New Zealand - Cars on the new Haast Road, Westland - Cars on a partially competed section of the Haast Pass highway. The road is unsealed and on the right hand side of the image can be seen a section of ridge partly cut away. There is much loose spoil and rock on the down hill slope from the road and some native forest can be seen. - 1966 - John Pascoe photo Haast - A small town in the Westland District territorial authority on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island - The Haast region covers over 2,500 square kilometres (970 sq mi). - The region is named after Julius von Haast, a Prussian-born geologist instrumental in the early geological surveys of New Zealand. - The main economic activities in the Haast region are farming, fishing and tourism. (Reference: Wikipedia) ---------------------- Image source: Cars on the new Haast Road, Westland, New Zealand. Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographs of family, holidays and tramping trips. Ref: 1/4-111460-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22863288 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22863288