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Parliament’s wartime air raid shelters

Entrance to air raid shelter in Parliament grounds, circa 1945.

31 Aug 10 In the early 1940s Parliament’s well-maintained grounds lost their usual manicured look. Although the pōhutukawa trees and statues remained undisturbed, the lawns were turned into a mass of mounds and trenches—so much so that one observer likened the area to a scene from the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War. Read more...