Ernie Gates with Mother (Iris) & father (Norman)

Ernie Gates and Dorothy Lawson. "The Wreck Book" by Steve KLocker-Lampson & Ian Francis gives a brief history of the wreck. Copyright prohibits me copying this information at present. Except to say it has been at Waitarere, since 24th June 1878.

Ernie, David, Norman (father) Dawne Gates & Ivan Lawton, who was from the USA 7 was based at Kimberley Air Force Base in Levin, had a delayed action Camera which was used for this Picture.

Ernie with his Grandfather W F Cresswell & Aunt Dorothy Cresswell. The cottage, as was all of Waitarere until late 1939, had no Electricity or Telephone.

The seal that was resting on Waitarere Beach.

#CaptureYourHorowhenua photo competition - Winter 2021

Girl in a raincoat at Waitārere Beach by Amanda Rowe

Competition winner. 

#CaptureYourHorowhenua is a quarterly photography competition run by Horowhenua NZ, celebrating our local area. 

Photo entry for #CaptureYourHorowhenua Winter 2021

Girl in raincoat at Waitārere forest by Amanda Rowe

CaptureYourHorowhenua is a quarterly photography competition run by Horowhenua NZ, celebrating our local area.

#CaptureYourHorowhenua photography competition - Winter 2021

Waitārere forest by Amanda Rowe

 #CaptureYourHorowhenua is a quarterly photography competition run by Horowhenua NZ, celebrating our local area.  

Waitarere Beach life guard on the surf club’s beach buggy.

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Cars on Waitarere Beach at 5.30 during the evening of 11th March 2000

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Board riders after a session in the surf at Waitarere Beach on 11th March 2000

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Horowhenua College and Feilding Agricultural College pupils on mountain bikes on the trails through the north block of the Waitarere Forest on 29th March 2000

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Aerial view of Waitarere Forest and coastline, with Kapiti Island just visible in the mist in the far distance. Taken from a fixed wing aircraft piloted by Royce Jones on 27th March 2000

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Aerial view of Horowhenua coastline (Waitarere Beach) looking south with Kapiti Island in the distance. Taken from a fixed wing aircraft piloted by Royce Jones on 27th March 2000.

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Children on the beach at Waitarere looking towards Kapiti Island on 17th March 2000

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Cyclists on Waitarere Beach on Carnival Day, 17th March 2000

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Two trotters at Waitarere Beach Carnival on 17th March 2000

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Land yachts at Waitarere Beach 13 April 1999. A number of unidentified persons stand alongside the land yachts. Taken looking south, this photograph shows Kapiti Island in the background.

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Land yachts at Waitarere Beach 13 April 1999. In the foreground one land yacht is on the sand above the water-line, while three other land yachts are closer to the water. Kapiti Island is in the background.

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Mountain bikers resting in the north block of the Waitarere Forest on 29th March 2000

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A mountain biker on the trail in the north block of the Waitarere Beach Forest on 29th March 2000

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Surfers on Waitarere Beach with Kapiti Island in the background on 17th March 2000

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Part of the crowd at the Waitarere Beach Carnival on 17th March 2000

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Life Guards keep watch from their beach buggy at Waitarere Beach on Carnival Day 17th March 2000

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Two surf skis used by the Levin Waitarere Life Guard, on the sand at Waitarere Beach on 17th March 2000

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Tyre tracks in the wet sand at Waitarere Beach on Carnival Day on 17th March 2000

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People enjoying the sun and sea at Waitarere Beach on Carnival Day on 17th March 2000

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A surfer leaves the water at Waitarere Beach with Kapiti Island in the background

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Number at side of photo – 592

Written on back – Waitarere Penciled on back – Approx Scale 10 Chns = 1”

Stamped on back - CROWN COPYRIGHT Additional copies of this Photograph can be obtained on application to the Surveyor-General, Lands and Survey Dept. Wellington.

Also stamped on back – N.Z. Aerial Mapping Ltd, Hastings

Aerial view of Waitarere Beach, 1948

Otaki Racecourse at top right.

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Three adults and a child walk towards the sea under overcast skies at Waitarere Beach.

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