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Rotoroa Island

Former populated places in New ZealandIslands of the Auckland RegionIslands of the Hauraki GulfUninhabited islands of New ZealandUse New Zealand English from April 2024
Flight from Cook Islands to New Zealand. Over Auckland (482307) (Rotoroa Island)
Flight from Cook Islands to New Zealand. Over Auckland (482307) (Rotoroa Island)

Rotoroa Island is an island to the east of Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. It covers 82 hectares (200 acres). The Salvation Army purchased it for £400 in 1908 from the Ruthe family to expand their alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility at nearby Pakatoa Island. Men were treated at Home Bay at Rotoroa, while women were treated at Pakatoa. This treatment facility was closed in 2005. In 2008, philanthropists Neal and Annette Plowman negotiated a 99-year lease from the Salvation Army, establishing the Rotoroa Island Trust, and created a program of restoration and redevelopment, designed to return island access to the people of New Zealand. Rotoroa Island opened to the public for the first time in over 100 years in February 2011. The Rotoroa Island Museum opened in 2009.

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Rotoroa Island
Southern Loop Track, Waiheke

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N -36.816666666667 ° E 175.2 °
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Southern Loop Track
Waiheke
Auckland, New Zealand
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Flight from Cook Islands to New Zealand. Over Auckland (482307) (Rotoroa Island)
Flight from Cook Islands to New Zealand. Over Auckland (482307) (Rotoroa Island)
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