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The Peter Pan of Karori  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Now Years?

John at home in Karori

The actual name Karori is derived from the Maori 'Karore' meaning snare ropes and the area was well khown to the Maori as a bird trapping area.Records show the early settlement of Karori began in the 1800s. The NZ Gazette and Wellington Spectator of January 1841, printed a request from the Surveyor General for interested parties to inspect the sections into which Karori had been divided. The area comprised 2,500 acres divided into 100 acre sections.

The first mental hospital in Wellington was built in Karori in 1845 where the Karori Normal School now stands. Until then the patients had been held in jail. It was moved from Karori in 1873 and the buildings used for the school.

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We at Tyco see our relationship with ROCPAC as a great fit, says John Lek, Tyco Electronics' Wellington based industry manager for telecommunications. Tyco is one of the world's largest suppliers of telecom equipment and works closely with ROCPAC for supplies in New Zealand and the islands.
Explaining the benefits of the relationship especially from the point of view of Pacific islands telcos, Lek points out that most islands telcos base their maintenance and technical procedures on New Zealand's telecom practices rather than Australia's though Australia has some influence. ROCPAC being New Zealand-based understands these processes better, says Lek, as Tyco ties up with ROCPAC to take its products to the Pacific islands.