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Foxton motor camp

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Foxton motor camp

Camps such as this sprang up to cater for motor cars. The level Manawatū Plain made it relatively easy for people to reach Foxton Beach from Palmerston North once roads were improved for cars.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua places – Foxton and the coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9450/foxton-motor-camp (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 22 April 2015.