New Zealand - Opotiki
- Opotiki flood damages
- Tractor and trailer stopped in street outside tea rooms, third shop up from Loe King & Co., fruit and vege shop
- 1964
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: Opotiki flood damages - tractor and trailer in the street. CC BY-NC 4.0
Tauranga City Libraries Photo gca-6360
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