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> Your photo is in fact of the pre 1900 Kohukohu Hotel. The Cyclopedia of
> Auckland on page 620 has a photo of it, but the clincher is from Eric
> Harrison's "Kohukohu 1881 - 1981, the district and the schools" (1981) on
> page 24 The note on page 25 says that it burned down in 1900.
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> David Verran,
> Local History Librarian,
> Auckland Research Centre,
> P. O. Box 4138,
> Auckland.
> New Zealand