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Raetihi, 2000s

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Raetihi, 2000s

Snow-capped Mt Ruapehu dominates this view of Raetihi. In the foreground, a horse and riders trot towards a carved waharoa (gateway) displaying the town’s name.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – Waimarino, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18969/raetihi-2000s (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.