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Story: Stewart Island/Rakiura

Tourism on Stewart Island: visitors from Otago, 1936

From the 1890s Stewart Island was a popular summer holiday destination, especially for those from the south of the South Island. This party from Otago was photographed in a variety of settings on the island during their visit late in the summer of 1936.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19380408-39-1

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Carl Walrond, Stewart Island/Rakiura – History and society since the 1850s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/37639/tourism-on-stewart-island-visitors-from-otago-1936 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 30 November 2012, updated 1 May 2015.