New Zealand - Church Street, Opotiki - View looking down Church Street towards Main Street (Elliot Street). In the foreground on the right is Harvey's (fruiter & confectioner). On the lefthandside of the street are various shops including a car hire firm, land agent and butcher. The Post Office building is further down on the left. The Masonic Hotel (with brick facade) can be seen in the far distance on the corner of Church Street and Main Street. Several cars are parked in the street.Photograph taken by W J Newell ca 1920s. - Photographed by Newell, William Jabez, - 1948 Opotiki - Opotiki is a small town in the eastern Bay of Plenty. - Opotiki has a large Māori population that exceeds 50%, making it one of the few towns in New Zealand to be predominantly populated by Māori. - When peace eventually came to the district, most of the cultivable land had been taken by British settlers and was converted to sheep and cattle (later dairy) farming. - The district lost men to the two World Wars, but an even greater blow was the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 which devastated small villages. (Reference: Wikipedia) Image source: Newell, William Jabez, -1948. Church Street, Opotiki - Photographed by W J Newell. Ref: 1/2-001311-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23181921 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23181921?search%5Bil%5D%5Batl_free_download%5D=true&search%5Bpage%5D=5&search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=cars