Bourke's Drain during flood, Rangiotu

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Description: This photograph shows Bourke's Drain during a flood at Rangiotu, one of the largest floods for the Oroua River on record. The photograph was taken on the main road looking towards Palmerston North.

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Relation: Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date: February 1953
Digitisation id: 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009485
Held in: IMCA Digital Archive

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Created By: J Moore
Place: Rangiotu, Manawatu

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Tags: bourkes; disaster; event recordings; flooding; oroua river; photographs; river; water

Community Tags: flood; natural disaster

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J Moore. "Bourke's Drain during flood, Rangiotu", Manawatū Heritage, Ian Matheson City Archives, https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/c3451887-55b8-4e2b-9bc0-f19ee08c3b36, accessed 2026-08-19 06:06.

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