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Whakaoriori | Wairarapa
Meteorological summer begins in nine days, Aotearoa!

Flooding on the road and footpath outside Vic Jones Garage on Queen Street south, Masterton, in 1950.

📷 Rex Hoar Collection
November 21, 2023 at 12:58 AM
Traffic halted in Chapel Street, Masterton, due to strong winds leaving a weakened power pole hanging precariously over the road.
Printed in the Wairarapa Times-Age on this day in 1980
October 29, 2023 at 11:10 PM
Ben Iorns looking out from the top of Sentinel Rock, Mount Holdsworth.

Taken in 1933
October 19, 2023 at 1:49 AM
Heading to the #wairarapabookshophop like this unidentified but avid reader, in theatrical costume with his book and bag?

#NZBookshopDay

📷 Albert Winzenberg, c1910, Wairarapa Archive
October 6, 2023 at 2:22 AM