The Jean Batten Memorial is located in Jean Batten Square in

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...

, New Zealand and honours the life of pioneer aviator

Jean Batten Jane Gardner Batten (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator, making a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world. She is notable for completing the first solo flight fro ...

, who was born in Rotorua. The memorial was created by Hamilton artist Marshall Watt and gifted to the

Rotorua Museum The Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa is a local museum and art gallery in the Government Gardens near the centre of Rotorua, New Zealand. The museum is housed in the former Bath House building which was opened in 1908 and is noted as t ...

in 1994. The memorial was later installed in the park on Arawa Street between Tourism Rotorua and the District Library. The memorial is designed as a steel aeroplane wing with a bronze relief of Batten's head.

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