MT MAUNGANUI, NEW ZEALAND – Trivet

Mt Maunganji - Trivet - steel (1)     Mt Maunganji - Trivet - steel (3)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Maunganui, Tauranga , New Zealand

ITEM: Trivet

NOTES: Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, located on a peninsula just to the north of Tauranga, at the top of the North Island of New Zealand. The Mount was independent from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988. Phil Rudd, the former drummer for AC/DC lives in Tauranga …but only since the 80s.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: Steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm x 13.5xm       .

PATAUA, NEW ZEALAND – Wall Ornament

Pataua, New Zealand - Wall Ornament (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Pataua , New Zealand

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A simple wall ornament (in pokerwork / pyrography) from Pataua, in the north of New Zealand, a popular area for sea gulls and surfing. Wherever you find seagulls you find surfers it seems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pataua_North

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:   New Zealand probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 9cm x 12.5cm

AKAROA, NEW ZEALAND – Side Plate

Akaroa - Small Plate  (1) Akaroa - Small Plate  (4)PLACE REPRESENTED: Akaroa , New Zealand

ITEM: Decorative Plate

NOTES: Akaroa is a village (and harbour) on Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand. Village or town? The population is about 600 people … but they still have a souvenir plate.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm diameter

NEW ZEALAND – Salt & Pepper Shakers

New Zealand - Kiwi Bird and Maoris - Salt & Pepper Shakers - wood (3)New Zealand - Kiwi Bird and Maoris - Salt & Pepper Shakers - wood (4)
PLACE REPRESENTED:   New Zealand

ITEM: Wood and leather salt & pepper shakers.

NOTES: Salt & Pepper shakers made of wood with a center bound in what appears to be leather, etched with Polynesian symbols and Kiwi birds.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood , leather (I think).

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 12cm high , 4.2cm diameter around base.