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The Otago Boys' High School Foundation

PO Box 11,
Dunedin, New Zealand

Tel +64 3 477 2546
Fax +64 3 477 5468

Karitane by the Sea

29/7/2010

There has been incredbile interest shown by Old Boys' in purchasing Ian Church's (1955-59) 25th book named Karitane by the Sea.

The book covers the history of the seaside village, tracing its European settlement to the 1830s when Johnny Jones established a whaling station across the bay at Waikouaiti. Before that, Karitane and the Huriawa Peninsula was a Ngai Tahu stronghold.

Ian has said that Karitane had undergone several stages of development, including whaling, a transit port for gold seekers travelling from Dunedin and Port Chalmers to the gold fields in the 1860s, and fishing from the 1880s, including crayfishing from the 1950s to the 1980s.

There had been hopes Karitane would be the major port for Otago, but this was not to be.

If like many other Old Boys' you wish to purchase a copy contact Ian direct on ianchurch@xtra.co.nz