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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 Norm Terry in front of his house in his boat, used to rescue stranded people during the Rangiotu Flood.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date
February 1953
Digitisation ID
2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009490
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Taxonomy

Tags
disaster,
event recordings,
flooding,
motor,
norman,
photographs,
Community Tags
boat,
flood,
natural disaster,
water,

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