Thread: Otanetea Hut

yeah neat bit of history Otanetea hut was also known as mid Waikare hut in the Whakatane River catchment - rusa country but some names I recognise and will be known to Opotiki Gisborne hunters - C E Turnbull Colin worked with him culling in Gisborne in seventies - Bill Logan culler meat hunter and later a heli shooter - J.M Quirke culler later owned a Hughs 500 C Model based out of Murupara Mike Butcher flew it out of Opotiki for awhile - Joseph Keeley Heli pilot sadly killed in a crash at Taupo -Bill Nikl well respected culler and one of NZ.s best makers of hunting knives - and then Pat Braithwaite culler possum trapper meat hunter lived for quite some time in Moanui valley - infamous -a very hard man - his exploits will go down for years among Opotiki and Gisborne hunters - some you would struggle to believe - but a nice bloke unless drunk then dont annoy -he was a damn good boxer in his day