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Abandoned house near Te Kūiti

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Abandoned house  near Te Kūiti

There are abandoned farmhouses throughout the King Country, including this one above State Highway 3 just north of Te Kūiti. These empty dwellings may speak of economic and farming challenges, but they could equally represent success or simply pragmatism, as farmers built new, more modern homes and stored hay or farming equipment in the old farmstead. This house is quite open – farm animals probably shelter in it when they are grazed in the paddock.

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country places – Te Kūiti, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34681/abandoned-house-near-te-kuiti (accessed 20 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.

Comments

Brian clark
20 April 2015
Hi Brian, I found this photo on flicker of my fence I built in oxford that you have taken a photo of. Thanks for posting it way back in 2013 as the photos I took of it were lost along with my memory stick. Cheers so much, chainsaw Bri