Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Hermann Robert Rockel, Headmaster of the Turakina Public School, was born in 1868 in the Lower Rangitikei. He kept two years' terms with the Auckland University College, and took the first section of the B.A. degree. In 1885 Mr. Rockel became a pupil teacher at Bulls, and three years afterwards was placed in charge of the Mars Hill School, near Wanganui, having since been transferred successively to Upokongaro and Rata schools, and appointed in March, 1895, to Turakina. He takes an interest in athletics generally, and particularly in football and cricket. Mr. Rockel was married in 1894 to a daughter of Mr. J. Scott, of Bulls, and has one daughter.