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Rangitāiki Hotel

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Rangitāiki Hotel

For many years, the Napier–Taupō road was an important route from the central North Island to the coast. One stopping place was Rangitāiki, where the road crossed the Rangitāiki River. Travellers and locals pose for this photograph, around 1910.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Post & Telegraph Collection

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau places – Kāingaroa to Kaimanawa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15076/rangitaiki-hotel (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.