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Kōrero: Place names

Rakaia Huts

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Rakaia Huts

Rakaia Huts, south of Christchurch, was named for the huts at the mouth of the Rakaia River.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 24 June 2005, p. 31

by Craig Baxter

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Local naming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19351/rakaia-huts (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.