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Te Aute Hotel, 2009

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Te Aute Hotel, 2009
The Te Aute Hotel is located on State Highway 2 near Te Aute College. Its Spanish mission architecture stands out in a rural district where more demure styles predominate. It is a popular drinking and socialising spot, as the crowd of motorbikes parked out the front suggests.

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay places – Waipawa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24273/te-aute-hotel-2009 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 19 August 2009, updated 30 November 2015.