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Kōrero: Wairarapa region

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Overview

Lake Wairarapa

Tararua wind farm

Tararua wind farm

Martinborough reinvented

Martinborough reinvented

Driving sheep

Eketāhuna signpost

Eketāhuna signpost

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Boundaries and identity

Wairarapa region

Wairarapa region

Wairarapa–Bush rugby game

Wairarapa–Bush rugby game

Georgina Beyer

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Land and climate

Looking north from Jumbo

Looking north from Jumbo

Dairy country

Wairarapa fault

Wairarapa fault

1942 earthquakes

1942 earthquakes

Ruamāhanga River in flood

Ruamāhanga River in flood (1 o 2)

‘The big blow’

‘The big blow’ (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Plants and animals

Vegetation map

Tararua fairyland

Tararua fairyland

Clearing the Bush

Clearing the Bush

Lake Wairarapa

Stuffed huia

Castlepoint daisy

Castlepoint daisy

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Māori settlement

Stone rows

‘Kupe’s Sail Rock, Palliser Bay’

‘Kupe’s Sail Rock, Palliser Bay’

Rehutai and Tangimoana

Rehutai and Tangimoana

Māori migrations after 1820

Māori migrations after 1820

Nuku-pewapewa carving

Nuku-pewapewa carving

Mai i te whārangi 6 - European settlement

Wairarapa sheep flock

Wairarapa sheep flock

1850s topographic map

1850s topographic map

The Wrigleys’ small farm

The Wrigleys’ small farm

Logging the Forty Mile Bush

Logging the Forty Mile Bush

Pāpāwai marae

Pāpāwai marae

Mai i te whārangi 7 - A farming economy

‘Wairarapa hill farm, Haurangi [Aorangi] Range’

‘Wairarapa hill farm, Haurangi [Aorangi] Range’

Stock sale

Champion shearer

Champion shearer

Dairy factory, Eketāhuna

Dairy factory, Eketāhuna

Milking sheep

A & P show

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Forestry, fishing and horticulture

Exotic forest

Eel fisherman

Picking apples

Olive oil

Banning booze

Wine tasting

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Diversifying the economy

Industrial decay

Industrial decay

Myer Caselberg

Waingawa wood mill

Waingawa wood mill

Community shopping

Community shopping

Toast Martinborough

Toast Martinborough

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Society

Longwood homestead

Longwood homestead

Famous family

Élite education

Élite education

Cobblestones Museum

Cobblestones Museum

Boarders, Wairarapa College

Boarders, Wairarapa College

Victorian Gothic

Victorian Gothic (1 o 2)

Monument to modernism

Monument to modernism (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 11 - A divided region

Deprivation in Masterton

Deprivation in Masterton

Percentages of Wairarapa and New Zealand population by age group, 2006

Wairarapa and New Zealand population by age group, 2013

Teaching teen mums

Teaching teen mums

Promoting non-violence

Promoting non-violence

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Transport

Crossing the Rimutakas

Crossing the Remutakas

Rimutaka rail accident

Remutaka rail accident

Climbing the line

Fell engine on the Remutaka incline

Air show

Roadside Stories: The rugged Remutakas

Roadside Stories: The rugged Remutakas

Mai i te whārangi 13 - Arts and heritage

Museum of Childhood

Museum of Childhood

Aratoi

Entertaining soldiers

Entertaining soldiers

New lease of life

New lease of life

Mai i te whārangi 14 - Leisure and sport

Summer Hummer

Rugby champions

Rugby champions

Castlepoint races

Castlepoint races

Crossing the Tararuas

Crossing the Tararuas

Cedric the Ghost

Cedric the Ghost

Balloon fiesta

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Ben Schrader, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/wairarapa-region/media (accessed 3 June 2023)

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 29 Mar 2007, updated 1 Mar 2017