Its original owner was David Carmichael who died in Central Hawke s Bay in the early 1900s. Since that time, the walls of the cottage have seen better days. People came and went, but they never stayed. The cottage was most well known in the district for the manslaughter of local man Ronald Anderson, who was bashed to death in 1994.
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The Waipawa cottage was originally owned by David Carmichael and built in the 1800s. The cottage no longer stands in its original location by the bridge, but a few kilometres down the road in a yard owned by Brittons Movers.