[2][3] The railway had been delayed by Māori opposition to it entering King Country[4] and Te Kumi was one of the last places where such resistance was shown.

[5] After being arrested at Parihaka in 1879, Ngāti Kinohaku were returned to Te Kumu, where they tried to establish a similar settlement.

[10] It opened on 2 September 1887 for goods[11] and three months later for passengers,[12] initially with two trains a week.

[13] £122.1s was spent on creating a shelter shed and platform for a flag station at Te Kumi.

[14] There was no sign of a siding by 2001,[18] though a caption on Flickr in 2016 mentioned lime transported in containers by rail from the works,[19] now owned by Omya.