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Maheno fundraising float

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<em>Maheno</em> fundraising float

Like thousands of other New Zealanders, the people of Wakefield district threw themselves into fundraising in 1915. Bill Newth built this model of the Maheno on a Hodgson truck for a gala patriotic parade in Nelson.

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Maheno fundraising float, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/maheno-float-wakefield, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated