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DescriptionAdvertisment for Thomsons Wai-Ronga Springs. This business was established by the late Mr Alexander Thomson in conjunction with two other gentlemen in 1866. A specialty of the business was the "Wai-rongoa" mineral water. The springs were situated at North Taieri where the firm owned 160 acres of land. Mr Thomson was born in 1845 in Linlithgowshire, Scotland and came to Port Chalmers in 1860 by the ship "Silistria." Mr Thomson died at Halfway Bush on 23 February 1904. 
DateBetween 1st January 1898 and 1st December 1930Geo location[1] Wai-Ronga springs building
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Wai-Ronga springs (Between 1st January 1898 and 1st December 1930). Dunedin Public Libraries, accessed 29/07/2026, https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/201752