The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows Rose's Store in Rangiotu, near the Oroua River.
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Rose's Store, Rangiotu Flood
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- February 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009486
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive