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Store closure at Hīhītahi, 1964

Store closure at Hīhītahi, 1964

The store at Hīhītahi, 16 kilometres north of Taihape, opened when the main trunk railway reached the settlement in 1904. It closed 60 years later, by which time sealed roads made it easy for locals to shop in Taihape.

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Whanganui Regional Museum, Wanganui Herald Negative Collection

Reference: WH 6739

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – Hard times, easier times, 1920s–1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19044/store-closure-at-hihitahi-1964 (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.

Comments

Ken irwin
05 June 2017
My dad Ken Irwin was a station Master at Hihitahi Ralway Station I had just started school at waiuru 20-12-1953 just days before the Tangiwhai disaster