 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1862 kutsvaka goridhe kwakawedzera kusvikira mukati meOtago kuenda kuCromwell neArrowtown. Queenstown, pakuvamba nzvimbo yokufudza makwai yakava hotera yakava taundi rinobudirira. Muna 1863 zvitsva zvakawanikwa pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa munharaunda yeRwizi rweTaieri. 1863 yakaonawo mugumo wokutsvaka goridhe, navanhu vanenge 22 000 vaigara muminda yegoridhe. Muma1860, Otago yakawana 10 miriyoni kubva mugoridhe asi 3.57 miriyoni chete kubva kumakwai. Makwikwi okuvharira mvura akawedzera upenyu hwokuchera asi akavawo nomuuyo unoparadza pamugariro wapasi napasi. Pashure pa1864 kwakanga kusina zvimwe zvakawanwa zvaikwezva vanzvere vanobva mhiri kwemakungwa. Muna 1865 upfumi hwaDunedin nehondo dzokuparadzamuNorth Island kutungamirira Otago kutsigira chisarudzo chakakundikana muGeneral Assembly nokuda kworusununguko kubva kuNorth Island. 