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Carterton post office

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Carterton post office

People pose outside the Carterton general store and post office, around 1870. At this time the town was still surrounded by forest.

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Carterton, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12017/carterton-post-office (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.