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Caravans

Caravans

Private motor vehicles and improved roads allowed town-dwellers to holiday in places that could not be reached by train. The development of caravans that could be towed by cars made it possible for free-wheeling holidaymakers to move from place to place. Caravan parks, such as this one at Mt Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty (shown in the 1970s), developed to accommodate such travellers.

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James Watson, Transport – overview – Motor vehicles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24989/caravans (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by James Watson, published 10 June 2013.

Comments

Rv neang
06 October 2016
Nice. But since the 1970s, there were many developments related with RV Caravans and Rving cultural. Some people actually used RVs for full time life routine and others, used it as a Camping and tour vehicle. For me, The RV lifestyle is the only way to live