Tauranga telephone exchange moments in history
Before Pae Korokī and Papers Past, the New Zealand Room librarians would note topics of interest in an alphabetized card catalogue, this is their selection of Tauranga's Post Office telephone exchange mentions in the Bay of Plenty Times and other sources.
Chronological listing:
1960s
New telephone exchange near completion. Relates to automatic telephone exchange at 11th Avenue shopping centre. Includes photos of P. Nuku, and exchange operators. Bay of Plenty Times, 2 August 1963.
1970s
Riggers push away the old microwave transmitter on the Tauranga South Post Office. Bay of Plenty Times, 26 August 1975.
Te Puna complex to cost $250,000. Relates to new telephone exchange plans. Bay of Plenty Times, 3 December 1976.
Phone cut-over in few months. Relates to modifications to circuitry in the Te Puke's new automatic exchange. Bay of Plenty Times, 15 December 1976.
Phone system is an asset. Relates to commission of automatic exchange in Te Puke. Bay of Plenty Times, 21 September 1977.
Exchange contract. Relates to plans for an addition to the Ōtūmoetai telephone exchange building. Bay of Plenty Times, 24 August 1978.
Toll dialling by 1982. Bay of Plenty Times, 17 November 1978.
Te Puna exchange. Relates to new telephone exchange plans. Bay of Plenty Times, 22 November 1978.
Long wait for telephones. Relates to 600 people waiting for telephones. Bay of Plenty Times, 16 January 1979.
Project to cost $370,000. Relates to a new automatic telephone exchange in Ōmokoroa. Bay of Plenty Times, 17 January 1979.
New directory on the way. Relates to delivery of the 1979 telephone books. Bay of Plenty Times, 5 April 1979.
Foundations for exchange going deep. Relates to new exchange building in Maungatapu. Includes photos of construction. Bay of Plenty Times, 15 May 1979.
Fuel savers tax phones. Relates to increased usage of phones overloading system. Bay of Plenty Times, 5 May 1979.
Tollcall charge halved. Relates to tollcalls between Katikati and Tauranga. Bay of Plenty Times, 1 August 1978 or 1979.
Phone books may be altered in Bay. Relates to planned formatting of telephone book. Bay of Plenty Times, 24 August 1979.
Phone service extension. Relates to Ōtūmoetai telephone service. Bay of Plenty Times, 3 October 1977 or 79.
Telephone relief on the way. Relates to waiting lists for telephones. Bay of Plenty Times, 3 June 1978/1979.
Phone charges worry aged. Bay of Plenty Times, 22 June 1979.
Businesses to face hefty phone charges. Bay of Plenty Times, 1 September 1979.
Phone waiting list dwindles. Relates to waitlist for telephones. Bay of Plenty Times, 9 June 1979.
Dialling area grows. Relates to Aongatete area joining Tauranga free-dialling area. Bay of Plenty Times, 18 August 1979.
85 piles now in place. Relates to new exchange building in Maungatapu. Includes photos of construction. Bay of Plenty Times, 24 November 1979.
Benefits of complex some time away. Relates to new exchange building in Maungatapu. Includes photos of construction. Bay of Plenty Times, 24 November 1979.
Installation nearly finished. Relates to new exchange in Ōtūmoetai. Includes photos of exterior and interior. Bay of Plenty Times, 14 December 1979.
Exchange to be replaced. Relates to the Pāpāmoa telephone exchange. Bay of Plenty Times, 5 April 1980.
Phone service to be extended. Relates to a 400 line extension. Bay of Plenty Times, 3 May 1980.
Exchange addition. Relates to contract for addition to the Tauranga Telephone Exchange. Bay of Plenty Times, 20 May 1980
Project work halted. Relates to new exchange building in Maungatapu. Bay of Plenty Times, 14 May 1980.
Free-calling. Relates to new free calls between Tauranga and Katikati. Bay of Plenty Times, 28 June 1980.
Directories prepared. Relates to the new Bay of Plenty phonebook. Includes photo of Harold Beswick. Bay of Plenty Times, 6 January 1981.
Subdivision residents may get phones soon. Hadleigh Park, Mount Maunganui. Bay of Plenty Times, 28 February 1981.
Maungatapu exchange progress. Relates to Maungatapu exchange. Includes photos of Kevin Keereweer, John Cullen, John Callahan and Boni O'Brien-Gleeson. Bay of Plenty Times, 5 March 1981.
Project still attracting buyers. Includes photos of Ian Moffat, Alan Todd, Rex Pollock, Barry Sweet, Mr MacLeod and Les Franks. Bay of Plenty Times, 13 May 1982.
