History
Built in 1856 or early 1857 by H R Russell. Romoved from original site in 1916. Managers included James Avison, J P Moss, William Goodwin, George Lloyd, and Gow(Peter) & Scrimgour
Date: 1885
Shows the hotel, a collection of double and single storey buildings, partially surrounded by trees.
[Doubleday, William or John], fl 1880s :Tavistock Hotel (Peter Gow), Waipukurau 1885.. [Doubleday, William and John], fl 1880s :[Twenty-three watercolours of New Zealand and the Pacific. 1884-1885]. Ref: C-150-018. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Date: 1890
Scene outside the Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau, showing a large poplar tree and four horse drawn carriages. Peter Gow, who was managing the hotel at this time, has his name painted on the front of the Hotel.
Scene outside the Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau, showing a large poplar tree and four horse drawn carriages. Ref: 1/2-010879-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Date: 1900
View of the Tavistock Hotel in Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, with horse-drawn vehicles outside. The sign painted on the side of the two-storeyed wooden building reads: `Tavistock Hotel / D. McLeod / Proprietor'. Photograph taken circa 1900, by Frederick George Radcliffe.
Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau. Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-006645-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Date: between Feb-March 1913
Scene with Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau, and the road to Porangahau. Car and bicycle parked by hotel, and man with motorbike nearby. Sign on hotel lists D McLeod as the proprietor. Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin between February and March 1916.
Scene with Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau. Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua. Ref: PA1-q-003-02-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Date: 1931
Exterior view of the Tavistock Hotel in Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay. The building has damaged plasterwork as a result of the 1931 Napier earthquake. Photographed 1931, possibly by James Henry Daroux.
Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau. Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-006645-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.