New Zealand - Whakatane - Allandale School - Room 5 - 1980 - Photo Courtesy of Diane G Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Whakatane - A town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region - 90 km east of Tauranga and 89 km north-east of Rotorua - Urban population of 19,750 (New Zealand's 24th largest urban area) - The Bay of Plenty's third largest urban area - Whakatane District was created in 1976 - Maori pa sites in the area date back to the first Polynesian settlements - According to Maori tradition Toi-te-huatahi landed at Whakatane about 1150 CE in search of his grandson Whatonga. - Failing to find Whatonga, he settled in the locality and built a pa on the highest point of the headland now called Whakatane Heads. - Some 200 years later the Mataatua waka landed at Whakatane. (Reference: Wikipedia) #whakatane #school