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‘Oterei boat harbour, Te Awaiti’

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‘Oterei boat harbour, Te Awaiti’

The Oterei harbour served the Riddiford family’s Te Awaiti run, at Tora, south of Martinborough. William Mein Smith painted the harbour around 1849.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-034-031

by William Mein Smith

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Palliser district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/12046/oterei-boat-harbour-te-awaiti (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.