Waitohi

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Waitohi, Waitohi Flat and Upper Waitohi are small farming centres from 5 to 8 km south of Temuka, South Canterbury in New Zealand. They are about 30 km north of Timaru.

It is the area where Richard Pearse, a pioneer aviator, lived and farmed. From 1902 to 1904, Richard Pearce built and flew experimental aircraft on his Waitohi farm and managed to achieve powered flight.

[edit] External links

• Hurunui Horse Trecks, The Waitohi Wanderer
• Cyclopedia of New Zealand, 1903: Waitohi