Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times

The great Te Puke toilet mystery

By Stuart Whitaker
Te Puke Times·
9 Feb, 2024 02:00 AMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
So many questions ...

So many questions ...

Is this toilet humour?

Or perhaps it’s a deadpan joke.

This is the latest photograph sent to Te Puke Times by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s Community Archives team.

It was found in an album and captioned “outside Manson’s Butchery back service lane”.

The location appears to be the entrance to what is now the Countdown carpark off Boucher Ave.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
The full picture.
The full picture.

Community heritage services co-ordinator Sandra Haigh admits she’s not exactly flush with information - and would like readers who might have any ideas about how the painted porcelain ended up where it did to get in touch.

She says judging by other photos in the album, the picture would have been taken in the late 1970s or early 1980s.

■ This photograph has been supplied by Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s Community Archives team. Information accompanying the photograph is, to the best of the team’s knowledge, accurate. However, it may well be that there are inadvertent omissions or errors and anyone who might be in possession of more information is welcome to send details to news@tepuketimes.co.nz

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Save
    Share this article

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Bay of Plenty Times

Crews battle house blaze in Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty Times

Woman in court after stabbing in Oropi

Premium
Bay of Plenty Times

Doctor fears patients may face 'months' on surgery waitlist after funding change


Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Crews battle house blaze in Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty Times

Crews battle house blaze in Bay of Plenty

The house was fully engulfed when crews arrived.

17 Aug 08:21 PM
Woman in court after stabbing in Oropi
Bay of Plenty Times

Woman in court after stabbing in Oropi

17 Aug 07:39 PM
Premium
Premium
Doctor fears patients may face 'months' on surgery waitlist after funding change
Bay of Plenty Times

Doctor fears patients may face 'months' on surgery waitlist after funding change

17 Aug 06:00 PM


Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet
Sponsored

Farm plastic recycling: Getting it right saves cows, cash, and the planet

10 Aug 09:12 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP