Ngatai Rd subway construction

Date2 December 1975Reference Numberphoto gcc-37263DescriptionAssistant overseer Mr J. Bowker standing in the subway the Tauranga City Council has laid under the Ngatai Road railway line to give safe passage to children going from the Matua area to schools in Bellevue. Published 2 December 1975.
Photo gcc-37267.jpg posted on Facebook in July 2026.
Informed commenters located the subway across Ngatai Rd from Western Rd, providing access to Meadowland St in Matua. Confirmed man in the pipe as Joseph (Joe) Bowker, man to the left on top of the pipe as Marshall Bidois, and one of the men in the middle as Jim Ladbrook.FormatNegativePhysical Description35mm black-and-white negative (1/5)Photographer/CreatorBay of Plenty Times

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