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    A legacy TRAIL

    Mar 23, 2020 2 minutes

    SERVICEMEN RETURNING from Europe after fighting in the First World War were offered land in the Mangapurua and Kaiwhakauka valleys.

    The first to arrive cleared the dense bush from their holdings in 1917. With rudimentary access to this hilly and remote corner of the country, life was tough but so were the ex-soldiers and their families. Access was improved with a wooden swingbridge over the Mangapurua Stream connecting

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