Anecdotal history reports that locals in the Inchbonnie area adapted vehicles to run on the railway bridge so that they could cross to the pub at Jacksons.

However, by 1958, erosion had progressed to the point that there was only 5 metres of land remaining between the Taramakau and Orangipuku Rivers, and emergency works were required.

This proposal was only partially implemented to contain costs for ratepayers, with works including 900 metres (3,000 ft) of rock riprap, and strengthening and raising stopbanks where there was inadequate freeboard.

[9] A 1.7 MW run-of-the-river hydro station was commissioned on the slopes of the Hohonu range to the north of the Taramakau River in January 2016.

The scheme draws water from the catchments of two streams in the Hohonu range,[11] Media related to Inchbonnie at Wikimedia Commons