Anzac Bay, Bowentown.
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DescriptionPre-colonial Maori inhabitants of this area knew it as Waipaopao. The European settlers named it St. George's Bay, then the name Anzac Bay was given to it upon request by the Hon. William Herbert Herries in 1915. Anzac Bay is the only place on the New Zealand mainland which holds this name. The change was made in "commemoration of our heroic boys and their fellow soldiers who so gallantly effected a landing at Anzac Bay in Gallipoli." The serenity and peace of this special place pays a great tribute to the bravery of those men.
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Anzac Bay, Bowentown.. Western Bay of Plenty Community Archives, accessed 03/05/2026, https://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/3586
