Story: Regional economies

Hāwera, 1948

Hāwera, 1948

Hāwera served the prosperous south Taranaki farming district. As farming became less labour intensive, business and work concentrated in local towns. Hāwera grew much faster than its rural hinterland after the Second World War.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection
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Photograph by Edward Percival Christensen

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Regional economies - Regional economies, 1920 to 1960', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/25223/hawera-1948 (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 11 Mar 2010