All this and Moore
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AuthorDorothy MOORE
PublisherLifestory BooksDate of publication2017Dates covered1939 - 2016SummaryA brief overview of her early life in the UK, and then the story of her life in New Zealand, her initial homesickness, her life as a farmer's wife and her family. She and her husband Neville's first home in New Zealand was in Putaruru. In 1960, the couple had saved enough to buy a farm at Kauri Point, north of Katikati. They grew a variety of fruit to market and sell, and eventually began to plant kiwifruit in 1969.
Neville passed away suddenly in 1978, and Dorothy then married Hugh Moore. They planted their first 2 acres of avocados in 1979.
Hugh Moore features in Katikati's mural "The Story of Kiwifruit" which is located across from the Katikati Library.WBOP Libraries location920 MOO
PublisherLifestory BooksDate of publication2017Dates covered1939 - 2016SummaryA brief overview of her early life in the UK, and then the story of her life in New Zealand, her initial homesickness, her life as a farmer's wife and her family. She and her husband Neville's first home in New Zealand was in Putaruru. In 1960, the couple had saved enough to buy a farm at Kauri Point, north of Katikati. They grew a variety of fruit to market and sell, and eventually began to plant kiwifruit in 1969. Neville passed away suddenly in 1978, and Dorothy then married Hugh Moore. They planted their first 2 acres of avocados in 1979.
Hugh Moore features in Katikati's mural "The Story of Kiwifruit" which is located across from the Katikati Library.
WBOP Libraries location920 MOOAuthor profile
NameDorothy Elizabeth MooreBiographical notesAs above.Life dates1932 - current
Biographical notesAs above.Life dates1932 - currentRelated Information
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Dorothy MOORE, All this and Moore. Western Bay of Plenty Community Archives, accessed 03/05/2026, https://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/1395
