Anyway, back to Ohakune, Koti's brother, Che Wilson, adds a bit more to the story.

You also see it in the book written by a local historian, Marilyn George, who spent a lot of time with our tupuna, our mātua.

Originally, Ohakune itself is where the Ohakune Junction is.

However, the township was named Ohakune first, and then the junction was established, and that was called Ohakune East.

and you had your own host office and picture theaters and everything up in the junction area, and you had a separate town.

So who was it who uttered these poetic words?

We don't actually know who said it.

There's a couple of theories, but I'll leave those as debates for us as an iwi.

Anyway, back to Ohakune, Kōti's brother, Che Wilson, adds a bit more to the story.

You also see it in the book written by a local historian, Marilyn George, who spent a lot of time with our tupuna, our mātua.

Originally, Ōhākune itself is where the Ōhākune Junction is.

However, the township was named Ōhākune first, and then the junction was established, and that was called Ōhākune East.

and you had your own host office and picture theaters and everything up in the junction area, and you had a separate town.

So who was it who uttered these poetic words?

We don't actually know who said it.

There's a couple of theories, but I'll leave those as debates for us as an iwi.