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By: kane

kane — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:02:40 +0000

Photo six Napier before the earthquake??

Looking out toward what is now Ahuriri and Westshore…

Taken off Bluff hill??

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By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:47:18 +0000

Photo No. 6 is Maketu looking towards Mount Maunganui, if you zoom in on it you can faintly see the Mount in the mist top right, the lowest building to the centre right is still there and has been painted white now. The image on the right of this page you can see the old building http://www.westernbay.govt.nz/council/Councillors/Maketu-Community-Board/

Photo No. 8 is in Mangere Bridge there is an Ambury Park there (Ambury, English and Co. Building in middle on the corner of the street) they used to have dairy farm in Mangere, can’t quite figure out the actual street, the Mountain is Mount Mangere

By: Davina Davis South Canterbury Museum

Davina Davis South Canterbury Museum — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:42:18 +0000

Had our railway researcher Mark Denne in and he made these comments which seems to agree with Tims comments
photo 4 Greymouth with the F class locomative taht was used there on the far left and railway line to the wharf across the lower right of the photograph
photo 5 Picton with the G class locomotive that was worked on this section for a long time
Photo 7 is the bridge south of Picton between Picton and Blenheim again with the G class locomatives (one each end)

By: Kristine Roche

Kristine Roche — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:35:51 +0000

Is photo six Napier lagoon before the earthquake? It has the shape of Hawke Bay.

By: Lisa Wilkie

Lisa Wilkie — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:44:04 +0000

No 6 could possibly be the lagoon before the Wairoa Bar in Northern Hawkes Bay, looking north with Pilot’s Hill in the lower right of the photo.

By: Alastair Laing

Alastair Laing — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:18:29 +0000

Burton Brothers spent some time in the Wanganui district. Certainly the Stereo set looks very similar to the view of the Wanganui River taken from Alexander Hatricks property on St Johns hill. Unfortunately nothing remains. To be positive I would need a bigger and better image (If Such a thing exists)

No 6 is most likely the Wanganui river estuary. The river mouth would be Slightly to the right of the photo. It is difficult to say where it was tsken from except telephoto lenses would have been in their infancy, There were many sand hills one of these may have provided the height.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:07:54 +0000

Sorry I’m mistaken, it’s early Maketu, looking towards Mount Maunganui.