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Kōrero: Wairarapa places

Main street, Pahīatua

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Main street, Pahīatua

The central strip of reserve that divides Pahīatua’s main street was originally set aside for a railway line. But the railway bypassed the town and was routed through nearby Mangamutu in the 1890s. The strip is now lined with mature trees and has a children’s playground. The yellow aeroplane is a Second World War Harvard, converted into a slide.

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by Shirley Williams

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Pahīatua, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11971/main-street-pahiatua (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.