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.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, War Effort Collection
Reference:
PAColl-0783-2-0031
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