The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows Norm Terry in front of his house in his boat, used to rescue stranded people during the Rangiotu Flood.
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- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009490
- Title
- Norm Terry and Rescue Boat, Rangiotu Flood
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- IMCA Digital Archive
- Original held in
- Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
- Date
- 1953-02
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- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
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