The Story
The story of the Whakatane Hotel dates back prior to 1895. We may not have the stabling or paddock available for our guests but we have the accommodation and the history!
Credit: Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXI, Issue 3308, 2 September 1895, Page 1
(newspaper article below)
A collection of Whakatane Township Historical Photos. Shows Hotel with rocky cliffs behind, photographed by William Archer
Price circa 1910s.
1 - There are three touring cars outside the hotel, the
front one with a driver and two passengers, the middle one with three
passengers and driver, and the last one with five passengers as well as
driver. A few men are standing watching.
Photo
credit: Whakatane Hotel. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of
post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001778-G. Alexander Turnbull Library,
Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23007805
(Centre Photo)
2 - Looks along a street with the Whakatane Hotel on the right and the premises of the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company on the left. Apparently taken at an unidentified special occasion, with a large crowd gathered in the street between the Loan & Mercantile Company Agency building and the hills in the background. A young girl wearing a wide-brimmed hat, knee-length dress, and socks & shoes, is standing in the centre foreground.
Photo credit: Whakatane township. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001776-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23087
(Photo on right)
3 - Looks along a street with the Whakatane Hotel on the left. A touring car with a man and a woman as passengers in the back seat, with a group of people standing around, and a young man on horseback, watching from the middle of the road.
Photo credit: Whakatane township. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001777-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23075778