Ōtaki and Te Horo Heritage Trail

In the 1820s, the Muaupoko inhabitants of Te Horo were overcome by northern iwi retreating from the Musket Wars.

Haowhenua was one of the biggest inter-tribal battles in the southern North Island. In 1834, Ngāti Ruanui and Taranaki...

The stone monument at Ōtaki Beach, shaped like a bow of a ship, was erected by the Otaki Historical Society. It...

The New Zealand health camp movement arose from growing concern about children’s health and welfare in the early...

Built in 1918 as a branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the BNZ building stands at the centre of the Ōtaki historic...

The original station building was built in 1886 on completion of the Wellington and Manawatu Company’s railway line....

The Ngāti Toa defeated Muaupoko and Ngāti Apa tribes (c1821-28). One of the paramount chiefs of Ngāti Apa, Te Hakeke,...

This memorial celebrates the first sustained flight in the Wellington District on 29 January, 1914. Will (James William...

Ōtaki Forks is the main western entrance to the Tararua Forest Park. Two tributaries, the Waiotauru River and Waitatapia...