Shown here is the 150 acre Lake Puki Puki, near Himatangi, which dried up during the drought of 1969 - 1970, for the first time in living memory. The lake was one of several resulting from the formation of sand dunes along the coast which prevente...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pukepuke Lagoon, Himitangi
Date:          March 12, 1970