Te Rautahi is the name given to French Farm, the earliest area of European occupation in the Akaroa harbour.
It is also the name of the large creek flowing into the bay.
Images of Te Rautahi (French Farm)
Sources
- Gordon Ogilvie, Banks Peninsula – Cradle of Canterbury, Government Printer, 2007
- Louis Vangioni, Māori Names & Traditions – Points of Interest Around Akaroa Harbour The Akaroa Mail, 1970
- Louis J. Vangioni; with supplementary notes by D. J. C. Pringle, Old Maori place names around Akaroa Harbour, Akaroa : Akaroa Mail, 1967
