Whakamaharatanga ki nga Paearautanga, Takutai o Otaki

E hāngai ana ki 224 Hurarahi Takutai o Marine, Takutai o Ōtaki

Ko te whakamaharatanga kōhatu kei te Takutai o Ōtaki, he rite ki te rā tōna āhua, he mea whakatū e te Ōtaki Historical Society. He whakamaharatanga ki ngā paeārautanga e rua i te ākau o Ōtaki, ki te māia me te kamakama hoki o ngā tāngata nā rātou ngā pāhihi me te hunga kaumoana i mau mai ki uta.

I te 13 o Oketopa 1878, i paeāraungia te kaipuke Felixstowe (e 379 tone rēhita, i hangaia i Harwick i 1873) ā, i riro atu te kāpene, a James Stuart Piggott me ngā kaumoana e toru.

I te 22 o Oketopa 1878 i paeāraungia te City of Auckland ki te wahapū o Ōtaki, ā, he kaipuke manene e toru poutokomanawa (e 780 tone rēhita, i hangaia i Sunderland 1869, ko George Ralls te kāpene). Kāore tētehi tangata kotahi i mate.