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Rendell, Alfred Hugh, 1917-2019 (Person)
SummaryAlf was born in November 1917. He came to Tauranga as an infant from Whakatāne and like his father before him, became a well known photographer in the region.
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SourcesHands on Tauranga. (n.d.). Alf Rendell: Eighty-five years of photographyKean, Fiona. (2020, January 28). Alf Rendell 1917-2019. Tauranga Historical Society blog.New Zealand Government. Death record. 2020/175. Rendell, Alfred Hugh.
New Zealand Government. Marriage record. 1947/15210. Rendell, Alfred Hugh and Drury, Joan.
Tauranga City Council. Cemetery search. Rendell, Alfred Hugh. 43932.
Kean, Fiona. (2013, August 2). Alf Rendell, photographer. Tauranga Historical Society blog.
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Photography company: In 1939 Alf took over his father's photographic business and moved it from a studio upstairs to a space formerly a grocers shop. Closed during his army service in the Pacific Islands, 1941-1945. After the war he became a free lance photographer, setting up Renwood Studio, which he later sold to Adrian Orr, but retained the retail shop, which his son Graham took over, with the company formed in 1975.
Business names:
- A. Rendell, photographer
- Rendell's Photostudio
- Rendell's Photoservice
- Rendell's Camera House
SourcesHands on Tauranga. (n.d.). Alf Rendell: Eighty-five years of photographyKean, Fiona. (2020, January 28). Alf Rendell 1917-2019. Tauranga Historical Society blog.New Zealand Government. Death record. 2020/175. Rendell, Alfred Hugh.
New Zealand Government. Marriage record. 1947/15210. Rendell, Alfred Hugh and Drury, Joan.
Tauranga City Council. Cemetery search. Rendell, Alfred Hugh. 43932.
Kean, Fiona. (2013, August 2). Alf Rendell, photographer. Tauranga Historical Society blog.
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First Name(s)Alfred HughSurnameRendellAlso Known asAlfDate of Birth2 November 1917Place of BirthNew Zealand
Date of Death27 December 2019Date of Burial/Cremation14 February 2024
Place of Burial/CremationPyes Pā Cemetery, Tauranga
OccupationPhotographer
Date of Death27 December 2019Date of Burial/Cremation14 February 2024
Place of Burial/CremationPyes Pā Cemetery, Tauranga
OccupationPhotographerWhānau
FatherRendell, Robert John, 1875-1941 (Person)
ChildrenRendell, Graham
ChildrenRendell, Graham
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Military Service
ConflictWorld War, 1939-1945

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Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Rendell, Alfred Hugh, 1917-2019 (Person). Pae Korokī, accessed 05/05/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/97839





