An article on the history of the forestry industry in #Tūātapere, at the end of #Highway99 from last century... Gosh it sounds a long time ago when you put it like that! Fascinating insights into rural community life and stubborn resilience. This archive was gifted with special thanks to the #HumpTrackTrust. Read full article .pdf here: https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1610322
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Some of you may remember how I was contacting a magazine to see if they would allow our preservation copy of an old article on our community which is still under #Copyright, to be put in the public archive and astonishingly they agreed, so here it is (the indexing alone took me nearly a whole day!)
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https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1610322/tuatapere-history-a-journey-to-the-end-of-highway-99-magazine-article?fbclid=IwAR3MJ6HSL1H6FtOKZZeYxLfqwWmo0ZXL-4hN1o1OY5OtJbuyVDSdKZng5gY
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