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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Tokarahi

Tokarahi , originally the name of a large sheep station, is now a flourishing agricultural and pastoral settlement, which is connected with Oamaru by the Tokarahi branch line of railway. It was originally intended that the line should be continued to Naseby in Central Otago, which would then have been connected with the port of Oamaru; but that was frustrated by the people of Dunedin inaugurating the Otago Central railway. Tokarahi railway station is twenty-two miles from Oamaru, and stands at an elevation of 721 feet above the level of the sea. Two trains run each way on four days of the week. There is a post office and telephone bureau, and a public school, and the Island Cliff creamery is not more than a mile from the railway station. The country is undulating, and of rich limestone formation. It is in the Otekaike riding of the Waitaki county, in the electorate of Mount Ida. The original estate was owned for many years by Messrs Borton and McMaster. A large portion of the estate, which had been acquired by the Government for close settlement, was thrown open in 1897, but the homestead was retained by Mr. A. A. McMaster, the present proprietor. According to the census of March, 1901, the village and neighbourhood had then a population of 176. The district is watered by the Awamoko river.