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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Whirokino Bridge

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Whirokino Bridge

Afternoon sightseers gather at the new Whirokino bridge over the Manawatū River near Foxton on 27 August 1939. The bridge had been opened in April, after severe flooding damaged the existing bridge.

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Kete Horowhenua, Horowhenua Historical Society

Reference: F1999.1326

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Heyday: 1910s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9491/whirokino-bridge (accessed 4 June 2026).

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