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Kōrero: Hauraki–Coromandel places

Funeral procession at Karangahake

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Funeral procession at Karangahake

The mining township of Karangahake was in its heyday when this funeral took place, about 1907. The commercial buildings lining the road, now State Highway 2, are long gone, although a number of private houses remain on the higher ground on the left.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/1-003812-G

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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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel places – Paeroa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30684/funeral-procession-at-karangahake (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Monin, i tāngia i te 13 December 2010.