The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Ohariu Valley
Ohariu Valley is ten miles from Wellington, and about three miles west from the Johnsonville Railway Station. The residents of the Valley are chiefly engaged in pastoral and agricultural pursuits. There is no telegraph office, but a telephone connects with the nearest telegraph station. Education for the young is provided by a public school, at which the average attendance is about fifty. Mails for Ohariu Valley close daily at Wellington on Tuesdays and Fridays at 6 a.m., arriving at Ohariu on the same days at 4 p.m. The return mail closes on Tuesdays and Fridays at Ohariu Valley at 2 p.m., arriving in Wellington at 10.5 p.m.