Kōrero: Tourist industry

Napier Carnival poster

Napier Carnival poster

This poster advertises ‘very low train fares’ to Napier in January 1933, barely two years after the catastrophic Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Many New Zealanders could not afford extended holidays and made do with one- or two-day excursions. Those offered by the railways were very popular.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: NON-ATL-0064; AAOK W3241, no. 22

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Margaret McClure, 'Tourist industry - Slow growth until 1960', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/23182/napier-carnival-poster (accessed 18 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010