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Maintaining the gorge road

Maintaining the gorge road

The steep terrain of the Manawatū Gorge makes for many earth slips and road closures in wet weather. These workmen are installing protective barriers above the road. Windmills of the Te Apiti wind farm mark the skyline.

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Photograph by Shirley Williams

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Malcolm McKinnon. 'Manawatū and Horowhenua places', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 22-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/manawatu-and-horowhenua-places/6/6