The stream which feeds the Wairere Falls supplied the Whakatane township with fresh water until 1924.
The falls are also associated with early industry. A flax mill was constructed in 1870, replaced by a flourmill in 1879, and later reconverted to a flax mill. The mill closed in 1909 and burnt down shortly afterwards.
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