Murray C. Freer.

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Murray C. Freer: a photographer’s life

Many of the photographs in the South Auckland Courier during the 1960s and 1970s carry the name of Murray Freer. For almost thirty years Murray Freer chronicled events in Manukau, first from 1958 as a freelance photographer, then as a reporter, and finally as an editor. Murray was also a Manukau City councillor from 1965 to 1968. This is Murray’s own account of his years behind the camera.

The photographs below accompany the text. Click on any image to explore further. To find these and other photographs by Murray Freer, visit Footprints.

Page 5 - Rugby league presentation, Papatoetoe, 1963.Page 6 - Downed DC8, Auckland International Airport, 4 July 1966.Manukau City Council float in the Auckland City Centennial Calvacade, 24 April 1971.
Page 8 - Ormiston Road, East Tamaki, 1970.Page 10 - Staff of the Samoana newspaper visit the Courier offices in Otahuhu, November 1982.Page 11 - Whitford Road reconstruction, 1967.
Page 12 - The Nathan Homestead, Manurewa, being renovated to serve as Manukau County Council’s offices, March 1964.Page 14 - Examinations, Otahuhu College, 1964.Page 15 - Otara festival parade, 1971.

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