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Train line at Ōtoko

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Train line at Ōtoko

This bend in the train line to Moutohorā at the settlement of Ōtoko, 52 km north-west of Gisborne, was photographed some time between 1910 and 1930. In 2011 the Ōtoko walkway followed 5 km of the former rail track.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Price Collection

Reference: 1/2-000339-G

by William Archer Price

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Waikohu, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33543/train-line-at-otoko (accessed 4 June 2026).

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