In the 1976 flood, water approached Palmerston North (top left) from Feilding, swelled the Mangaone Stream and flowed down the spillway towards the Taonui Basin in Kairanga. The spillway was used for the first time to protect the city by sending t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Kairanga, Manawatu
Date:          June 29, 1976