Story: Volcanic Plateau places
In the 1960s and 1970s, skilled Italian tunnellers were hired to work on the Tongariro power project. Valentino’s restaurant in Tūrangi, the town built to house the workers, is one of the few reminders of the Italian presence in the district.
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Photograph by Shirley Williams
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