The Pourerere Road: A History of Omakere and Tamumu District. Compiled by Pam & Jeremy Ballantyne. VERY SCARCE.

Publisher Tamumu & Omakere District Historical Trust, 2008. FIRST EDITION.

Softback, covers have some light creasing and marks. No inscriptions. Pages are excellent. 236 pages, illustrated.

Originally the Pourerere Road followed a natural path, created by Maori, inland from the coast to the Tukituki River, before it became a bullock track. In the 1870's a road was built from Tamumu out to the beach. The story of the farms in the Omakere District and the founding families. Chapters: 1. Early times / Patrick Parsons 2. Pourerere / Pam Ballantyne . [et al.] -- 3. Blackhead / Danna Glendining . [et al.] -- 4. Mangakuri / Guy Bell, Peter Warren and Janet Nairn -- 5. Omakere / Charles Nairn . [et al.] -- 6. Longrange Road / Martin Pharazyn . [et al.] -- 7. Puro Puro / Veronica Butler . [et al.] -- 8. Tamumu / Jenny Strawbridge . [et al.] -- 9. Mangatarata / Iain Gollan, Gael Knobloch and Elizabeth Gunson -- 10. The road to Pourerere / Barry Gollan . [et al.] -- 11. Community / Lyn Smith . [et al.] -- 12. The coast / Garth Cassidy and Margaret Bishop. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231) and index.

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