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Rowed in to Scotts Ferry

Rowed in to Scotts Ferry

For much of the 19th century Scotts Ferry had an accommodation house for travellers crossing the Rangitīkei River. In the early 2000s, the notion of an ‘inn’ has become a punsters’ delight.

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by Jock Phillips

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – Lower Rangitīkei, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18990/rowed-in-to-scotts-ferry (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Diana Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.

Comments

geo Sutherland
29 April 2013
Victoria Ransom, who recently sold her start-up, "Wildfire", to Google for $350 million, grew up in Scotts Ferry.