John (Jack) and his sister Kate

Straight off the Tussock Chapter 2

HARD LESSONS The Okuku Range is a cluster of hills 900m-1100m high, rising from the northern limit of  the Canterbury Plains and treading north-westwards to meet the foothills of the Puketekari Range. Jack grew up in the Okuku Pass which runs between it.    I used to walk down to the White Rock limeworks to talk to the people over there or the men on the station, but I suppose