Otago had all steel ladders, not tiddly wooden ladders like this, but Taranaki did. As these photos seem to be in later life, (mortars removed), perhaps someone swapped them out, otherwise this photograph and possibly the others are not Otago. Reply
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Otago had all steel ladders, not tiddly wooden ladders like this, but Taranaki did. As these photos seem to be in later life, (mortars removed), perhaps someone swapped them out, otherwise this photograph and possibly the others are not Otago.