Retaruke River - Upper Retaruke Valley Community

Upper Retaruke Valley Community

Then 1 km up the Upper Retaruke Valley road is the location of the annual Kaitieke Collie club sheepdog trials. Next is the location of a "Victory Hall". Further up the valley there was a coal mine; it was near this mine that fossil whalebones were reputed to have been found.

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