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Pictures from the Past
From the Bates family of Te Araroa we have these pics of Te Araroa in the heyday of freezing works, cordial factory and coastal shipping.
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The old wharf and storage shed (at left) where coastal ships unloaded in the '20s. If conditions were suitable, goods were transferred to the township over the river-mouth, by horse and dray, and if not, then by small boats
Looking back down the road to the south, before rising to the top of the hill going into Ta Araroa
Fagin's Cordial factory with Messrs Sunstead, Hansen and Fagin preparing tor delivery