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- Life at Otaki Beach
- Over many years, Otaki residents and visitors have made full use of the beach and the nearby
river and streams.
These photos capture some of their activities: recreation, public festivals and displays, surf lifesaving,
gathering kai and protect... View Exhibit
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- Otaki Beach Motor Camp: 1948 - 2006
- Collection commissioned by the Otaki Historical Society prior to closing of the Camp.
Photographer Alan Knowles... View Exhibit
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- Otaki health facilities : the Cottage Hospital and the Sanatorium
- The Otaki Cottage Hospital was opened in August 1899. It later became the Otaki
Maternity Hospital and then the Otaki Community Health Centre.
Cottage hospitals were small rural hospitals with up to 25 beds. Dr James Mason proposed a
cot... View Exhibit Page

- Market Gardening
- Long before pakeha arrived in Otaki and Te Horo, Maori had mahinga kai where they grew
kumara and wild spinach. After the arrival of the first pakeha settlers, Maori began growing introduced
vegetables to trade with them. Early in the 1880s Chinese f... View Exhibit Page

- Otaki Hotels
- Since the late 1800s, Otaki has been well served with hotels, despite the growing alcohol
prohibition movement between 1880 and 1919.
Some of these pubs still operate today, while others have disappeared from the landscape.
(see also OHJ v... View Exhibit Page

- Sport in Otaki through the years
- From rugby to bowls, motorbike riding to marching, sports of all sorts have always been an
important part of life in Otaki.... View Exhibit
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- Music and Entertainment
- Otaki has produced more than its fair share of great musicians and bands. There have been
marae and church-based choirs, brass bands, jazz bands, rock 'n roll bands, and of course famous individuals
such as Inia Te Wiata.
Over the years dances... View Exhibit
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