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Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Hōkio Beach

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Hōkio Beach

These children are playing at Hōkio, near Levin, in 1909. The advent of the motor car around this time made beach excursions much more practicable than they had been.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Leisure, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9506/hokio-beach (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.