British and Intercolonial Exhibition
42°43′03″S 170°58′0″E / 42.71750°S 170.96667°E / -42.71750; 170.96667Timeline Opening 15 December 1923 Closure 2 February 1924
The British and Intercolonial Exhibition was a small world's fair held between 15 December 1923 and 2 February 1924 in Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand to mark the opening of the Otira Tunnel and the diamond jubilee of Westland Province.[1][2]
The patron of the fair was the Governor-general John Jellicoe and the vice-patron then-Prime Minister William Massey.[1]
40,000 square feet were allocated for the exhibition.[1]
Legacy
A statue of Summer was erected to commemorate the exhibition, and is now outside the Hokitika Museum.[3]
- Summer (1925)
- Commemorative plaque on statue
References
- ^ a b c "British and Intercolonial Exhibition ... | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "The British and Intercolonial Exhibition, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand, December 15th, 1923 to February 2nd, 1924 : to celebrate the opening of the East and West Coast railway, to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the Province of Westland, 1864-1924. - Version details - Trove". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "GC3W13R Statue of Summer (Hokitika, West Coast) (Traditional Cache) in South Island, New Zealand created by gracie7". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
External links
- An image of the East gate of the fair
- Some souvenir cups from the fair
- Article positioning the fair against other New Zealand fairs
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List of world's fairs in New Zealand
- New Zealand Exhibition (Dunedin, 1865)
- New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition (Christchurch, 1872)
- New Zealand International Exhibition (Christchurch, 1882)
- New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (Wellington, 1885)
- New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (Dunedin, 1889)
- Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (Dunedin, 1898)
- Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition (1898)
- International Exhibition (Christchurch (1906)
- Auckland Exhibition (1913)
- British and Intercolonial Exhibition (1923–1924)
- New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (Dunedin, 1925)
- New Zealand Centennial Exhibition (Wellington, 1939–40)