Story: Bay of Plenty region
Holidaymakers started to visit Bay of Plenty beaches in the 1920s. They drove to formerly remote locations like Waihī Beach, Mt Maunganui and Ōhope, from Auckland and smaller centres. This photograph taken at Waihī Beach around 1925 shows tents, cars and houses.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-057536; F
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
