Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Hōkio Beach

Hōkio Beach

These children are playing at Hōkio, near Levin, in 1909. The advent of the motor car around this time made beach excursions much more practicable than they had been.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Manawatū and Horowhenua region - Leisure', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/9506/hokio-beach (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 Apr 2015