Kōrero: Floods

Kōpuawhara No. 4 camp

Rows of very small cabins and other buildings.

Photographed on 17 February 1938, two days before the disaster, this works camp was built on a small area of flat land. The bed of the Kōpuawhara Stream is to the left of the camp. As the river flats were well above the level of the river, this seemed a safe site.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-61445; F

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Eileen McSaveney, 'Floods - The Kōpuawhara flash flood, 1938', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4883/kopuawhara-no-4-camp (accessed 14 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 1 Feb 2024