Otira
Roadmap - Otira
Today we travel to one of the smallest towns in Westland - and probably the smallest town in New Zealand to have it's very own contemporary art gallery! Otira traces its history back to the gold rush… Audio
Christmas in the West Coast town of Otira
Lester Rowntree bought the entire West Coast town of Otira earlier this year - including the hotel, hall, fire station and 14 houses on 20 hectares of leasehold land. This week they celebrated the… Audio
Your place - Otira
Otira is an old railway town sandwiched between the West Coast's rugged mountains, nestled at the bottom of the Otira gorge. It was founded in the 1860s as a Cobb & Co coach stop for prospectors… Audio
Southern Story for 17 February 2011 - Otira Tunnel
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… Audio
The Vault - Otira Tunnel
The story of the Otira Tunnel - an old dramatisation full of worthy stuff, in the classic style of the those 1950s mega productions for the hey day of the wireless. Audio