Forester’s Hall

Date1977Reference NumberArt 26-021DescriptionThe Foresters’ Lodge Hall was constructed in 1908 in
Spring Street, Tauranga. The local branch of the Fores-
ters’ Lodge began in Tauranga when a meeting was called
at an establishment in Wharf Street during Ianuary 1880.
The name of the Tauranga Lodge was “Court Royal Oak
No. 6497” and the first candidate was initiated on 20
March 1880.
The aims oftlie Lodge were to protect members in pre-So-
cial Welfare days against hardship to the family caused by
sickness, accident and death. Each Court appointed its
own honourary medical officer.
The Foresters Lodge flourished in Tauranga and in 1908
was in a position to build, without extra fund raising, a
new hall in Spring Street. The halldrew much praise from
the townspeople with the facings and architraves picked
out in green and red against a cream background.
The new building was opened on 25 November 1908 by
the Mayor. Over the years, the Foresters were never as
strong as some of the other societies and by the beginning
ofthe 1930s the society had collapsed. The hall was taken
over by the Borough Council in whom it had been vested.
In 1934 it was moved to the back of the section to enable
the ladies public restroom to be built.
During 1936 St John Ambulance used the hall for cadet
classes and vacated the building in 1952 to move to new
premises in Cameron Road. The hall then became the ban-
droom for the Tauranga Municipal Brass Band for the re-
mainder ofits time in this location.
In 1989 the Tauranga City Council, which now owned the
building, sold the land to the Tauranga Electric Power
Board. The City Council moved the old Foresters’ Lodge
building to the Historic Village/Museum on 21 December
1989 where it was restored.FormatDrawingPhysical DescriptionPen and ink drawings on tracing paper size is mm x mmCreatorHyde, Robert DavidHyde, Anne (nee Bowling) 1941-2023SourcesTauranga Historical Soceity Blog - https://taurangahistorical.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-foresters-hall.html and Tauranga Historic Village Museum: Souvenir book https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/49388

Asset Location

RoomOut for digitisation

Usage

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.Cultural/Ethical StatusNoaRestrictionsNo cultural/ethical restrictions apply. However, the copyright holder has assigned a Creative Commons license.CopyrightTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City LibrariesLicenseCC BY-NC 4.0AcknowledgementTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Art 26-021

Relates To

Part of Artwork SeriesArtworks of David Hyde and Anne Hyde née Bowling

Conservation

Production NotesFit for production

Admin

Source of ContributionLibrary collection

OCR Text Transcription Edit Edit +-Close

Editing is temporarily disabled

Cancel Edit

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

Menu

Forester’s Hall

Editing is temporarily disabled