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Kōrero: Bay of Plenty places

Bent girder, Edgecumbe

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Bent girder, Edgecumbe

This metal girder, once part of the Edgecumbe dairy factory, was wrenched out of shape by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on 2 March 1987. It is on display outside the plant as a reminder of the disaster.

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by Shirley Williams

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty places – Towns of the Rangitāiki Plains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5716/bent-girder-edgecumbe (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.