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First settlers

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First settlers

William ‘Okiwi’ Brown and his wife Nan ran an accommodation house in Rona Bay for people travelling to Wairarapa. The couple are sitting outside their home around 1884. Standing beside them are two guests: F. W. Devereux and T. H. Wyatt.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, E. R. Williams Collection

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Chris Maclean, Wellington places – Eastbourne, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13484/first-settlers (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 March 2016.