On the Hunterville Branch Line, seven miles from Marton Junction, at an altitude of 539 feet above sea-level, is the flag station known by the above name. The surrounding country is chiefly agricultural, there being no village, unless the small schoolhouse, with one or two residences, may deserve that name.

Porewa Public School, which is situated about five miles from Marton on the banks of the Rangitikei River, is one of the oldest schools in the district. The building—a wooden structure of one room has accommodation for forty pupils. The roll numbers thirty-six, the average attendance being twenty-seven. One acre of land, presented to the Board by Mrs. Cockburn, forms a fine playground.

Mr. Arthur Owen Buchler, sole teacher in charge of the Porewa Public School, was born in Dunedin, in 1874. He was educated at the Timaru High School, and at the Wanganui Boys' School, and entered his scholastic career as a cadet at Ashurst, in 1890. After serving at Palmerston North, Foxton, Kakaramea, and Pohangina, Mr. Buchler was appointed to Porewa School in 1896.