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Kōrero: Country towns

Rural letterbox, Ruapehu district, around 1940

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Rural letterbox, Ruapehu district, around 1940

The adoption of cars and trucks in rural areas during the 1920s and 1930s allowed farmers and their families to travel to town more easily. It also made possible the rural delivery of mail, so farmers did not have to go to town to pick up the mail, but could simply stop at the box to get letters and the local newspaper.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)

Reference: MNZ-2098-1/4; F

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Country towns – A tight society, 1920–1950, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19417/rural-letterbox-ruapehu-district-around-1940 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.