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Kōrero: Taxis and cabs

Greymouth taxi pioneer

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Greymouth taxi pioneer

Herbert McGlashan of Greymouth, believed to be the owner-operator of Greymouth’s first taxi – a 1912 Ford – poses with two children. Kennedy Brothers also operated in Greymouth around 1912, developing what became the West Coast’s largest taxi and bus operation.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-018535; 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

Jane Tolerton, Taxis and cabs – Taxis, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20793/greymouth-taxi-pioneer (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jane Tolerton, i tāngia i te 4 February 2010.