New Zealand - Otumoetai, Tauranga - 19 May 1963 - Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation Otūmoetai - A suburb of the city of Tauranga - The Otūmoetai peninsula includes both the Otūmoetai suburb, and the neighbouring suburbs of Matua and Bellevue. - The name is claimed to translate to "Peaceful Waters" from Maori to English - The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place where the tide stands still as if asleep" for Ōtǖmoetai. Tauranga - The most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region - The fifth most populous city of New Zealand - Settled by Māori late in the 13th century - Settled by Europeans in the early 19th century - Constituted as a city in 1963 - One of New Zealand's main centres for business, international trade - he Port of Tauranga is New Zealand's largest port in terms of gross export tonnage and efficiency. - One of New Zealand's fastest growing cities Reference: Wikipedia Image source; Otumoetai, Tauranga. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-60503-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23136108 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23136108?search%5Bil%5D%5Batl_free_download%5D=true&search%5Bpage%5D=10&search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=Tauranga