1 Campbell Street, Owaka, Clutha
Image Credits: Derek Smith and Maclean Barker Photographers (1), and Owaka Township, 17 April 1911, Owaka, by Muir & Moodie studio. Te Papa (O.026623)
The main township in the Catlins services farming, forestry and, increasingly, tourism.
Owaka, meaning ‘place of canoes’ refers to a time when Maori came here to build their canoes from the mighty totara trees.
A small museum has displays of local history.
Quilters will be surprised to find a flourishing fabric and patchwork shop here.
Hometown New Zealand Photographs by Derek Smith
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