The city of Tauranga began as a mission station in the 1830’s. During the Land Wars in the Waikato Imperial troops arrived in Tauranga in 1864.
The region’s developed with the establishment of the port in 1873 & the first large sailing vessel entered the harbour in 1882. The first pile was driven for the Mount Maunganui wharves in 1953.
The opening of the Kaimai rail tunnel in 1978, which reduced travel times between the Port & Waikato & Rotorua.
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