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Kōrero: Northland region

Road-making

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Road-making

Because of the region’s slow growth, Northland’s roads had low priority in the national roading strategy, and local authorities often did not have the funds to improve them. Gradually, however, a network developed. This photograph shows road-making in progress near Waipū in the 1920s.

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Waipū Heritage Centre

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Claudia Orange, Northland region – Transport links, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7619/road-making (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Claudia Orange, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.