Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Aoroa

Aoroa, on the bank of the Wairoa river, about two miles north of Aratapu, is essentially a sawmilling settlement, and came into existence with the erection of the Mitchelson Timber Company's mill about 1895. The private village established on the company's property has a post and telephone office, public school, store and boardinghouse. The Timber Company, for which Mr. William Smith is the local manager, carries on a considerable export trade in kauri and kahikatea timber. Almost the whole of the surrounding country is owned by Mr. A. E. Harding, whose estate comprises an area of about 13,000 acres.