Memorial Park, Tauranga (Place)

SummaryEleven hectares of land next to the Tauranga harbour and between 11th and 7th Avenues. Features include a water fountain, Humpty Dumpty, a cenotaph, swimming pools, a miniature railway, the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre and Memorial Hall. Site of the earlier and pre-European Hawaiki Gardens by local Māori. Later a Market Garden by a local Chinese family.

Also known as Centennial Park, Recreational Reserve.SourcesHow Memorial Park got its nameJournal of the Tauranga Historical Society Number 18Journal of the Tauranga Historical Society Number 60Journal of the Tauranga Historical Society Number 63Tauranga 1882 - 1982, Bellamy, A.C.

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Map Address328, Devonport Road, Tauranga, 3110, New ZealandLatitude/Longitude^[1]

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