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.
Main Body

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.

Archive Items

Alf Rendell

Invitation to book launch of 'Rendell's Tauranga - historic Tauranga from above'

Stories - People

Alf Rendell (1917-2019) - Photographer

Audio Visual Files

A.(Alf) H. Rendell (1917-2019) interviewed by Jinty Rorke (1997/1998)

Photograph Collections

Tauranga RSA hand-coloured aerial images by Alf Rendell

Our People (authority)

Rendell, Robert John, 1875-1941 (Person)

Rendell, Alfred Hugh, 1917-2019 (Person)

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Personal Information

First Name(s)Alfred HughSurnameRendellAlso Known asAlfDate of Birth2 November 1917Place of BirthNew ZealandDate of Death27 December 2019Date of Burial/Cremation14 February 2024Place of Burial/CremationPyes Pā Cemetery, TaurangaOccupationPhotographer

Whānau

FatherRendell, Robert John, 1875-1941 (Person)ChildrenRendell, Graham

Partner

PartnerDrury, JoanDate Married1947Place of MarriageNew Zealand

Military Service

ConflictWorld War, 1939-1945

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Rendell, Alfred Hugh, 1917-2019 (Person)