17 Feb 2011

Southern Story for 17 February 2011 - Otira Tunnel

From Afternoons, 3:17 pm on 17 February 2011

It took 16 years of hard labour with pick and shovel to dig the Otira Tunnel through the Southern Alps, but by 1923, it was finally finished. Sage Forest spends a night at the Otira Hotel and delves into the town's history.