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Whanganui insurance agent, 1954

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Whanganui insurance agent, 1954

Hata Ruru (left), who ran a one-man agency in Whanganui for the General, Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, interviews a client at his office in 1954.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Publicity Studios Collection

Reference: 1/2-040758-F

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Alan Henderson, Insurance – Transforming the insurance industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24103/whanganui-insurance-agent-1954 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Alan Henderson, published 4 March 2010.