Main Street circa 1910s with a blue arrow showing Ryan & Sons' Garage adjacent a pink arrow showing where the Municipal Building was later built on the Hotel site.
Main Street circa 1910s with a blue arrow showing Ryan & Sons' Garage adjacent a pink arrow showing where the Municipal Building was later built on the Hotel site.
Municipal Building and Ryan & Sons' Garage and a 12 Horse Power, six wheeler, hay wagon.
Municipal Building 1933. Built on the Eketahuna Hotel site. Photo from Diamond Jubilee Booklet.
Borough Chambers and Shell Station shot during the 125th Anniversary Celebrations with RNZAF Base Ohakea Band on parade in 1998. The Borough Chambers Replaced the Municipal Building which was badly damaged in the 1942 earthquake.
The Shell Station and garage fire 2001 destroyed both petrol station and garage and damaged La Café.
After the refusal of Shell, and the other multinational fuel companies, to reinstate the petrol station the community got together, raised funds and bought the station!
The Opening of The Community Owned Petrol Station in - G.A.S 2003. A local triumph!
G.A.S. Petrol Service Station photographed in 2020 and in 2021 Gas Eketahuna added a 24/7 Laundromat.
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