Kahutara Hall

Kahutara Hall

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The Kahutara Hall in 2010. The main hall was part of the Soldiers’ Club, Featherston Military Camp.

GPS 41.227 “S 175.341 E

Kahutara Halll was part of the Soldiers’ Club at Featherston Camp. Bought by the newly-formed Kahutara Hall Committee in 1921 for £300, the building was dismantled at the camp and re-erected on a site opposite Kahutara School, donated by William Bidwill. The committee used only a 60 foot (18m) portion of the purchase as it thought a bigger hall would be beyond its financial capacity. The committee also bought tables and chairs from Featherston Camp. (more…)