This extract is from an interview with Dorothy Butler who owned and restored the popular holiday destination Winchelsea House in Karekare. In this extract Dorothy recalls her family’s earliest experience of going to Karekare c1960.
Reference: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1084/rec/4
Reference: Donald, M (2005). Oral History interview with Dorothy Butler. WHO_1003, Auckland Libraries.
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/49565/rec/32
Image: Houses in Karekare valley, 1970, J.T. Diamond, JTD-05N-04106, Auckland Libraries