Hauraki Plains Story
- 15 September 2024
“What was a few years ago a useless swamp, always subject to continuous flooding, is now being converted into a richly settled district, with the probability of it shortly becoming a great dairying country.”
R. W. Harris, “Land drainage and river control,” in Hauraki Plains Story, ed. Rufus Tye (Paeroa: Thames Valley News Ltd, 1974), 82-83.