Pictures of Oporae

Edith Gregorie and twins

Edith Gregorie with her children, David and Mary. They are seated in the family gig at the gate of Oporae Station, about 1903.

Oporae homestead

The homestead at Oporae, about 1898. Edith and Fred are sitting on the verandah with the babies David and Mary.

Edith and children

Edith holds little Eric in her arms as David and Mary share a pony in the orchard at Oporae Station.

Coach at Pahiatua

The Pahiatua-Eketahuna coach at the depot in Tararua Street, Pahiatua. The Gregories would have got their supplies to Oporae on the Dannevirke-Weber coach. They would then have to collect them from Weber or pick them up at the Waipatiki Road turn-off.

Horsemen Horsemen

Fred jumping his horse at Oporae.

David and his father's horse at Oporae. About 1902.

Sheep at Oporae

A flock of sheep behind the homestead at Oporae.

Waipatiki school

Edith Gregorie with David and Mary, at Waipatiki School, about 1903-4.