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Residents of Ohakune, in the central North Island, take part in a working bee to build a new swimming pool, in 1956. Community spirit, and the need to band together to build or improve local facilities, remained important in country towns after the Second World War.
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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: Their town. National Film Unit, 1956.
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