Upokongaro

A punt crossing the Whanganui River at Upokongaro in 1908, pulled across on a wire. The punt operated until 1935.
St Mary's Anglican Church. In 1885, Alfred Burton noted: "Upokongaro boasts a church with a three-sided spire something like a bayonet."

Upokongaro or Ūpokongaro is a settlement adjacent to the Whanganui River, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand, in the Makirikiri Valley. Settled by Europeans in the 1860s, it was an important ferry crossing and riverboat stop. A spectacular discovery of moa bones was made in the area in the 1930s.