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Old woman’s shoe

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Old woman’s shoe

A child peeks inside a brightly coloured giant shoe, one of the attractions at the Kōwhai Park playground.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – In and around Whanganui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18943/old-womans-shoe (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.