DISCOVER RIWAKA

FIRST SETTLERS & THE RIWAKA PUB

FIRST SETTLERS

THEY ARRIVED IN 1841.

THEY MAINLY GREW POTATOES AND CORN.

THEY LANDED ACROSS FROM PAH POINT.

WOOL SHEDS WERE THE FIRST FORM OF WORK FOR THE FIRST SETTLERS.

IN 1843 THEY CONSTRUCTED DITCHES TO STOP THE CONSTANT FLOODING.

THE TOBACCO AND HOPS WERE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THEIR LIFESTYLES.

HUTS WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE LAND WITHIN 4 DAYS OF THEIR ARRIVAL.

THE TOBACCO FACTORIES OFTEN BLEW UP.

THERE WERE NO PIGS ON THE LAND AT THE TIME OF THEIR ARRIVAL.

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THE RIWAKA PUB

IT WAS BUILT IN 1845.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD!

THE PUB WAS DEMOLISHED 3 TIMES TO RELOCATE.

THIS IS THE MOTUEKA/RIWAKA AREA

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CREDITS .

RESCOURCES... , MRS.WILSON.

VISUAL:MITCHELL WEALE & DARRIAN LUCKENS.

AUDIO:HARRISON GRIFFITHS & LIAM TALLEY AKA. BOB.

BIG THANKS TO: MRS.WILSON.

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