Official Information Request - Keys to the City
Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 10:25 am
Subject: Official Information request - keys to the city
I refer to your Official Information request of 19 September 2023 for a list of all people, animals, groups or teams who have ever been granted the ‘keys to the city’ of Rotorua.
A search of Rotorua Library records has found reference to the following:
Type | Who | When |
Freedom of the City | Hauraki Regiment | 28 January 1963 |
Freedom of the City | Mrs Parewahawaha Leonard | 6 December 1984 on the occasion of her 112th birthday |
Freedom of the City | Susan Devoy | 28 September 1985 |
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Regards
Oonagh Hopkins Manahautū Whaitua Tūtahi | Deputy CE, District Leadership & Democracy |
