New Zealand - Wanganui
- Wanganui Opera House, 1976
- Looking up Hill Street, the Opera House is on the left
- February 1976
- T. Hann Photographer
The Royal Wanganui Opera House
- New Zealand's last Victorian theatre
- Opened in 1900
- Renowned nationally and internationally for its architecture and acoustics
- The theatre seats 800 patrons
(Reference: read more at https://www.whanganui.govt.nz/Community-Culture/Venues/Royal-Wanganui-Opera-House)
Whanganui
- Whanganui, also spelled Wanganui, is a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
- Although the city was called Wanganui from 1854, in February 2009, the New Zealand Geographic Board recommended the spelling be changed to "Whanganui". In December 2009, the government decided that while either spelling was acceptable, Crown agencies would use the Whanganui spelling.
- Whāngā nui means big bay or big harbour in the Māori language.
- Europeans initially called it Petre (pronounced Peter), after Lord Petre, an officer of the New Zealand Company, but the name did not persist.
(Reference: Wikipedia)
Image source: Archives reference: AAQT 6539 W3537 Box 160/ B9488
"Archives New Zealand - Communicate New Zealand Collection"
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