Story: Rural services All images & media From page 1 – Overview Building roads Delivering mail along the Whanganui River Getting the news Campaigning against microchipping From page 2 – Roads Stuck in the mud Taranaki toll-gate School bus, 1920s Transporting wool (1st of 2) Wool truck (2nd of 2) From page 3 – Railways The rise and fall of railways Goods train Loading a railway wagon Country railway stations (1st of 2) Turakina station, 1951 (2nd of 2) Poster for a farmers’ train From page 4 – Electricity Kaūpokonui dairy factory Electricity distribution, 1930 Farm model Frigidaire Extending the network From page 5 – Communications Transporting mail (1st of 2) Mail car (2nd of 2) Collecting the mail Reaction to a post office closure The telegraph spreads Talking on the party line From page 6 – Getting news and information Talking after church Rural delivery letterboxes Country Library Service van Fred Dagg adjusting a TV aerial Drought blog, 2008 From page 7 – Health Backblocks nursing service Hospital closure protest Mobile dental clinic Hydatids information display Mobile surgical bus (1st of 2) Operation in progress (2nd of 2) From page 8 – Welfare and emergency services Escaping a fire, 1880s Rural firefighting (1st of 2) Firefighting practice (2nd of 2) Rural policeman Having a rest
