Ruatoki with its 700 Natives - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 7 (November 1, 1929)

Content Partner: Victoria University of Wellington. Early that afternoon Ruatoki was reached, where we collected our first mail, replenished our tobacco supply, then proceeded onward to Taneatua. At Taneatua we came across an old friend “A Government Official,” who very kindly offered to convey us the eight miles onward to Whakatane, arriving there perhaps an hour or two earlier than we anticipat...