Niue by Van - 3
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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 27 Oct 2013 22:07
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Niue by Van –
3
 We met this morning at nine, a real
lay-in. Off we went o todays adventures. A unusual house
built of coral.
 A little
gem.
 Quite a
view.
 Can you believe it – the main road goes through the middle of a
quarry.
  
 A photo
opportunity too good to miss.
 A full
package.
 Tufukia
Playground.
  Tufukia was the site of the very
first government school and hospital. The school opened on the 10th of August
1910. Two hundred applications were received for the sixty four that were
accepted, all male.
  Eight years later on the 18th of
August 1918, the hospital, named after New Zealand’s first Governor General, was
opened. Lord Liverpool Hospital continued for many years, providing health care
to generations. It underwent a number of refurbishments and up-grades;and
withstood the onslaught of many severe cyclones until Heta. In the afternoon of
the 4th of January 2004, the severest cyclone in living memory effectively
demolished the hospital in a manner of hours. All that remains to mark the site
is a stone wall.
Tukukia School was moved to another
location in the mid-50’s which allowed Lord Liverpool
Hospital to expand with the addition of nurses and
doctors accommodation. These units were later converted to the Justice,
Lands and Survey Department, the Niue High Court and Niue Dive. All were
destroyed by Cyclone Heta.
Opposite the junction of the road to
the airport is a concrete foundation and a water tank, all that remains of the
Huanaki Museum and Cultural Centre, opened by Governor General Sir Paul Reeves
on the 19th of October 1987. The building was once the home for New Zealand
education administrators on secondment before the museum and cultural centre
opened. In March 2005, the Niue Government declared all crown land formerly
comprising Tufukia School and Lord Liverpool Hospital as historic
reserves.
 Our last stop, a coral beach near the
quay, Vailoa.
 
 Interesting goings on in the rock pools.
  
 
 Last burst of energy
from Windarra.
 ALL IN ALL WHAT A PACKED
THREE DAYS
GREAT TIME EXPLORING
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