Historic Horse Water Trough. Turakina. New Zealand.
S 40° 02.743 E 175° 12.812
60G E 347604 N 5565639
An historic horse water trough stands in a roadside park in this picturesque small town of Turakina.
Waymark Code: WMAPC4
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 02/07/2011
Views: 11
The trough is concrete and has a plaque on the front, the inscription reads:
Erected in commemoration
of the Coronation
of King Ed VII
Aug.9th. 1902.
Turakina is a small village in the western Rangitikei district with a distinct Scottish feel to it. The first European settlers arrived from Scotland by ships from 1840's and walked up the beach from Wellington following the land purchase from the Ngati Apa people in May 1849, negotiated by Sir Donald McLean.
Early business and industries included a saddler, baker, black smith, milliner, tailor, grocer and butcher, lawyer, brick kiln, dairy factory, racecourse, flourmill, thriving flax industry, orchard and sale yards. There was an illicit whisky distillery, 4 hotels including Ben Nevis [re-built after 2 fires], the Railway [re-built once after fire], the Family, and the Shamrock (burnt down in 1876). The 1st N.Z. health camp was established in 1919 on the Lethbridge farm. The courthouse and jail (which is still standing shifted down the beach road in the 1940s to make room for tennis courts), 2 railway stations and the Annual Highland Games established in 1864.
Today Turakina has many heritage buildings dating from the 1850's and is surrounded by fertile agricultural land. It still proudly shows its Scottish heritage and holds a Highland Games festival annually.
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