Kaihoka Area Tramways

Introduction

Kaihoka encompasses the area north of the Whanganui Inlet on the seaward side of Golden Bay, and accessed by road from Puponga. As was typical of the land around the inlet there which had large areas of swamp and many of these became worthwhile areas to harvest flax. As Kaihoka was a separate area to the north and had a substantial flax mill called the Lunar Flaxmill.

Lunar Flaxmill

There is not a lot of information available about this flaxmill and the current sparse details are taken from the Quail Maps. This mill is mentioned in several oral histories available at the National Library.

It appears to have had a a tramway totalling nearly 2km in length, a main line of about 1.5km running roughly north - south, and a shorter branch line running eastward.

Further information will be added as it comes to hand.