Trapped Debris, Rangiotu Flood

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Description: The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows the debris left by the floodwaters. An eyewitness said local boys made makeshift rafts from the branches.

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Relation: Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date: February 1953
Digitisation id: 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009478
Held in: IMCA Digital Archive

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Created By: J Moore
Place: Manawatu

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

Community Tags: flood; natural disaster

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J Moore. "Trapped Debris, Rangiotu Flood", Manawatū Heritage, Ian Matheson City Archives, https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/ca399c1f-dcf9-453f-b905-4f1de2d16639, accessed 2026-09-04 00:59.

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