Story: Volcanic Plateau places

Mamaku around 1916

Mamaku around 1916

In the 1910s Mamaku was a thriving timber town, with forest felled around the settlement. Timber was transported out of the district from the railway station (right).

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)
Reference: APG-0698-1/2-G
Photograph by Albert Percy Godber

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Volcanic Plateau places - Ngongotahā and district', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/15009/mamaku-around-1916 (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 25 May 2015