SummaryFamily-friendly screening organised by the Heritage & Research Team at the Village Cinema at the Historic Village on Tuesday 15 April 2025, 11am - 2.30pm.
Showing vintage footage taken in Tauranga in the 1950s, 60s and 70s by Norman Blackie, an amateur filmmaker who lived much of his life here.
Main Body
All footage is from the Norman Blackie Collection and taken with a Keystone Model A-7 16mm movie camera.
Playlist
11:00am - Introduction
11:01 - Road works on Cameron Road, 1950 (from F40268).
11:17 - Paengaroa School Celebrates 50 years, 1956 (from AV 23-018/3/1).
11:21 - Walter Nash visits Hūria Marae, and more from 1957-1960 (from F40261).
11:35- Speedboats, a beauty contest and building demolished - 1960 (from F40258).
Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.LicenseCC BY 4.0AcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Film Screening: Pae Korokī footage
Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Film Screening: Pae Korokī footage (Event). Pae Korokī, accessed 05/04/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/114316