Carving a highway through mountain and bush - initial work on the new Hollyford-Okuru Road.1938.

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DescriptionCarving a highway through mountain and bush - initial work on the new Hollyford-Okuru Road.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19380223-44-01PhotographerAuckland Weekly NewsDate of Photo1938-02-23Map^[1]External LinkAUCKLAND LIBRRYContributorHeather Newby

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Location (city or town)HollyfordOkuruEventCarving a highway through mountain and bush - initial work on the new Hollyford-Okuru Road.1938.

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Date Created24th September 2025CommentsMaureen Shaw
I believe my father worked on that. Bill Devereux.

Sam Win
That's when men where men are ?

John Pearce
Would be great to have one from Milford sound to Haast

Phil Wright
That's real hard yakaka in one the wettest places on earth,no helo flying you to and from work and a heated room and a hot shower when you knock off like nowadays...

Patrick Pascoe
Wishing that they had carried on.

Colleen Yee
It is great to see photos of how our roads were built in earlier times. Opening up remote areas of NZ.?

Pete Lusk
Picks, shovels, wheelbarrows….thats how the roads were built.

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Carving a highway through mountain and bush - initial work on the new Hollyford-Okuru Road.1938.

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