Author: Jeremy de Korte

I'm a qualified Librarian and a Secondary school Instrumental Music Teacher. I've been a member of community bands for over thirty years and I have an interest in the history of the community bands in Victoria, Australia. It's fascinating finding the "little histories" of the bands and banding people.

Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, N.Z. – Government Gardens Band Rotunda

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Postcard: Rotorua (date unknown). (Source: Jeremy de Korte Collection)
Postcard: Band Rotunda and Racheal Spring Rotunda (date unknown).
(Source: Jeremy de Korte Collection)
Postcard: Band Rotunda, Government Sanatorium Grounds, Rotorua, N.Z. (date unknown).
(Source: Jeremy de Korte Collection)
Postcard: Band Rotunda and Grounds, Rotorua (date unknown). (Source: Jeremy de Korte Collection)

Further Reading:

Heritage New Zealand | Pouhere Taonga: Report

References:

Rotorua. (n.d.). [Postcard]. Rotorua, N.Z. 

Henry, G., Schuster, J., Ngata, T., & Pattison, L. (2011, 07 November). Rotunda : Hinemaru Street and Queens Drive, ROTORUA. Heritage New Zealand | Pouhere Taonga. Retrieved 02 July 2026 from https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/789/Rotunda

Le Grice, E. (n.d.). Band Rotunda and Rachael Spring, Rotunda [Postcard]. [Souvenir Album from Rotorua]. E. Le Grice, Rotorua, N.Z. 

N.Z. Govt. Dept. Photo. (n.d.). Band Rotunda, Government Sanatorium Grounds, Rotorua, N.Z. [Postcard]. [Industria Series 95895]. Ferguson, Taylor & Co. Publishers, Sydney and London. 

Wildman & Arey. (n.d.). Band Rotund and Grounds, Rotorua [Postcard]. [Wildman & Areys Series]. Wildman & Areys Booksellers & Stationers, Auckland, N.Z. 

Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, N.Z. – The Square Band Rotunda

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Postcard: The Square Palmerston North (date unknown).
(Source: Massey University Library Special Collections: 5441)
Postcard: Palmerston N. A3. (date unknown). (Source: Jeremy de Korte Collection)
Photograph: Band Rotunda in the Square, 1915.
(Source: Manawatū Heritage: 2014P_Sq370_008961. [File property of Ian Matheson City Archives.])

References:

J.C. Swallows & Sons. (n.d.). The Square Palmerston North [Postcard]. [5441]. Massey University Library Special Collections, Palmerston North, N.Z. https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/5441

Pratt, A. A. (n.d.). Palmerston. N. A3. [Postcard]. [Aldersley Series]. A. A. Pratt & Co., Palmerston North.

Unknown. (1915). Band Rotunda in the Square [Photograph]. [2014P_Sq2370_008961]. Manawatū Heritage, Palmerston North, N.Z. https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/f2a41e4c-a995-402a-9147-e6a96412918c