Ruapehu College students who performed the re-enactment of the spike-driving ceremony are seen with the general manager of New Zealand Railways at Pokaka. They are from left to right: Julieanne Grantham (Lady Ward), Robin Taylor (L.D. Nathan, chairman of the Wellington Railway League), Mr Gordon Purdy (general manager of NZR), Timothy Horne (Mr Peacock, chairman of the Auckland Railway League), Peter Swarbrick (Mr Hall-Jones, Minister of Railways) Jo Anne Churton (Mrs Hall-Jones), and kneeling with the hammer, James Whitworth (Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister).
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 24, 15 November 1983, Page 1
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84Ruapehu College students who performed the re-enactment of the spike-driving ceremony are seen with the general manager of New Zealand Railways at Pokaka. They are from left to right: Julieanne Grantham (Lady Ward), Robin Taylor (L.D. Nathan, chairman of the Wellington Railway League), Mr Gordon Purdy (general manager of NZR), Timothy Horne (Mr Peacock, chairman of the Auckland Railway League), Peter Swarbrick (Mr Hall-Jones, Minister of Railways) Jo Anne Churton (Mrs Hall-Jones), and kneeling with the hammer, James Whitworth (Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister). Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 24, 15 November 1983, Page 1
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