[6] In the early 20th century, families would travel up the river on a paddle steamer for an annual picnic at Hipango Park.

Parents also raised money for a school pool, where generations of children learned to swim.

[4] The National Library of New Zealand holds a photograph of school students and staff from 1915, showing boys wearing shorts, long socks, ties and blazers, and girls wearing dresses, on a small field in front of a school house.

[10] The suburb expanded after World War II with a meatworks, a pickle factory, tea gardens, a fruit evaporating company, a zoo, and various hotels and boarding houses.

[18][19] The Born and Raised Pasifika preschool was established on part of the Aramoho School site in 2003.

[20] Te Ao Hou Marae is located in Aramoho, across the road from Churton School.

[22] The marae occupies a section of Māori freehold land on the banks of the Whanganui River that was originally a summer fishing and food gathering place for the Ngāti Rangi people.

[24] In 2019, the marae trust applied for Government funding to expand its meeting house so it would not need to put up tents for tangihanga and other special events.