We do not exactly know when this house was built. It was around
1900. The area was once a complete village, and on old maps its name WAIRERE (meaning
flying water) can still be found. There were several buildings and the traces of one of
New Zealand's first timber mill with a water wheel and a flume of over 1 km length can
still be partly recognised. On the horizon in the back is Castle Rock, the characteristic
point of the area.