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No 38 : August 22, 1957

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Panoramic View

This panoramic view, taken in driving rain from hilltop on Opoutama side, shows enormous extent of great landslide. All pictures on these pages were taken five to seven hours after slip came down.

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Where slip plunges into sea, far beyond usual shore line, muddy waves eat into forlorn debris

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At Nuhaka rail end, workman up pole has wet job in heavy rain

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P. & T. men stringing temporary line across slip.

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Toe of slip
Line and ballast
Road to Nuhaka
Shore line
Nuhaka Railend

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East is east and west is west.... but the twain shall meet again, say the engineers

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Original line of railway
Opoutama road and rail ends

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