The Tongaporutu River Valley: A History of the Combined Districts of Tongaporutu, Ahititi, Okau, Kotare, Rerekapa BY Brian E. Gray.
The Tongaporutu River Valley: A History of the Combined Districts of Tongaporutu, Ahititi, Okau, Kotare, Rerekapa BY Brian E. Gray.
Publisher: Tongaporutu Historical Committee, 2000, FIRST EDITION. VERY SCARCE. Very good hardback with jacket. Green cloth boards ahve a little bumping and marks at edges. No inscriptions, minor marks. Jacket has a little chipping to edge. 232 pages, illustrated with fold out map.
Contents: Pre-European Early European Colonisation of New Zealand The taming of the valley Schools (Tongaporutu ; Lower Tongaporutu ; Okau) Memories / Gladys E. Thompson Teacher ends period of long service Surveyors and railway schemes Roading through or within Clifton Counties/ Mokau Riding telephone communications Postal services Coach services Tongaporutu Hall Okau Hall. Ahiti-Okau-Tongaporutu WDFF Farmers Union and Young Farmer Club Okau Cooperative Dairy Company Sporting clubs Tongaporutu Cemetery Lest we forget Jumble of recollections Who dares go there Passing of a veteran at the age of 102 What happened to Darky Flint Home Guard Tongaporutu village Te Kawau Station Droving via the White Cliffs White Cliffs Parininihi Family profiles Land occupiers.