Te Kerēme:
Te Rautahi (French Farm)
Information on the places of Horomaka or Te Pataka o Rakaihautū - Banks Peninsula
Te Rautahi is the name given to French Farm, the earliest area of European occupation in the Akaroa harbour.
It is also the name of the large creek flowing into the bay.
Images of Te Rautahi (French Farm)
Sources
- Ogilvie, Gordon. Banks Peninsula – Cradle of Canterbury, Government Printer 2007
- Vangioni, Louis. Māori Names & Traditions – Points of Interest Around Akaroa Harbour The Akaroa Mail 1970
Online publications
- Old Maori place names around Akaroa Harbour by Louis J. Vangioni; with supplementary notes by D. J. C. Pringle. (3 MB PDF)
