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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 p...  View Exhibit Page
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• 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 Page
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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 da...  View Exhibit Page
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• Otaki Cottage Hospital
• The Otaki Cottage Hospital (later the Otaki Maternity Hospital and then Otaki Community Health Centre) was opened in August 1899.
  Cottage hospitals were small rural entities with up to 25 beds. Pressured by Otaki's Dr James Mason,...  View Exhibit Page
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• Otaki Sanatorium
• The Otaki Sanatorium was opened in 1907, providing care for tubuculosis (TB) patients. Featuring wide verandas and balconies and large opening windows front and back, they enable exposure to the open air.
  The buildings were renovated in 1926-27, a...  View Exhibit Page
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• 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 als...  View Exhibit Page
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• 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 Chines...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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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 Page