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Relief camp – Hawke’s Bay earthquake

Relief camp – Hawke’s Bay earthquake

Relief camp – Hawke’s Bay earthquake

Many people lost their homes in the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. This relief camp in Hastings was typical of several that were set up to provide emergency accommodation in tents for survivors.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, S. C. Smith Collection (PAColl-3082)
Reference: 1/2-047883;G
Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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