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Kōrero: East Coast places

Train line at Ōtoko

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Train line at Ōtoko

This bend in the train line to Moutohorā at the settlement of Ōtoko, 52 km north-west of Gisborne, was photographed some time between 1910 and 1930. In 2011 the Ōtoko walkway followed 5 km of the former rail track.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Price Collection

Reference: 1/2-000339-G

by William Archer Price

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Waikohu, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33543/train-line-at-otoko (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Monty Soutar, i tāngia i te 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.