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Marotiri and Tokomaru Bay

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Marotiri and Tokomaru Bay

In the 21st century Tokomaru Bay, formerly a port and service centre for neighbouring farms and stations, is host to artists and craftspeople. The stores in this image evoke earlier times in the township’s history. Marotiri, the ancestral mountain for the local hapū, Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare and Te Aotāwarirangi, is in the background.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Te Puia Springs and Tokomaru Bay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33496/marotiri-and-tokomaru-bay (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.