Selwyn_Times: October 18, 2023
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<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
From Hororata pies to building Ōtira tunnel<br />
HISTORIC: The heritage exhibition at Te Ara Ātea features a<br />
medal commemorating the opening on the Ōtira tunnel.<br />
PHOTOS: SELWYN STORIES/TOM FERGUSON<br />
MORE OF the district’s history<br />
will be on display at Te Ara Ātea<br />
in Rolleston from tomorrow.<br />
It ranges from the historic<br />
importance of a Hororātā pie,<br />
to <strong>Selwyn</strong> once hosting an Air<br />
Force base.<br />
The 20 heritage exhibition<br />
cases housed throughout the<br />
community and cultural centre<br />
and library have had their first<br />
update since it opened in 2021.<br />
From ancient pounamu to the<br />
stories behind three historic eggbeaters,<br />
it tells the stories of the<br />
district and Rolleston town.<br />
Council culture, content and<br />
learning manager Mat Logan<br />
says the commitment to storytelling<br />
is evident in this update.<br />
“The new exhibits aim to<br />
engage the community in a fresh<br />
and exciting way, making the<br />
heritage collection not just a<br />
static display but a living narrative<br />
that continues to evolve,” he<br />
said.<br />
One of the new exhibits features<br />
the engineering wonder of<br />
the Ōtira rail tunnel.<br />
The exhibit celebrates and<br />
acknowledges the people who<br />
endured harsh conditions to live<br />
and work at the tunnel. A commemorative<br />
<strong>18</strong>-carat gold medal,<br />
inscribed “East and West Meet”,<br />
is a highlight of the exhibit and is<br />
on loan from Massey University.<br />
The medal was presented to<br />
Prime Minister William Massey<br />
in 1923 at the opening ceremony<br />
by John Hoglund, a storekeeper<br />
at work camps along the railway<br />
line for 36 years.<br />
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