History
The Te Aroha Centre is built inside the former Bendon lingerie factory which housed 100 people sewing. Bendon agreed to sell the premises to Future Te Aroha, a charitable trust, for NZD$67,500. After much fund-raising and assistance from a bevy of institutions in and around Te Aroha, the sale was finalised.
The Centre was officially opened by Judith Tizard on 23 November 2001, starting off a month-long Aroha (Māori for "love" or "esteem") festival which celebrated with a theme of "who we are". The theme for the building is "Aroha for ourselves, our family and our community". Te Aroha Centre tries to depict this through as many media as possible through the telling of stories.
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