He pārongo atu anō"Farm Sale Stopped" [Protest]

Description

This series of images was taken for a story that ran in on the front page of The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 February, 1987. The story pertains to the mortgagee auction of a farm owned by Paul Geurtjens of Bulls. Up to 700 protesters attended the auction at Harcourts real estate on Fitzherbert Avenue. Auction proceedings were interrupted by protesters placing false bids and drowning out proceedings. The property was not sold as it didn’t raise a bid. The images of Longburn workers protesting appear on the same roll of film, however it is unclear if these are from the same event.

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi

Image

Identifier

BG608

Pūranga

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

February 10, 1987

Tautuhi matihiko

2020N_2017-20_031832a

Momo rauemi

B&W negative