1997 | Destiny Church |
Mrs Annie Gray | 1919-1923 | |||||
Rotorua Travelodge | c1957 | Mr J. Low | 1968-1977 | 6 Eruera Street | Sudima Hotel | |
Royal Guest House | c1953 | Mr & Mrs Andrews | c1953- | 3 Tutanekai Street | Novotel | |
Mr & Mrs Boddy | 1957-1967 | |||||
H.S. Herbert | 1968-1974 |