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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 10 (January 1, 1935)

An Interlude with Royalty

An Interlude with Royalty.

In December, 1870, H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh visited Rotorua, and the famous Terraces of Rotoma-hana, and Preece received an invitation to go to Rotomahana to meet him. He rode through to Lake Tarawera and went up to the hot lake and found the whole party at dinner. “After dinner we had a lot of songs and finished up with two hours in the bath. Next day: The whole party left in canoes. The Prince is quite a good fellow. He made himself quite at home in the rapaki (waist shawl) and billycock hat and paddled away in the canoe like a brick.”