Thirty vears ago numerous lar#> mobs of wfld horses used to roam the Murimotu Plain on the east side ot Tongariro National Park, and the great Kaiangaroa Plain between 'laupo ancl Galatea was the home of thousands ot them. Great sport and a c,ood deal ot profit used to be made by bold hunters who gathered together for an organised drive on horseback and ine nest of the catch found ready buyers in more settled districts, and also in Canterbury. A late visitor to the. district states that as far as he could.see tJie wild horse is a thing of; the past od the Murimotu Plain, there being about a dozen in sisrht at the back ot Mount Tauhora. The State Forest Department, which has great plantations in trie Rotorua and Taupo districts wages ceaseless war on these wild animals as the horses had a great liking for dining off the young trees.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19214, 21 January 1928, Page 14
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