THE POREWA PLAN

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Year

1971

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

379

Length

Unknown type, XX minutes

Viewing copies

Unknown

Full Description

NFU Film Information Sheet No. 379 Cat. Refs. 1973 p.42; 1977 p.25. Colour 25 mins. 16mm 1,002 ft. This film tells how the Porewa Stream which flooded so disastrously in 1955 that it threatened the livelihood of an entire farming community, was brought under control by a new system of detention dams. Today, the Porewa Valley is again fertile, productive, and free from flooding hazards. A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY