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[rf84]

Roger
The port you mention was probably Waikokopu on the Mahia Peninsula. It was a thriving port in the days of the little 'Coasters'-small vessels that served small coastal settlements.
There is little left of it now, but the shed in the photo looks familiar-I suspect it may still be there.

[Roger Dowding]

Roger
The port you mention was probably Waikokopu on the Mahia Peninsula. It was a thriving port in the days of the little 'Coasters'-small vessels that served small coastal settlements.
There is little left of it now, but the shed in the photo looks familiar-I suspect it may still be there.

rf84 have a photo of the " wharf " a very basic one.. will post it, thanks for the details, we stayed with my then wife's relatives in a small village near Gisborne and they told us about the Mahia area

[Roger Dowding]

rf84 have a photo of the " wharf " a very basic one.. will post it, thanks for the details, we stayed with my then wife's relatives in a small village near Gisborne and they told us about the Mahia area

The shed again as commented on by rf84, quote
" The port you mention was probably Waikokopu on the Mahia Peninsula. It was a thriving port in the days of the little 'Coasters'-small vessels that served small coastal settlements.
There is little left of it now, but the shed in the photo looks familiar-I suspect it may still be there. "



the wharf at the end of the road that goes through the shed ' warehouse / cargo shed ' ..