Waitohi

Waitohi

Waitohi, Waitohi Flat and Upper Waitohi are small farming centres from 5 to 8 km south of Temuka, South Canterbury in New Zealand. They are about 30 km north of Timaru.

It is the area where Richard Pearse, a pioneer aviator, lived and farmed. From 1902 to 1904, Richard Pearce built and flew experimental aircraft on his Waitohi farm and managed to achieve powered flight.

External links

* [http://www.hurunui.co.nz/ride-waitohi.shtml Hurunui Horse Trecks, The Waitohi Wanderer]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/waitohi.htm Cyclopedia of New Zealand, 1903: Waitohi]


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