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More Info →"The Wreckers Have Started" Clearing Site for the Māori Memorial Community Centre.

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 April 1961 "Casement windows were removed from an old house in Cuba Street by men who described themselves as wreckers today. They are members of a tribal committee, Messrs. P. Governor, J. Marimo and M. Keti, who are preparing the site for the Maori Memorial Community Centre."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
April 28, 1961
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_016287
Format
B&W negative

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bungalow,
demolition,
māori battalion hall,
māori memorial community centre,
wallpaper,
workmen,
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"A View from the Top" Bank of New Zealand Building
Films of Rod Matheson - last train trip through Square, demolition of the station and yards over three years
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