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

Te Houka

Te Houka.

Te Houka is a small farming settlement near Balclutha, and lies fifty-nine miles south-west from Dunedin, and west of the main south road. It has a post office and public school, but the nearest telegraph office is at Balclutha, six miles distant. The land is all undulating, and sheepfarming is the principal industry. There are some large stations near the district, and the Kaihiku stream and Kaihiku falls are within easy walking distance.

Moffat, George , Farmer, “Blink Bonnie,” Te Houka, Clutha. Mr. Moffat was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1850, and came over to New Zealand with his parents when he was four years of age. After four years spent at the Taieri, the family moved to Te Houka, and Mr. Moffat was educated at the Balclutha public school, and afterwards assisted his father in working the home farm. In 1884 he bought his present property of 380 acres of freehold, all undulating land suitable for sheep grazing. About 500 Romney Marsh crossbred breeding ewes are kept,
Mr. And Mrs G. Moffat.

Mr. And Mrs G. Moffat.

but this number is augmented at certain seasons of the year. Mr. Moffat has served on the Te Houka school committee since 1836, and is also a member of the Balclutha Presbyterian church committee. He was married, in 1891, to a daughter of Mr. Fahey, of Fourmile Creek, Clutha, and has a family of two sons and six daughters.

Mr. William Moffat , sometime of Te Houka, Clutha, Otago, was a native of Berwickshire, Scotland, and came out to Melbourne in the late fifties. After four years spent at the diggings he came over to Otago and farmed at the Taieri for a few years. Mr. Moffat then took up land at Te Houka, where he resided up to the time of his death, in September, 1895. He left a widow, four sons and four daughters. Mrs Moffat lives with one of her sons on the old homestead farm.