Elizabeth Wright Plunket Room, Rahotu (1937)

The Elizabeth Wright Plunket Room at Rahotu was officially opened on 18 September 1937 with a crowd of 400 in attendance. The multi-purpose building (Plunket Room, rest room and large lobby for a library) was paid for by financial gifts, receipts from a recently concluded 'baby carnival' which had raised £241 and a large donation from the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union. 

After a number of speeches Mr W.R. Wright (the husband of the largest individual donor, the late Mrs Elizabeth Wright - £100) cut a ribbon across the door, declaring the building officially open. Mr Wright also provided all the furniture for the Plunket Room. 

After the opening, the crowning ceremony of the baby carnival was staged in the hall, Heather Green of Rahotu was judged the winner.  

Further reading: Rahotu Plunket, Rahotu School and Districts, 125 Years1884-2009. 

Related items:

Taranaki SO7624 Sheet 1 (1937), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)

Rest Rooms at Rahotu: Plunket Society Proposal (Taranaki Daily News 23 April 1936 p.14)

Rahotu Plunket Ball (Taranaki Daily News 25 July 1936 p.16)

Tender Advertisement (Taranaki Daily News 10 September 1936 p.3)

Of passing interest, Kelvin Day (Taranaki Daily News 7 April 2014)