The Hard Way Out

From Te Kowhai Station, the wool clip was brought out the hard way for the last time, on February 3. Even though the bales were moved by motor transport, the three-mile journey by truck, to the nearest road, has taken place for many years over hazardous ground. A rough track exists, but the journey needed care and could only be managed when the streams were at their lowest, and then sometimes with the aid of a tractor. Te Kowhai Station was taken up by Mr Newman, senior, after the First World War, but is now run by the second generation Newman and Pollard families. A new road is being built around the west side of the farm to the wool shed, which will obviate the need to use the rough Mangataka-pua Stream bed any more.