Kaitangata

So they would use the Mata'o, the Klutha River, as their roadway.

They'd go out to the lakes over at Kaitangata and they'd get their putangitangi, which is their flapping, is the Paradise Starks.

and then they would go up river to get the kanakana or the lamprey eel.

European settlement arrived in the mid-1800s with Scottish immigrants.

I've been doing this documentary looking at Tokoroa and Balcluth, and the thing that gave me the most optimism and confidence was meeting people in communities who stood up and just did things.

In Kaitangata, I met a lady called Joyce Beck, and she had this incredible line.

She said, service is the rent you pay in this life.

And I thought it was such a beautiful sentiment.

It's amazing, isn't it? A lot of clubs are actually celebrating over the next year or so.

I think Kaitangata are celebrating theirs.

Maybe March next year, 150th, I think it might be.

150, 125.