'Kainga Moe' Rest Home, Long Melford Road
Object type
Image
- Description
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'Kainga Moe' was run by the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union (WDFU). It burned down 10 April 1958. Originally called 'Shalimar', it was designed by C T Natusch and Sons (Napier) and built for Walter Strang on a 40 acre section in Awapuni, Palmerston North. In 1925 it was sold to the New Zealand Sheepowners Acknowledgement to British Seamen Fund for use as a girls' training centre, associated with Flock House training centre for boys. It was sold to the WDFU in 1939.
Identification
- Date
- 1939
- Digitisation id
- 2007N_Bur43_BUI_0207
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- K H Shea
- Place
- Long Melford Road, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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