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Kākahi: main street, 2011

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Kākahi: main street, 2011

Kākahi's main street has not changed much since Peter McIntyre painted it in the early 1970s. The town hall is still there, as are three of the four shops depicted in his painting. The casually parked 1950s Standard Vanguard gives this 2011 scene an old-time feel.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Kerryn Pollock

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country places – Taumarunui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34811/kakahi-main-street-2011 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.