[1] and is the terminus of the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway (BoIVR) in the small town of Kawakawa.

[4] In 1867 local politician, John McLeod, raised enough to start the mine, but was short of capital, so a toll on each ton of coal paid for Robert Martin & Co to build a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge, horse-drawn tramway to Marsh's wharf and boat shed, on the Kawakawa River at Taumarere; Marsh Brown was a local rangatira and it was later called Derrick wharf.

[13] Horses and the wooden rails were replaced on 28 January 1871, by the first steam engine to run in the North Island.

[23] A contract for a goods shed and loading platform[24] was signed on 14 April 1877 and a stationmaster's house built for £292.

[28] BoICC sold the tramway to the government and paid 6% of the total cost of the line to lease it back.

[25] In 1896 a porter was employed and a need for improved accommodation was noted; there had been a petition in 1886 against removal of the station.

In 1910 £1780 was spent on a class B station with a verandah, urinal, yards and picket fence, finished by March 1911.

[25] It was officially opened by the acting Prime Minister, James Carroll, on Thursday 13 April 1911.

[36] Once the Whangārei section was linked to Auckland, from December 1925 to November 1956 the Auckland–Opua Northland Express served the station.

[37] Mixed trains continued a Whangārei passenger service until 18 June 1976, but didn't connect with the Auckland-Ōkaihau railcar.

[46] It seems to have been as late as 1959 that NZR noted that their line ran down the centre of the main street,[25] which is part of State Highway 1.

[50] Pou Herenga Tai – Twin Coast Cycle Trail opened at the end of 2016,[51][52] using the trackbed to Otiria on the west and running beside the railway to Taumarere on the east.