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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

The beach highway

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The beach highway

Until the Wellington–Manawatū railway was completed in 1886, journeys north from Paekākāriki were made along the beach, with detours inland for river crossings.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Māori and European newcomers, 1820–1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/9478/the-beach-highway (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.