Story: Land ownership
This road is being built, in 1944, to provide access to new farmland for returned Second World War soldiers in the Rotorua district. The government made over 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) available for this purpose.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, War Effort Collection
Reference: I.A. 31
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.
