British and Intercolonial Exhibition

The British and Intercolonial Exhibition was a small world's fair held between 15 December 1923 and 2 February 1924 in Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand to mark the opening of the Otira Tunnel and the diamond jubilee of Westland Province.

[1][2] The patron of the fair was the Governor-general John Jellicoe and the vice-patron then-Prime Minister William Massey.

[1] 40,000 square feet were allocated for the exhibition.

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A statue of Summer was erected to commemorate the exhibition, and is now outside the Hokitika Museum.