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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Hokowhitu Transit camp was a temporary housing initiative by council and government 1945-1959. Post World World 2, the government was challenged with a housing crises nationwide as soldiers returned from service abroad. The camp houses were made up from former army huts, surplus after the war. These were established on the site later occupied by Teachers' College. It was a community, a social housing response to meet the shortage of suitable housing for young families.

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Pākanga
Manawatū Standard
Date
January 8, 2022
Digitisation id
2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041040
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"IMCA Digital Archive"

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Back Issues: Hokowhitu's richly contested plot of land
Back Issues: Preserving history and restoring honour to past commitments
Memorial Gateway at Kelvin Grove Cemetery
The Square looking East
Transit housing plans
Memory Lane - "Building Manawatu history"
Back Issues: The tumultuous day the trees fell
Back Issues: A romp through drag city
Back Issues: Taking down the All Blacks' 1985 tour of South Africa
Back Issues: Cast in bronze but lost from memory
Back Issues: Taoroa Bridge an engineering feat marred by tragedy
Back Issues: Dressed to the nines for a colonial wedding

Pūnaha whakarōpū

Ngā tūtohu
back issues,
camp,
hokowhitu,
housing,
manawatu standard,
servicemen,
wwii,
Tūtohu Hapori

Tuku kōrero mai mō te whakararu

Ngā rauemi e whai pānga ana

Back Issues: Hokowhitu's richly contested plot of land
Back Issues: Preserving history and restoring honour to past commitments
Memorial Gateway at Kelvin Grove Cemetery
The Square looking East
Transit housing plans
Memory Lane - "Building Manawatu history"
Back Issues: The tumultuous day the trees fell
Back Issues: A romp through drag city
Back Issues: Taking down the All Blacks' 1985 tour of South Africa
Back Issues: Cast in bronze but lost from memory
Back Issues: Taoroa Bridge an engineering feat marred by tragedy
Back Issues: Dressed to the nines for a colonial wedding