New Zealand - Tokarahi Store and Post Office - Buses in front of Tokarahi Store and Post Office - 12 Tokarahi Duntroon Road. - January 1939 Tokarahi - A small village located in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. Its location is a rural setting in the Waiareka Valley, inland from Oamaru. - Economic activity is focused on agriculture. - Tokarahi was first a large sheep station owned by John Borton (1826–1916) and Alexander McMaster (1823–1885). - Together with their Maerewhenua run their holdings were: freehold 13,000 acres and leasehold 70,000 acres. - They ran 70,000 sheep when they ended their partnership in 1887, McMaster taking Tokarahi. - A large portion, 11,000 acres or 4,500 hectares, was acquired by the government for close settlement in 1894. - Holdings were given to 79 farmers. Borton's property at Maerewhenua was bought the following year. (Reference: Wikipedia) -------------------- Image source: Collection of the Waitaki Archive. Id 109375 https://collection.culturewaitaki.org.nz/objects/109375/tokarahi-store-and-post-office