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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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Thames College students, Memorial Park

Tga Memorial Park swimming pool

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Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park

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Memorial Park shallow pool

Memorial Park pool more inviting than nearby Tauranga Harbour (fountain in background).

Mount News. Peter and David Lloyd of Mount Maunganui at Tauranga's Memorial Park.

Improving beach at Memorial Park & 6th Avenue Motor Camp.

A wet pitch. Caravan in surface flooding at Memorial Park.

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Reel 5: Camping, boating, Memorial Park, backyard scenes

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

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