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Kōrero: Volcanic Plateau places

Mamaku around 1916

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Mamaku around 1916

In the 1910s Mamaku was a thriving timber town, with forest felled around the settlement. Timber was transported out of the district from the railway station (right).

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-0698-1/2-G

by Albert Percy Godber

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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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau places – Ngongotahā and district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15009/mamaku-around-1916 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.